Patent Rights and Attracting Investors
By: Ivan T. Kirchev It is very important for startups, entrepreneurs, and small companies to protect their intellectual property rights. Creating a patent portfolio (or even several pending patent...
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By: Ivan T. Kirchev Startups, entrepreneurs, and small companies must try to protect their intellectual property rights both in the U.S.and overseas. Although international patent prosecution can be a...
View ArticleCustom Software and Technology Development. Do You Actually Own the...
By: Ivan T. Kirchev and Derek C. Stettner I. Introduction When a business “hires” a vendor and pays for the development of custom code or another deliverable, a common belief is that the business or...
View ArticleThe European Patent Office: A Helpful Guide for Inventors
By: Ivan T. Kirchev Before entrepreneurs and startups try to protect their intellectual property rights in Europe, they must have a basic understanding of the European patent system and the ways that...
View ArticleAbandonment and Revival of U.S. Patent Application
By: Ivan T. Kirchev and J. Ryan Lawlis The power to protect a company’s inventions with patents comes with the responsibility of seeing its patent applications the whole way through the Patent Office,...
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