For U.S. patent law, if one sought a life science patent, there was a quid pro quo arraignment. Essentially, in exchange for disclosing the “secret sauce,” the inventor of the life science breakthrough received a limited monopoly on that breakthrough, allowing them to...
As regular readers of our Minneapolis Intellectual Property Blog know, it is not uncommon for companies that hold patents to clash with former employees over patent rights and allegations of patent infringement. Though most employers require new hires to sign...
In Minnesota, when a person or company formulates an idea they believe is unique and might qualify for a patent, they will frequently think positively about the future and how it will be received by the public. Getting a patent is not as easy as it sounds and there is...
Well-funded start-ups in Minneapolis likely need at least one or more patents to protect their intellectual property. There are five requirements that must be met to obtain a patent: patentable subject matter, utility, novelty, nonobviousness and enablement. This post...
There are many different products that people in Minnesota use for various tasks. These products are usually ones that people have purchased. This means that someone else or a group of people developed the idea and the product to sell. Sometimes it could also be a...
The business world moves at a fast pace in the 21st century. Engineers, scientists and tech experts always are coming up with new inventions, products and processes to gain an advantage in the marketplace. For those who want to become entrepreneurs and benefit from...
There are many different concerns for most businesses to address on a day-to-day basis. After all, with goals such as maintaining profitability and potentially expanding a company’s reach, there may be more than one way to grow a business. For some, the concept of...
When you come up with a new invention, product or process, you may want to get a patent to protect your idea or innovation. You may not know though what kind of patent you’ll need though. Or if you need more than one to protect the value of your intellectual property....
Sometimes it seems like big corporations always have the upper hand when it comes to lawsuits, but this is not always the case, particularly in the area of intellectual property claims. Product managers, engineers and general counsel for large corporations in the...
You and your child were working on their school science fair project when you had an amazing idea about how to make improvements to the tools you were working with. After several days of brainstorming, you came up with a product idea that you think could change the...
