Short answer: As soon as you decide you are serious about trying to protect a new idea. Seriously.
If you really don’t know much or anything about patents and patenting inventions, there are a few very basic things that...more
The America Invents Act or “AIA” was signed into law by President Obama on September 16, 2011. After an eighteen month waiting period, on March 16, 2013, two months from today, the US patent system officially changes to a...more
This post takes us down a road we don’t frequently travel here at the IP Stone. So, to those who don’t consider themselves patent geeks (excluding closet patent geeks who refuse to acknowledge their true nature), my...more