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Patent – Trademark Law and Practice Outline

Trademark Law and Practice

Patent

Patents protect inventions by granting exclusive rights in exchange for public disclosure of how to produce it.

The most common type of patent is a utility patent.

Utility patents concern:

  1. Machines
  2. Production processes
  3. Inventions
  4. Utilitarian objects

Utility patents last for 20 years.