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Homemade Inventions Deserve Patents, Too
In my many encounters with inventors around the country, I find that many believe that patents may only be issued for completely new inventions. However, U.S. patent law does not require that a new product or process to resemble something from a science fiction movie; a useful modification or improvement of an existing device or…
Supreme Court – Conceptual Separability Analysis
Traditionally, the principle is: Clothes are un-copyrightable useful works. In apparel, it is possible to protect an original design with copyright. Then, you can use this design on fabrics by screen printing or embroidering. The design will be protected but the clothe in which the design appear won’t be! However, there is an exception to…