The #Guinness Book of World Records credits Shunpei Yamazaki of Japan with having the most patents: 6,314 in 12 countries as of 2011. Yamazaki’s company makes video screens, but he also holds patents on cold fusion. Then again, Yamazaki’s company does nothing but invent patentable technology
Date: March 21, 2020 (page 2 of 3)
Though you have copyright protection in a work the instant you create it, you might not be able to effectively enforce it. Timely registration of your copyrighted works is crucial to have your maximum protection under the law.
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Abraham Lincoln is one of the best-known U.S. Presidents; few realize, however, that he is the only President to have been issued a U.S. Patent. While traveling home between sessions of Congress in 1848, he observed boatmen float a flatboat off a sandbar. Lincoln, based on his observations, invented
A patent gives you the right to stop others from copying, manufacturing, selling or importing your invention without your permission. See protecting intellectual property. You get protection for a pre-determined period, allowing you to keep competitors at bay. You can then
To qualify for copyright protection the only requirements are that an item be an original work that is “fixed in any tangible medium of expression.” In short, once you’ve hit save on your file, uploaded it to a server, put a doodle down on a napkin or otherwise fixed your idea into some tangible