Insights
Articles on patents, trademarks, design registration and research protection are in preparation.
Topics in preparation
These articles are being written and will be published here.
Patents
How inventions are searched, described, claimed and examined.
- Provisional or complete? Choosing how to begin an Indian patent applicationIn preparation
- Reading a patent: what the claims actually protectIn preparation
- Prior-art searches and their limitsIn preparation
Trademarks
Choosing, checking and protecting the names and signs that identify a business.
- Why descriptive brand names are hard to protectIn preparation
- Classes of goods and services, explainedIn preparation
Design registration
Protecting how a product looks — and what design registration does not cover.
- Design registration and patents: appearance versus functionIn preparation
- Why showing a product early mattersIn preparation
Research protection
Intellectual property questions for laboratories, clinics and universities.
- Before you publish: a researcher’s checklistIn preparation
- Who owns an invention made at an institution?In preparation
Innovation
From an idea to an asset: strategy, timing and presence.
- Launching a website without disclosing your inventionIn preparation
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