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Provisional Patent Buys You a Year … Well, Not Really
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Can I File My Own Patent Application?
Nineteenth-century French playwright Charles-Guillaume Etienne wrote, "On n'est jamais servi si bien que par soi-même," which roughly translates to,
What is a Utility Patent?
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A Little Common Sense
Isn’t it long overdue that we stop pretending copyright doesn’t affect us? There are many aspects behind intellectual property that the general public