Trademark & Patent

Trademark

　　A MARK used in TRADE.

 

Good for 10 years, but can be renewed...

　　Continuous use

　　Re-registered 

 

Genericized Trademark 

　　Zipper

 

Trademark Dilution 

　　Trademark dilution is a trademark law concept giving the owner of a famous trademark standing to forbid others from using that mark in a way that would lessen its uniqueness.

 

Patents

　　Strongest form of IP protection 

　　EXCLUSIVE rights to the creator of the invention 

　　Lasts for 20 years from the date of filing 

 

Patent Pending

 　　patent pending denotes that a patent application has been filed. "Patent pending" simply means that you have applied for, but have not yet been granted, a patent.

 

Requirements ( 4 principal categories of things that may be patented)

　　1. A process, machine, article of manufacture, or a composition of matter

　　2. Must be New or Novel 

　　3. Non-obvious

　　4. Must be useful 

　　//non-functional -> copyright

　　//functional -> patent