I am a software engineer, i am the person like keep on thinking about technologies to improve current services from IT. I have some solution in Data Compression technologies. I want to to secure those with Patent rights. So i want to know the rules and regulations to get a patent in India or any other country. Please help me in this.
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Here is an example of a site where most , if not all, your questions regarding Patents in India will be answered...\n\n\nhttp://www.indianpatent.com/index.htm
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Officially speaking - no.  They are strictly prohibited from doing that.  Getting a patent excludes everyone else from using you idea, governments included.
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If you go to an ABA-approved law school, you will first obtain a Juris Doctor (JD) degree. There is no "technical law" degree per se. There may be Masters of Law degrees (LLM) that one can obtain after a JD, but I am not aware of an LLM in Intellectual Property Law. You should check with the Oregon State Bar.\n\nWhen I was in Law School, we were permitted to take some electives, some of which included IP, copyright, trademarks. I would imagine Oregon law schools offer the same thing.\n\nAs a side note, to practice patent law, and to be able to prosecute patent applications in the US Patent and Trademark Office, you need to take and pass the Patent Agent test administered by the USPTO.\n\nGood luck. See you in court.
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We get sued by IPRS in India.
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This is a huge problem in the software world, the design patent only protects the exact design and components within. It does nto prevent other companies from designing and developing software that does the Exact same thing in a slightly different way.  So you have to be careful to patent a concept with significant enough detail so that your implementation is unique, but without so much that other companies can point out the 'uniqueness' of their design easily.
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Nice to hear from a budding scientist. Today inventions and new ideas can fetch you great commercial returns. However to be the lead or even sole gainer of that idea it is wise to be able to Patent the product. There is a whole set of mechanism to get a patent. Please refer to it appropriately. \n\nNow one of the essentials of patenting is that it must a new, innovative and not an obvious idea. Also that product and idea must not be in public knowledge. So if you get the idea see if it is patentable. If so document properly and tread the patenting path cautiously.\n\nHowever if the patent is not emerging then develop the idea fully, keep you documents in place for apt time to be able to evangelise it. For dissipation of knowledge to others you could use the route of publishing in Scientific journals. The journal will depend on ur subject of work and you geographical location of work.\n\nIn case commercial exploitation is your vision then contact possible buyers or investors. These days there are a lot of angel investors who will see you through.\n\nThere are govt agencies too who take lead in motivating and building up ideas of budding scientists.\n\nHappy innovating and gaining commercial mileage.
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From the article "How to Protect Your Idea or Intellectual Property" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol81/protectidea.htm here are some steps you need to take:\n\n1. Consult a patent lawyer and check if your idea can be patented. \n2. Keep extensive records tracking the development of your idea.\n3. Conduct an extensive research to find out if there are similar patents. \n4. Document where, how and to whom you showed your idea.\n5. Do your own market research if your idea is marketable\n6. Explore the possibility of developing the product yourself, or licensing someone else to make the product for you. \n\nTo bring your idea to market, here are some tips from the article "How to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/invention.htm\n\nGetting Started: \n\n- The Ideabook = Keep a bound ideabook of your invention idea. Date your entries. \n- Get it Notarized = get it officially confirmed that you conceived your invention idea on a particular date, and have your notes notarized. \n- Seek and Search = Do your own patent search to ascertain if your invention is original and prospectively patentable.\n- Create the Initial Prototype = Use simple materials to rig it up, to see if it works. \n- Get Educated = Educate yourself on the inventing process. Go to a bookstore or inventorhelp.com and review the plethora of books written on the subject. \n- The Non-Disclosure Form = Agreement signed between you and anyone you reveal your invention to. \n\nMoving Ahead \n\n- Analyze Costs to Produce = Ascertain what the costs will be. \n- The Evaluation Process = Analyze the benefits and features, strengths and weaknesses of your invention. \n- Get a Professional Prototype = Have professional prototypes made, the quality of which can be shown to potential retail buyers. \n- Protect Your Idea = Apply for a provisional patent yourself. \n- The Non-Provisional Patent = Your patent attorney files your non-provisional patent application.