IP Agent Pro https://www.ipagentpro.com/en/ Professional Intellectual Property Agent Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:51:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.20 How To Protect Your Intellectual Property https://www.ipagentpro.com/en/blog/how-to-protect-your-intellectual-property/ https://www.ipagentpro.com/en/blog/how-to-protect-your-intellectual-property/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:32:12 +0000 https://www.ipagentpro.com/?p=867 Although IP legislations, terminology and terms around the globe vary considerably, thanks to international treaties and common practices, the procedures and approaches in protecting IP in most of the countries are largely similar. From a practical standpoint and in view of harmonizing IP protection rules of Europe and CIS for our clients, for sake of simplification we tend to classify the intellectual property to four most popular types:

  • trademarks (subtypes: word marks, figurative marks, combined marks, 3D marks)
  • designs (also known as: industrial designs or industrial models)
  • copyrights
  • trade secrets

Other IP types include patents (for inventions), utility models, geographical indications, semiconductor topography rights and plant variety rights.

While each of these main types has its own classification, duration, territorial coverage, clearly defined scope of rights, intended use, pros and cons and special features, in many instances they overlap each other when a variety of all available protection forms is concerned.

Therefore, it is no wonder why international IP experts are still debating on whether a 3D design of a product is best to be registered as a 3D trademark or an industrial design or as both. Another example: a brand name, domain name or slogan can only be protected as a word mark (trademark subtype); however, a brand logo may be protected both as a trademark and copyright and yet even as an industrial design and in each case the owner will have certain benefits and drawbacks.

]]> https://www.ipagentpro.com/en/blog/how-to-protect-your-intellectual-property/feed/ 0 Intellectual Property Strategy https://www.ipagentpro.com/en/blog/lorem-ipsum-4/ https://www.ipagentpro.com/en/blog/lorem-ipsum-4/#respond Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:42:32 +0000 http://www.ipagentpro.com/?p=100 Effective intellectual property protection is about well-chosen strategy and understanding all the intricacies of the complex world of intellectual property. Having the prices and conditions for certain type of protection at hand not always works for the benefit of the client.

This may be the case, for instance, when the client is confident that the best way to protect their company’s logo is to register it as a trademark. At the same time, the client may not be aware of all the benefits their logo may have with copyright protection as a much cheaper and quicker alternative with international power and yet having no less strength than the trademark in many instances.

We strongly believe that the best solution is always the one, which is finely balanced when all the available alternatives, conditions, recommendations (of the service providers), and costs at each step are taken into consideration on an individual basis. To let our clients take best-suited IP decisions, we developed a special IP protection comparison table with sufficient details that will be handy for each IP decision.

]]> https://www.ipagentpro.com/en/blog/lorem-ipsum-4/feed/ 0 Why You Need To Protect Your Intellectual Property https://www.ipagentpro.com/en/blog/why-you-need-to-protect-your-intellectual-property/ https://www.ipagentpro.com/en/blog/why-you-need-to-protect-your-intellectual-property/#respond Tue, 18 Dec 2018 10:46:24 +0000 http://www.ipagentpro.com/?p=96 Every business at its launch, in the course of growth or at its peak has ever questioned itself as to whether and to what extent their company’s brands, designs and ideas are protected against vulnerability to intellectual property infringement.

The reasoning behind this is evident: the sooner and more thoroughly the company protects its intangible assets, the smaller the chances are of blocking the company from the use of their own intellectual property and suffering from the loss of expected profit at any point of operation. The same relates to individual authors of any type of creative works, especially when they consider commercializing their ideas.

Your IP rights are important because they can:

  • form an essential part of your marketing or branding
  • be sold or licensed, providing an important revenue stream
  • set your business apart from competitors
  • offer customers something new and different
  • be used as security for loans
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