Non-disclosure agreement non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement, confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement, is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential materials or knowledge the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to. Non-disclosure_agreement
Novelty (patent) Novelty is a patentability requirement. An invention is not patentable if the claimed subject matter was disclosed before the date of filing, or before the date of priority if a priority is claimed, of the patent application.In some countries, such as the United States, Canada and Japan, a grace period exists for protecting an inventor or their successor in title from authorised or unauthorised disclosure of the invention before the filing date. Novelty_(patent)
Google Patents Google Patents is a search engine from Google that indexes patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which are taken from the original USPTO database (which is in the public domain). All 7 million patents have been put in the database. Optical character recognition (OCR) has been performed on the pages to make them searchable. This searchability includes all US patents. Google_Patents
IPR-Helpdesk IPR-Helpdesk, also known as Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk, is a project funded by the European Commission (EC) and a source and guide to patent information. The project was set up in 1998 to be a central reference point for intellectual property inquiries and advice throughout the European Union. IPR-Helpdesk
European Patent Judges' Symposium European Patent Judges' Symposium (, ) is a biennial symposium, with the claimed aim of providing a platform for national judges from legal systems with differing traditions to exchange experiences and to thereby promote mutual understanding in the development of European patent law. European_Patent_Judges'_Symposium