Questions tagged [patent-laws]
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Is it illegal for the owner of a patent to mislead what is covered in the patent?
In the website of a newly launched social media app, they display a flow diagram to their business model and then have the "USPTO patent pending" logo next to it. The actual patent number is ...
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How was the period for patent protection chosen?
Patents in the US last 20 years. Apparently this is a relatively common period for much of the world as well.
How was this period chosen?
Did the US pick a period first and the rest of the world ...
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Question re: compensation for a successful patent based on my invention
A few decades ago I had a great idea, a really novel, lucrative idea about a device, which I can bet is in your home right now.
At the time I shared my invention with my then boyfriend who asked if ...
