Keeping an invention secret may protect it only for as long as secrecy survives. Here's why businesses need to understand the difference between a trade secret and a patent before taking an innovation to market.

A PCT application does not automatically give worldwide patent protection. It gives businesses time to decide where to pursue patents before entering the relevant national phases.

Most founders assume they need a finished product before filing a patent. They don't. And waiting until it's ready can quietly close the filing window before you get there.

FAQs on Intellectual Proeprty

FAQs on Intellectual Property

In continuation of FAQ series on the subject matter of "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗣 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 - 𝗔𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱", here is the Forty-Eighth question is answered below in the series. Can You Sell or Transfer Your Intellectual Property Rights? The short answer is Yes! Much like physical property, IP rights can be sold or transferred through a legal process known as Assignment. Here is everything you need to know about trans