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Protect Your Idea or Inventions with the Power of the Patent

January 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
New Business Minnesota Jan 2011

Originally published in New Business Minnesota, January 2011 Securing Your Patent Rights Keeps Others from Stealing Your Work. Patent protection. Those two words may conjure vague notions of a mysterious document that somehow protects crown jewel innovations in your business. Indeed, patents do give their owners a right to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing the patented invention within a particular country. You may own a patent that protects your business processes, but remember that your competitors can own such patents also. If your business involves technologies less than 20 years … [Read more...]

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Protect Your Ideas, Your Brand, Your Business

January 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
New Business Minnesota Feb 2010

Don’t Make the Mistake of Not Securing Your Intellectual Property and Patent Rights. Originally published in New Business Minnesota, February 2010. How much of the value of your company is in its intellectual property (IP)? Depending on what business you are in, the answer can range from “some value” to “the most critical asset,” or somewhere in between. Every business should be able to answer this question. If you tend toward the “critical asset” end of the spectrum, then the first IP protection issue for you to address is: Do you even own your IP? Work Made for Hire To resolve this … [Read more...]

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