\n\nOptions for Marketing\n\n- Licensing = The inventor has the choice to license the invention to a manufacturer in exchange for a royalty percentage in sales. \n- Manufacturing = Manufacturing and distributing your invention entails higher financial risk but can reap greater profits.\n\nHere are some books that can help you:\n\nFrom Patent to Profit by Bob De Matteis \nProtecting Your #1 Asset : Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas : An Intellectual Property Handbook \nPatents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook \nHow to Register Your Own Trademark : With Forms \nPatent It Yourself \nProtecting Your Ideas : The Inventor's Guide to Patents
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The best thing you can do is get the advice of a qualified patent professional.  If you can't afford to, then for only $100 you can file a complete description of the invention as a provisional application for patent with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (see the link below), explaining exactly how to make, perform, and practice it.  Then you have a year before you have to get a nonprovisional patent (which should only be prepared by a patent professional).  In the meantime you can call your invention "patent pending" and you can show your idea to companies who might want to buy it.\n\nIf they do want to buy it, aside from paying you for it they will probably be happy to prepare, file, and prosecute the nonprovisional patent application (which is very expensive to prepare in a way that will produce a valid and valuable patent) in return for your assigning the patent rights to them.
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Start by finding a patent attorney. \n\nTo prove you are the original inventor, you want a patent. Whoever files in the patent office first wins (providing that the patent is ultimately issued).  File a provisional patent.  This will give you a "placeholder" and protect your invention for one year during which you need to prepare a full patent application. No other documentation will stand up to a patent. You can do the provisional patent yourself.  Look at this website:
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For patent questions, it's best to contact a patent attorney. If you need a referral, please let me know.\n\nSome info about US patents for you:\n\nYour new product should fall into one of these categories...\n\nThere are three types of patents: \n\n1) Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof; \n\n2) Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture; and \n\n3) Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant. \n\nAlso, read more about patents at the USPTO site & at Nolo. I listed the links.
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I'm guessing Iran isn't to worried about patents.  I would be suprised if they had a patent system.
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Trilateral Project 24.1 - Biotechnology\n \nComparative Study on Biotechnology Patent Practices\n \nComparative Study Report\n\n\n\nContents\n\n\nForeword\n\n1. Requirements for Disclosure and Claims\n\nGeneral\n\n1.1 Claims\n\n1.1.1 Clarity of Claims\n\n1.1.1.1 General rules\n\n1.1.1.2 Details\n\n1.1.1.2.1 Structural gene\n\n1.1.1.2.2 Recombinant protein : Protein as obtained by using recombinant DNA technology\n\n1.1.1.2.3 DNAs, other than structural gene\n\n1.1.1.2.4 Transformant, Fused cell\n\n1.1.2 Relationship between Claims and Description of the Invention\n\n1.2 Description of the invention\n\n1.2.1 Enablement Requirement (Adequacy of Disclosure)\n\n1.2.1.1 General rules\n\n1.2.1.2 Details\n\n1.2.2 Deposition\n\n2. Patentability\n\n2.1 Industrial Applicability (Utility)\n\n2.2 Novelty\n\n2.3 Inventive step (Non-obviousness)\n\n3. Unity of Invention\n\n4. Amendment\n\n4.1 Amendment of DNA/amino acid sequence\n\n4.2 Addition or Conversion of deposit number\n\n5. Patentable subject matters\n \n \n\nForeword\n\nIn the beginning, the JPO notices that the JPO explains relevant provisions and practices mainly on the basis of 1994-Revised Patent Law (applicable to applications filed on and after 1995.7.1.)\n\nEPO JPO USPTO\n\n1. Requirements for Disclosure and Claims\n\nGeneral\n\nThe three Offices explain the reasons for rejection.\n\nThe USPTO explains, based on the Patent Act, Sections 101, 102, 103 and 112.\n\nThe EPO shows all the reasons, including the substantive requirements for disclosure and claims. On the other hand, the JPO explains in detail the requirements for disclosure and claims.