Plaintiffs conduct entitles it to damages and all other remedies at law.
Plaintiffs conduct entitles it to damages and all other remedies at law.
An application for invention patent shall go through five phases, i.e., acceptance, preliminary examination, publication, substantive examination and granting. At present, the examination period for utility model takes 8 to 10 months and about 6 months for designs.
Examination proceeding for inventions includes five stages, namely receiving, preliminary examination, publication, substantive examination, and grant.
Getting Started in Litigation Your attorney will file a formal complaint in federal court, explaining how the defendant has infringed on your patent. Together with your attorney, you will need to compile evidence of your ownership of the patent and the infringement.
How long does it take to get a Patent in China? In Mainland China, it takes about 6 months from the filing of a patent application to get a Design patent, 6-8 months to get a Utility Model Patent, and 2-5 years to get an Invention patent.
A patent owner can enforce its patent rights against an infringer in any federal district court that has personal jurisdiction over the defendant. A patent owner can also enforce its patent rights in an administrative proceeding before the United States International Trade Commission (ITC).
It is a negotiating process between the inventor (represented by an expert patent attorney) and the USPTO, usually centering on whether or not the invention is "non-obvious."
Having your valuable patents registered and recognized in China will put you in a much better position when you explore options against infringers. After all, the patents published or granted by the USPTO are accessible to potential infringers from every corner of the world with an internet connection, including China.