Can I Patent My Recipe? Patent applications for typical recipes are often refused because they do not meet the legal requirements for an inventive step, or they fall into what is considered excluded subject matter. Under Australian patent law, inventions must be new, useful, and…
Can A Patent Attorney Steal My Idea? A common fear of inventors is having their invention stolen, and inventors are therefore often secretive about their work. To obtain a patent on an invention, however, the inventor must fully disclose their invention. In most cases, the…
When To Patent and When To Launch You’ve done the hard work, shed the blood, sweat and tears. You’ve tested, polished, prototyped, test run and beta’d till you can’t beta no more… it’s finally time to take your idea to market. But have you protected…
What’s the Difference Between a Design and a Patent? Most people think a design and a patent are the same thing. This could not be further from the truth. Comparing a design to a patent would be like comparing apples to oranges. So, what are…
Patent Basics Patents are one of the least understood forms of intellectual property. There are misconceptions that patents are only for complex or revolutionary items like the light bulb. While the light bulb and many complex contraptions have been protected by patents over the years,…
Innovation patents currently exist in parallel to standard patents and enable protection of inventions that do not necessarily meet the inventive step threshold for standard patents. They are also a quick and relatively inexpensive way of obtaining strong patent rights, as they are harder to…
