Introduction to the Patent Bar Exam

This article gives a broad overview of the requirements and process to take the Patent Bar Exam

Patenting - An Overview For New Inventors

If you are serious about an idea and want to see it turned into a fully fledged invention, it is essential to obtain some form of patent protection, at least to the 'patent pending' status. Without that, it is unwise to advertise or promote the idea, as it is easily stolen. More than that, businesses you approach will not take you seriously - as without the patent pending status your idea is just that - an idea.

Art and Science of patent Searching

Patent searching is both an art and a science. Consequently, search capability improves with practice. But optimum practice requires a solid foundation for those who seek to conduct searches accurately and efficiently. Identification of factors for determining when a search is needed and what types and sources of information should be searched in the process is the crucial part

The Scramble for Software Patents

It takes years to conceptualize and develop software products, but not much effort to replicate the software if it has not been patented. A significant part of the intellectual property of a software product is exposed on the release of the new product. There is a direct and transparent relation between the functional aspect or features of software and the software's internal processes, which requires less effort to reverse engineer the product.

Why Patent? Part II

What You Can Patent The USPTO have established a broad area of things on which it will consider granting patents. It is possible to patent anything that you have invented or designed, a new plant you have found, a business method, or an improvement of a previous invention. Items that have historically been granted patents are usually: • Items which are new to the general public. • Items which are considerably different than any other item which has received a patent. • Items which are practical. These are the types of inventions that the USPTO will generally look favorably on. Think of all the items used on a daily ....

Impact of Product Patent on FDI in Indian Pharmaceutical Industry

An Ordinance on Patents (Third) Amendment was promulgated by the Government on December 26, 2004 to make the Indian patents law WTO compliant and to fulfill India’s commitment under TRIPS to introduce product patent protection for Drugs, Food and Chemicals with effect from January 1, 2005. The new Patent regime brings both opportunities and challenges to the domestic pharma industry. Even larger Indian companies lack the financial muscle to be major international player in basic R&D, that involves discovery of new chemical entities (NCEs). They would be helped by the government's decision not to restrict patenting to NCEs. The Patent Ordinance issued recently defines the term patentability as per the TRIPS guidelines but does not exclude patenting of incremental inventions like new drug delivery systems, polymorphs etc, brightening the chances of Indian companies to benefit from the patent regime, but it may act as a disincentive for the international Pharma firms to invest in India. So we can anticipate that product patent is going to have a very little impact on the FDI scenario in a country like India.

What About Alabama Child Support!

Get the much needed informaiton on Alabama child support laws. Learn way on how to locate a missing parent, establish and enforce child support laws in the state of Alabama.

Arkansas Child Support

In today's world, child support plays an important role in the custodial parent and child's life.

Regulations Concerning Long Term Care Insurance in New York

This article explains the New York state regulations concerning long-term care insurance.

Penal Reform in Oaxaca, Mexico

Oaxaca is one of a few Mexican states spearheading a move towards dramatically amending the penal code from the longstanding inquisitorial Napoleonic tradition, to the British, Canadian and American model characterized by the presumption of innocence, oral testimony and a truly impartial third party arbiter. Comments by both attorneys and judges at the conclusion of a recent mock trial in Oaxaca demonstrate the extent of change being proposed. The author's subsequent commentary questions the appropriately of such sweeping reform at this state in the development of Mexico.

Arizona Child Support Laws

Child support plays a major role when it comes to providing support for a custodial parent's child/children.

National, State and Local Laws: Understanding the Game

So often folks starting out do not understand the game and all the laws, which they must deal with. Today we have an abundance of laws and duplications in law at all levels of our government. These laws are in place so that we can run a cohesive society and civilization. Indeed it appears to be working quite well, as today it is hard to dispute that the United States of America is by far the greatest nation in the history of mankind.

New Jersey Property Tax Administration Overhaul

In 1988 legislation sponsored by Senator Gerald R. Stockman (S-1952 of 1988) was introduced in the New Jersey Senate which was designed to overhaul and improve the administration of property taxes in New Jersey. The bill grew out of recommendations issued in 1986 by the New Jersey Property Tax Assessment Study Commission, of which the Senator was a key member. By adopting this bill, the state would have said goodbye forever to a system under which both property owners and local officials end up being punished for inequities and inefficiencies. Now with the 'Joint Legislative Committee on Government Consolidation and Shared Services' in the New Jersey legislature looking into consolidation of municipal services perhaps the time is right to revisit Senator Stockman's legislation.

Arizona Disability Lawyers

A disability can be referred to as a constraint or lack of ability to carry out an activity in the same manner as a nondisabled human being. Disability can be temporary or long term. In Arizona, any disabled person who is unable to perform the normal functions that he/she used to perform prior to a personal injury or an accident can claim disability compensation. These disability compensatory benefits are provided from public or private funds of the state.