What is the first patent in America? And the patent number?

First patent issued by U.S.: First U.S. Patent Issued Today in 1790, issued in 1790. They didn’t start using numbers until 1836, when Patent #1 was issued on July 13, 1836: Another 108 patents issued in 1836. Patent #1 was issued to Senator John Ruggles, who happened to be chairman of the Senate Committee on Patents. While there, he put through a bill to reorganize the Patent Office, presumably knowing that one part of the bill...

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The Benefit from Protecting Invention Patent

How to Protect Invention Patent in Vietnam? Invention protection shall bring advantages for the owner of invention including the usage and application within the duration of 20 years. As Law on intellectual property of Vietnam, an invention patent shall be valid from the grant date until the end of twenty (20) years after the filing date. Besides, Invention patent can bring its owner the followings: The steady position on the market:...

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Procedure of Invention Registration in Vietnam

How to Register Patent in Vietnam? Invention means a technical solution in the form of a product or process which is intended to solve a problem by application of natural laws. Each invention is the result of a serious, painstaking work-study process by the inventor. However, right of industrial property shall only be established by the registration procedure, and the scope of protection is defined in the patent. Therefore, without prior registration...

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How to Handle Rejection of International Trademark Registration In Vietnam By The NOIP?

Cancellation Against of Trademark in Vietnam The procedure to register a trademark in Vietnam is carried out at the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP). The duration calculated from the full receipt of the dossier to the announcement is at least 12 months, or it can be expended from 16 months to 18 months. However, in many cases, NOIP could send a notice on its intended refusal of the trademark application...

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Time Limit of Trademark Protection Extension

Procedure of extending mark certificate in Vietnam As regulation of law on intellectual property, the mark, trademark or service mark, is one of protected subjects of industrial property right. However, to be protected by law, the owner of mark shall apply protection registration dossier to competent authority prior. When the owner registers and is granted a certificate of registered mark, the owner shall have the exclusive right to label...

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How Foreign Investors Could Handle Intellectual Property Dispute in Vietnam?

Intellectual property disputes in Vietnam Foreign investor could handle intellectual property disputes in Vietnam through negotiation and mediation, arbitration or litigation depending on various factors. Intellectual property rights is the rights of organizations, individuals to the intellectual property, including copyrights and related rights, industrial property rights, including trademark, patent, and industrial design and...

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Overview of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System and the Role of WIPO in the PCT

What is the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)? The PCT is an international treaty with more than 145 Contracting States. The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in a large number of countries by filing a single “international” patent application instead of filing several separate national or regional patent applications. The granting of patents remains under the control of the national or regional...

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What are the advantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)?

The advantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty The PCT is an international treaty with more than 145 Contracting States. The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in a large number of countries by filing a single “international” patent application instead of filing several separate national or regional patent applications. The granting of patents remains under the control of the national or regional...

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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) procedure

The PCT procedure The PCT procedure includes: Filing: you file an international application with a national or regional patent Office or WIPO, complying with the PCT formality requirements, in one language, and you pay one set of fees. International Search: an “International Searching Authority” (ISA) (one of the world’s major patent Offices) identifies the published patent documents and technical literature (“prior art”) which may have...

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Signals of Copyright Infringement

Signals of Copyright Infringement Authors might find their copyright are infringed in Vietnam and would need legal services from a local legal and intellectual property firm to advise. A literary, artistic or scientific work is an achievement from hard intellectual labor of the author. However, after publishing works, many authors find others use, print or trade their works without their prior written permission. The copyright infringement...

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Registering Copyright Services in Vietnam

How to register a copyright or related rights in Vietnam? Under Law on Intellectual Property of Vietnam, copyright means rights of an organization or individual to Work which such organization or individual created or owns. In addition, the subject matter of copyright shall comprise literary, artistic and scientific works; the subject matter of copyright related rights shall comprise performances, audio and visual fixation, broadcasts and...

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