Intellectual Property: Maximising Opportunities and Avoiding Pitfalls Mike Scannell European Patent Attorney
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INNOVATION AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Patents
Trademarks
Intellectual Property Copyright
Design
Patents
Trademarks
Intellectual Property Copyright
Design
Confidentiality
Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property Database Rights
Know-How
Trade Secret
Patent
Trade Secret
Patent Application
REGISTRATION (OR NOT)
OF YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
REGISTER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TO AVOID HAVING TO PROVE COPYING
CONSIDERING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
TOO LATE
CONSIDERING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
TOO LATE
New
Inventive
Patentable inventions Industrially applicable
What counts as “prior art� against a patent application? Third party patents and publications
Your own earlier publications* *Some limited exceptions under US law
Confidential disclosures under NDA Unpatented products in the market
No disclosure before filing No disclosure without NDA
CONSULT AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEY
BEFORE PUBLICISING
IDENTIFYING (OR OVERLOOKING)
THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN YOUR BUSINESS
REGULARLY AUDIT
YOUR BUSINESS FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
DO NOT CONCEDE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ENSURE THAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
VESTS IN YOUR BUSINESS
DO NOT NEGLECT TO COMMERCIALISE
YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
DO NOT NEGLECT TO COMMERCIALISE
YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
GENERATE ADDITIONAL / ALTERNATIVE INCOME BY
TRANSACTING
YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
DO NOT IGNORE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UNTIL ENTRY TO A MARKET
ASSESS BARRIERS TO MARKET ENTRY
BEFORE LAUNCH
Intellectual Property: Maximising Opportunities and Avoiding Pitfalls
Mike Scannell E: m.scannell@frkelly.com T: +353 1 231 4848
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