The fourth in a four-part series on Strong Design Patents. The article looks at the power of "policing", which means actively searching for people copying your product and enforcing both your trademarks and design patents against them.
The fourth in a four-part series on Strong Design Patents. The article looks at the power of "policing", which means actively searching for people copying your product and enforcing both your trademarks and design patents against them.
It’s tough to get a patent these days. In my career as both an inventor and a registered US patent agent, I’ve seen the process for getting a patent become increasingly more difficult.
“Why is it taking so long to get my patent?” The answer may well be that you have a tough patent examiner.
It’s a struggle to get a mechanical patent. In the good old days, you wrote a patent, you filed a patent, and with maybe one or two rejections from the patent examiner, you got a patent.