BLAW 430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Patent, Design Patent, Sneakers
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Patent is a grant of an exclusive monopoly for a limited time period from the federal government to an inventory. No one else can use that invention even if they created it on their own. Utility patent protects the function or articles of processes falling within one of five categories: process, machine, article of manufactures (like chair or athletic shoe, composition of matter, or any improvements to one of these categories. The term of a utility patent is 20 years. In order to obtain a utility patent, the applicant must show: Novel: must be new and unknown, internationally; if the invention has been used. Non obvious : if you"re skilled in the area the invention was made, was this. Design patent: protects the ornamental features of an article of manufacturing and must be(lasts for fifteen years: novel, non obvious, ornamental : must be primarily design and not dictate by function.
