📝 What are the advantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty?

February 11, 2020

📝 What are the advantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty?

🌐 The PCT System has many advantages for you as an applicant, for the patent Offices and for the general public:

➡ Ultimately, the PCT:

✦ brings the world within reach; ✦ streamlines the process of fulfilling diverse formality requirements; ✦ postpones the major costs associated

February 10, 2020

⌛ How long does the PCT process take❓

📁 You have, in most cases, up to an additional 18 months from the time you file your international patent application before you have to begin the national phase procedures with individual patent Offices and to fulfill the national requirements.

🌐 This additional time can be useful for evaluating

February 10, 2020

❝ Intellectual property is the oil of the 21 century. Look at the richest men a hundred years ago; … ❞ By Mark Getty

February 7, 2020

🛡️ How do I protect my invention in several countries❓

🛈 Patents are territorially limited. In order to protect your invention in multiple countries you have a few options:

(a) Direct or Paris route: you can directly file separate patent applications at the same time in all of the countries in which you would like to protect your invention (for some

February 7, 2020

Do I Have to Use My Trademark Before I Apply for a Registration❓

® Trademark rights are acquired through use and hence the use of the trademark will make the mark more distinctive and powerful in nature. There is, however, a process where a prospective mark owner can “reserve” a mark that he or she intends to use in the future, even though he is not currently

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