Patents fall under the jurisdiction of state laws.
U.S. patent laws have changed since the mid-1990s.
Copyright law gives exclusive rights to the creator of a work.
Copyrights for a work-for-hire last for 50 years.
as a sales woman. However, the management on seeing her intelligence and capabilities allowed her to use the office library and research facility to create an inventive product. Susan now wants to patent the product in her own name.
Even though no one else had developed an invention like that of the patent applicant, the application will be denied if, at the time of the invention, the invention would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skills in the area. TRUE. Patent Law is always an area of exclusive federal jurisdiction. TRUE.