The Value Of Prior Art Searching: Don’t Screw Up (Part 1)
One of the most important and valuable things an inventor / prospective patent applicant can do when working on an idea is to see if it’s already out there in the public domain. If so, it might not be possible to get a (valid) patent for the idea. As well as being a patent attorney, I (Iain Russell, founder of Russell IP) am also an inventor. I love problem-spotting and problem-solving and regularly come up with new ideas. In this series of short articles, I’ll share a story of how I managed to ‘knock out’ one such idea, including several […]
