Top 10 Questions on Intellectual Property

I have been searching the "layman's term" of Intellectual Property and its really quite vague once you search on google. But i'm glad i stumbled one of the video sharingwebsite and i found this guy Michael N. Cohen. Thanks for my speedtyping skills and my splendid hearing i have been able to transcribed of what he says.

Michael is an Intellectual Property Attorney with more than 7 years experience and filed more than a hundred patents, trademarks and intellectual property litigation.
Question No 1: "What is Intellectual Property?"

MNC: Intellectual property deals with the intangible. People thinks it deals with "smart" property. But oppose to the real estate law, real property you're dealing with concept such as patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, we're dealing with intangible property.

Question No. 2: "What is 'Patent'?"

MNC: There are various definitions but primarily congress has allowed inventors to have exclusive rights to exclude others from using their inventions. Patents protect inventions primarily. That's the number one reason for getting a patent and gives the inventor to have exclusive right to that invention for a period of 20 years.
Question No. 3: "What is a 'copyright'?"

MNC: A copyright is the original work of authorship and generally that protects books, movies, music.

Question No 4: "What is a 'trademark'?"
MNC: A trademark protects the source of origin of a product, goods and services.So primarily it deals with names, logos or designs.The term of the trademark last indefinitely as long as it is being used in commerce.
Question No 5:"What is a 'service mark'?"

MNC:It is similar to a trademark with the exception of goods, it is used in services.
Question No. 6: "What is a 'trade secret'?"

MNC: Is a form of Intellectual Property that protects confidential information, there is no specific filing for it but certain steps must be met in order to maintain the confidentiality.

Question No. 7: "How can i protect my Intellectual Property rights?"

MNC:If your IP has been infringed You should seek IP attorney to consult with to determine what is exactly happened, what form of IP has infringed, your patents, trademarks, copyrights etc.and from there he will advise you.

Question No. 8:"Where do i go to protect my IP rights?"

MNC: It depends on where IP is. For patents and trademarks the administrative bodies the United States Patent and Trademark Office. For copyrights the United States Copyright Office.
Question No. 9: "What is registered patent attorney?"

MNC:Is someone who has a technical background specifically an undergraduate or graduate degree in the sciences and is also sat and passed the federal patent board examination.


Question No. 10:"If i have an intellectual property matter, do i have to use a registered patent attorney?"

MNC: If you do need a lawyer for IP matter you don't necessary have to seek a patent attorney although it depends on the situation is, If you are having a patent infringement issue then its probably advisable to have a registered patent attorney. If copyright of trademark matter you don't need a registered patent attorney.



Thanks to:

Michael N. Cohen, ESQ
Intellectual Property Attorney
www.patentlawIp.com

CAD Outsourcing Problems and Suggestions

If your an architect or an engineer thinking of outsourcing your drawings, you have been confonted with the question some point in time, and that question is "how do i find a good provider of cad services?" Probably most probably what most comes to mind is go to search engines and type in "cad services". Yes going to search engine is a smart idea but you will be surprised to know that nowadays isnt the strategy of choice.it has a shortcomings, and that is search engine is ranked a site on how a good website is, not how the websites company is.After all for the most part websites are like ads.

Now you tell me, if an ad is good, does it mean the company being advertised is good? of course not. What you need are the opinions of users, users that actually used the cad services. that way you'll see the good, the bad, and the ugly. Say about 10 years ago, being find the opinions of others would be a pipe dream but today is a reality. You can do it, and you can do it easily.How? by going to user forums. If your into engineering, go to engineering forums. If your in architectural, go to architectural forums.ask about cad services and get the naked truth.

Here are the url of the good engineering forums.

www.eng-tips.com
www.engineeringforum.org
www.engineersedge.com

and believe me engineers love to talk, ask me im one of them. and here the url of the good architectural forums

architecture.about.com
arch.designcommunity.com
www.topix.com/forum
construction.com/community

What you have to do is choose some of the forums, register for them, then ask the question "can anyone recommend a good cad service based on first-hand experience?". gather about 10 service provider names using this method then carefully evaluate this 10 companies by messaging them and evaluating the responses you get. rank the providers and keep only the top 3.

Divide your cad work amongst this 3 providers,of course if you don't have volume requirements, maybe you can use them in rotation but always have more than one provider on hand.