Intellectual property work can be a particularly intriguing discipline and career to pursue for persons with inquisitive minds.

What is Patent Licensing? “The process of patent licensing includes a patent holder that legally allows another party to sell, import, or...

IP is disembodied which makes it difficult to value. Patents are composite and thus they are an exception to competition laws worldwide.

While there are multiple ways to skin a cat (see discussion on indirect infringement and direct infringement here ), patent infringement can occur in two forms. The first is literal infringement. Literal infringement is when every aspect of the claim is being infringed upon in much the same way the claim was written. The second one, more complex, is an infringement under the doctrine of equivalents. Under this doctrine, the patentee can argue infringement even if each and eve

Patent rights last for a restricted period, and the right to sue the party infringing on the patent depends on this period.

“Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted, counts.” - Albert Einstein (on a blackboard) A patent grants the owner the exclusive right to prevent others from using, manufacturing, offering, or selling the claimed innovation. If the innovation is monetized by others without obtaining a license from the patent owner, the patentee can choose to sue for damages in a federal court for further redress. If successful, the law under 35 U.S.C.