The very first, crude prototype of today’s Wi-Fi was created by brave employees of the UK Department of Defense during World War II. Why is the broad public not aware of this? Because Wi-Fi has been classified as a secret for over 20 years. But first things first...

It is hard to deny that coronavirus pandemic, with all its terrible consequences, served as a tremendous impetus of scientific and technical progress, and changes in the world order as well. If a year ago “remote work” essentially was the prerogative of freelancers, then the 2020 quarantine clearly demonstrated to mankind the ability to work at home for specialists from a much larger number of areas. In fact, any person, whose professional activity is connected with the computer, can spend working hours not only in the office, but also in any place suitable for him/her...

Unexpectedly for us and, probably, for an average layman, the Disney company turned out to be not only the creator of cartoons and the owner of Disneyland, but also a leader in the development of animatronics and entertainment robotics. By the way, the very word animatronics meaning robots that move and make sounds, has been used since 1961 and is a registered trademark of Walt Disney Imagineering. Just recently, in the middle of 2019, Disney Enterprises Inc. has filed US patent applications that protect certain aspects of autonomous robots. Disney autonomous robots are machines endowed with...

You probably know a feeling of slight shock of the translation costs for a patent application when trying to get protection of the invention in other countries. And, it could be fine regarding a translation from Russian into English. But, what about the one from Russian to Georgian, Uzbek or another “exotic” language. The costs are terrible to imagine...

Everyone who has ever faced the issue of protecting his / her own intellectual property knows that a patent for an invention is valid for 20 years. But is 20-year protection period enough from a practical point of view? For example, consider a new drug protection in the United States. Patent life begins on the date of filing a patent application with the Patent Office. Often, to “mark out” the new drug for themselves, companies file patent applications at the stage of the new drug development, and often claim a wide group of compounds, which includes...

We often hear the expression that all ingenious is simple. The most ingenious inventions are the simplest. Can this expression be attributed to an invention from the point of view of patent law? To obtain a patent, and, therefore, to be protected, an invention must meet three patentability requirements...