Fishing Tackle Patents & IP

  • jwellsy
    Posts: 1746
    April 8, 2025 at 4:54 pm #2328980

    Do tackle manufactures use patents very much?
    Or do they mainly use copyrights and first to markets to protect the brand and IP?

    Brittman
    Posts: 2254
    April 8, 2025 at 5:26 pm #2328985

    You can go on to the US Patent and Trademark office website and search by key words, company names, etc…

    If awarded a patent, you have to pay renewal fees along the way. You also have to show diligence in enforcement of your patent. If you know of or witness someone violating your patent, you must go after them … failure to protect your patent can result in you losing rights to that patent.

    Dutchboy
    Central Mn.
    Posts: 17690
    April 8, 2025 at 6:52 pm #2328996

    The Chinese don’t much care about patent law. If you think you have something get a patent lawyer.

    crawdaddy
    St. Paul MN
    Posts: 1987
    April 8, 2025 at 9:18 pm #2329017
    Dutchboy wrote:

    The Chinese don’t much care about patent law. If you think you have something get a patent lawyer.

    Just another reason to slap 104% tarrifs on them.

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 12337
    April 9, 2025 at 2:23 pm #2329170
    jwellsy wrote:

    Or do they mainly use copyrights…

    A copyright protects original works of authorship. For example, written works, musical works, visual artworks, or poetry.

    Copyrights do not protect inventions.

    jwellsy
    Posts: 1746
    April 9, 2025 at 4:37 pm #2329226

    I should have said trademarks instead of copyrights.

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