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What is Intellectual Property?
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How to Select a Lawyer
International Patents
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) was
established to facilitate patent filings in multiple
countries in one office.
It is administered by the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva,
Switzerland; has over 100 participants.
It provides a preliminary search that assesses
whether the filing firm will face infringements in
any country.
Differences may exists in the patent laws of
each of these countries.
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Patents (cont.)
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Patents (cont.)
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Patents (cont.)
Patent Infringement
Many businesses, inventions, or innovations are
results of improvements on, or modifications of,
existing products.
Copying and improving on a product may be
perfectly legal and a good business strategy.
If patent infringement is unavoidable, the
entrepreneur may try to license the product
from the patent holder.
It is advisable to hire a patent attorney to
ensure there is no possibility of infringement.
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Table 6.1 - Checklist for Minimizing
Patent Risks
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Trademarks (cont.)
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Table 6.2 - Benefits of a Registered
Trademark
Factors to be considered:
Customers’ recognition of licensed property.
Whether licensed property complements existing
products or services.
Entrepreneur’s experience with the licensed
property.
Long-term outlook for the licensed property.
Kind of protection provided by the agreement.
Commitments in terms of payment of royalties,
sales quotas, and so on.
Renewal options.
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Product Safety and Liability
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (cont.)
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (cont.)
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Contracts
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Table 6.5 - Contract Conditions and
Results of a Breach of Contract
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Contracts (cont.)
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