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But more still needs to be clarified. Speakers at the Managing IP Corporate Strategy Summit discussed issues pertinent to in-house counsel, including new ways to exploit IP assets, managing business risk, influencing policy and resolving disputes. Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme and Giovanna Marchese explore the circumstances under which jewellery may qualify for protection under US copyright and trade mark laws and discuss the shortcomings associated with each.
Patrick Wingrove speaks to the author as well as in-house and private practice lawyers, to unpack the important points of the research.
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Patents aren't your only asset. Invest in well-written non-disclosure agreements NDAs.
Make sure your employment agreements, licenses, sales contracts and technology transfer agreements all protect your intellectual property too, right from the get-go. File as fast as you can. A patent application holds your place in line. You will have 12 months from that initial submission to expand upon your filing.
And remember, US patents can take more than five years to issue. Investigate international patents if key competitors are outside the US.
A US patent will not protect you against competitors in Europe, never mind China. Think hard about the future. From your vantage point, what does the future look like? Use this information to devise your patent strategy, and to figure out which of your work needs to be legally protected.