<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Paper addresses the different methods for protecting intellectual property in modern knowledge-based economies. The focus of the paper is a comparison between the procedures for applying for patents in Poland and the United States. The comparison has been made from the perspective of the cost of obtaining and maintaining a patent in Poland, the United States and some other countries. The comparison has also been made from the perspective of the procedures for applying for a patent in different countries based on the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The paper also includes a comparison of the time needed for processing the patent application. Low cost provisional twelve-month patent pending protection available in the United States is also being discussed. The paper also provides some guidance and recommendations for conducting a patent search in order to validate the originality of the invention.</p></abstract>

Paper addresses the different methods for protecting intellectual property in modern knowledge-based economies. The focus of the paper is a comparison between the procedures for applying for patents in Poland and the United States. The comparison has been made from the perspective of the cost of obtaining and maintaining a patent in Poland, the United States and some other countries. The comparison has also been made from the perspective of the procedures for applying for a patent in different countries based on the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The paper also includes a comparison of the time needed for processing the patent application. Low cost provisional twelve-month patent pending protection available in the United States is also being discussed. The paper also provides some guidance and recommendations for conducting a patent search in order to validate the originality of the invention.

Global Perspective for Protecting Intellectual Property – Patenting in USA and Poland

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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Paper addresses the different methods for protecting intellectual property in modern knowledge-based economies. The focus of the paper is a comparison between...

Global Perspective for Protecting Intellectual Property – Patenting in USA and Poland

Publié en ligne: 22 mai 2018

Pages: 106 - 111

Reçu: 01 déc. 2017

Accepté: 01 mars 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2018-0017

Mots clés
patents, patent, intellectual property, intellectual property law, innovations, Polish patents, US paten

© 2018 Michalene Eva Grebski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Global Perspective for Protecting Intellectual Property – Patenting in USA and Poland

Publié en ligne: 22 mai 2018

Pages: 106 - 111

Reçu: 01 déc. 2017

Accepté: 01 mars 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2018-0017

Mots cléspatents, patent, intellectual property, intellectual property law, innovations, Polish patents, US paten

© 2018 Michalene Eva Grebski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
patents, patent, intellectual property, intellectual property law, innovations, Polish patents, US paten