\n\nEPO JPO USPTO\n\n1.1 Claims\n\n1.1.1 Clarity of Claims\n\n1.1.1.1 General rules\n\n(1) Is it allowed that a claim is defined only by the objective to be reached ?\n\nIf they can, how should such a claim be interpreted ?\n\nShould such a claim be called a "single-means" claim ?\n\nThe three Offices point out that a claim defined only by the objective to be reached has problems in the light of clarity of claims and of enabling disclosure.\n\nThe USPTO states that a claim may not be defined only by the objective to be reached because it would not be commensurate in scope with the enabling disclosure.\n\nThe EPO states that the scope of a claim must be clearly and unambiguously defined and in general, claims which attempt to define the invention by a result to be achieved are not allowed, in particular if they only amount to claiming the underlying problem, in other words the result to be achieved, however, claims worded in terms of functional features may be allowed if the invention either can only be defined in such terms or cannot otherwise be defined more precisely without unduly restricting the scope of the claims and if the result is one which can be directly and positively verified by tests or procedures adequately specified in the description or known to the person skilled in the art and which do not require undue experimentation.\n\nIn the JPO, a patent application shall not be rejected on the ground of the lack of clarity of claims merely because a claim includes a statement defining a product only by the objective to be reached, however, it is the lack of clarity of claims, if a claimed invention cannot be clearly identified by a skilled person as a result of such claim statements, particularly, if the extent of the claimed invention is unclear to a skilled person even taking into account the specification, drawings and common general knowledge as of the filing.\n\nEPO JPO USPTO\n\n(2) Is it allowed to use a result to be achieved as one of the elements (technical features) of the claimed invention in combination with the other elements (technical features) ?\n\nDoes the judgement depend on whether such an element is known to the public as of filing ?\n\nShould such claim be called a "means-plus-function" claim ?\n\nThe three Offices allow to use a result to be achieved as one of the elements (technical f
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Re: Mail - A patent can be granted to other with the same idea that you mail yourself. So, you can end up having to find out that patent and then wasting $/time to try to challenge that patent.\n\nIf you file the patent, then assuming the patent office do their job correctly, they won't grant another patent similar to the first patent.\n\nI have never file patent myself, but I suppose you can do it yourself if you are short of cash. I believe filling out the correct forms carefully, selecting the correct wordings, etc, and maybe some filing fees are all that's needed.
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Please copntact US Patent office to submitt your papers. It may cost you $2000US+
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A company called Davison Inventegration at davison@mail.davisongetsresults.com can help you with the promotion of your product. They will send you an inventors package in the mail. everything is confidential and your rights protected. Good Luck!
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I have not but I know enough about it to answer your questions :)\n\nTo protect an original invention OR a significant improvement to an existing product, a patent would be filed. Here's the USPTO's definition: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#patent \n\nNOLO is a great, free informational site. Also, be sure to read what the USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office) has to say about patents.\n\nResearch, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can. Here are some book titles that are relevant:\n\n* Patent It Yourself (11th Edition) by David Pressman\n* Patents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook by U.S. Department of Commerce\n* How To Make Patent Drawings Yourself: A Patent It Yourself Companion by Jack Lo\n* The Inventor's Notebook: A Patent It Yourself Companion by Fred E. Grissom\n\nThere are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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Go to United States Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov/ \n\nGetting a patent is a long and complicated process. It is highly recommended that you use a patent lawyer to help you do the entire process. You can learn more about getting a patent here http://www.uspto.gov/main/patents.htm\n\nSome explanations of how to get patents:\n\nCrash course on patents: The procedure for getting a patent\nhttp://www.iusmentis.com/patents/crashcourse/procedure/\nNolo.com Getting a Patent http://www.nolo.com/resource.cfm/catID/2D212B35-B211-4FD4-B46D84A00C15CEBF/310/101/134/