Below, CNBC Select explains the differences between trademarks, copyrights and patents. Read on for more information and to ...

Trademarks and patents are tools of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that help inventors legally establish, protect and defend the products they make. A trademark is a phrase, word, design or ...

Applying for a patent or trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) comes with an unexpected risk —your mailing and email addresses become part of the public record.

In accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"), the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has announced extensions of the time allowed to file ...

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A recipe patent and trademark do two different things in the business world. Each provides legal protection for a different aspect of a company's products and name, however one cannot substitute for ...

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“Everything that can be invented has been invented.” Legend has it that U.S. Patent Commissioner Charles Duell wrote that in a letter to President William McKinley in 1899. Conventional wisdom also ...

The Afghanistan Patent and Trademark Office (APTO) will be closed for 3 weeks starting on March 28, 2020, as part of the shutdown of all government offices in Kabul. The APTO will reopen on April 20, ...