Most breakthrough technologies or processes involve significant investments of money, time and effort – it’s important that you protect them. Our friendly, plain-speaking Patent Attorneys can guide you through the application process, and help you to make the most of your idea.
Patents provide one of the strongest forms of protection against the copying or exploitation of an invention. Sometimes, just the existence of a patent (or even a patent application) can be enough of a deterrent.
The owner of a patent is granted a 20-year monopoly right over the manufacturing, marketing, licensing or sale of the invention covered by the patent, which provides you with a lucrative window of opportunity to secure a strong foothold in the market.
Unprotected innovation doesn’t afford you as much of an advantage, and is far more difficult to sell or license.
Patents provide protection for the ideas embodied in novel technologies, products and processes. They cover a principle or idea and not just a single physical form of an invention, so the monopoly granted by a patent can be wide in scope and cover many variations of a basic product or process.
Of all the forms of IP protection available, patents are the trickiest to navigate, the easiest to get wrong, and the costliest to acquire – so you want to get it right.
Our patent attorneys have scientific and technical qualifications in all major subject areas, including pharmaceuticals, life sciences, electronics, mining, mechanical and software. Talk to us today about how we can help you.
