Today I saw that there is a good article about GPL licence on Distrowatch. As someone who uses Linux for almost 10 years now (I like Ubuntu, Mint Linux and OpenSUSE) I think that the GPL is very important. The #1 thing I like about Linux is: No viruses — at least, not the type […]
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Stamp Duty for Transfer or Assignment of Intellectual Property
I was just looking through the Stamp Act 1949 (Act 378), which you can download by clicking here. Under section 35, “The instruments appearing under the heading of “General Exemptions” in the First Schedule shall not be chargeable with duty.” This looks promising and I had a look. Unfortunately, the words “intellectual property” never appear under […]
Drafting Your Own Patent?
Recently, one of my clients told me that they had a totally brilliant idea for a mobile cafe. It would be fantastical and incorporate all sorts of technological wizardry. Parts would move, and eyes would be dazzled. A bystander looking at their invention in action would think instantly of the movie “Transformers” where cars and […]
What does a patent agent do?
The coolest patent agent that I know of is Calvin’s dad, from the “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip. Bespectacled, good-intentioned, and hardworking, he always tells his son to put up with unpleasant things because they will “build character”. In one comic he got annoyed with Calvin for calling him at work. Calvin wanted a story, […]
LEGO – a successful invention
In July 1958, one Mr. Godtfred Kirk Christensen filed a patent at the US Patent office. It was a design for a toy, made of bricks that had “cylindrical projections” on top, and “tubular projections” on the bottom. Both the cylindrical projections and tubular projections could make contact on one or more walls of the […]