Should you file for a patent to protect your application or maintain trade secret and risk reverse engineering? A patent excludes others from practicing the invention for a period of time in the jurisdiction that the patent is awarded. In return, the patent owner is required to publish sufficient information so that others may [...]
You are a new inventor, or small or medium enterprise (SME). You feel your idea for a new product is so revolutionary; it’s going to make you millions! However, it’s a jungle out there in the world of business and commerce. You realize you need your hard work and your investment to be protected [...]
L Filing for a patent can reveal your complex underlying algorithm and make it easier for your competitors to reverse engineer your application. But on the other side, without a patent your competitors can try to reverse engineer your application and with the right kind of funding may succeed!!! So how do we dissuade our [...]
L Step 1: Filing at the right time Before starting the filing process your product should be fully developed on paper, has passed preliminary design review and ready for development and production. You have kept everything about the product trade secret until now. Changes to the product after filing the patent can result in [...]
