Attorney Nancy Lord, M.D., is a License Doctor and Lawyer with a Legal Practice offering deep experience in Patents, Trademarks and other Intellectual Property. She is a recognized authority in Medical Device Patents, Pharmaceutical Patents, Provisional Patents, Food and Drug Law, Trademarks, Copyrights, Corporations & Small Business, General Civil Litigation, Criminal Law. The firm is locate in Nevada near Las Vegas.

You should always protect your intellectual property ... below are two simple and very effective methods.

Patents

Patents are legal instruments that create property rights in technological advances. They protect investments in time, money and other resources by inventors, venture capitalists and corporations.

When you make a scientific discovery, you may be entitled to a patent. There are patents granted every day for a wide variety of nutritional supplements, novel compositions, and novel devices. Even an old composition may be patented as a method when utilized in a novel manner.

A patent gives an inventor or his or her assignee the right to file suit against another party who is using the invention. Once a patent issues, and sometimes even prior to issue, the patent holder or applicant can license his or her invention to others for royalties.

An application gives you the right to place a label "patent pending" on your product, and an issued patent allows you to label your product as such. This enhances the value of your discovery, and warns would-be infringers against copying.

However, there are several reasons why a patent may be barred, including even one sale of the product prior to one year before filing. For this reason, you should consult a patent attorney as soon as you feel that you might be entitled to a patent.

Trademarks

Trademarks are very easy to register provided the mark is not confusingly similar to another registered mark. There is a database used by trademark attorneys to learn if there are any similar marks out there, whether registered nationally or in an individual state.

It is important that you do this before you begin to use a fanciful or suggestive name for a product. If you use a name that is similar to a registered mark, you might be forced to cease such use and even pay money damages to the owner of the senior mark. It is much better to make sure that the mark is available before you introduce it into the marketplace so that you do not have to change it later on.

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