Yee & Associates, P.C. - Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual property is a set of intangible of rights. These rights often result from creativity in different areas. These rights may be provided for various creations such inventions, literary or artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs. Intellectual property for these and other creations includes patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.

A patent is a property right granted by a government to an inventor or an assignee of an inventor one or more individuals for a limited amount of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention. Read more	A trademark may include words, names, symbols, sounds, or colors indicate a source of good, services, or a combination of goods and services. A trademark distinguishes goods and services originating from one source from those manufactured or sold by others. Read more	A copyright is property right that protects works of authorship that have been tangibly expressed. Read more

A trade secret is information that provides an entity an advantage over competitors who do not know the information. Read more	Licensing an entity, who owns intellectual property to obtain revenues for the intellectual property. Licensing also allows an entity to use to intellectual property owned by others.