Do aircraft parts need to be patented abroad?

Do aircraft parts need to be patented abroad?

If you are a designer of a new aircraft part, and have filed a UK patent application to protect the part domestically, you may wonder if you need to file foreign patent applications to protect the invention abroad. Patents are territorial. A UK patent to an aircraft part could be used to stop someone, amongst some other acts, making, selling, or using that part in the UK.

Keeping Up With the Patent Applications

Keeping Up With the Patent Applications

Although probably not the makings of a hit TV programme (you never know…), you may wonder from time to time how your patent application(s) are getting along. After all, it can take years for a patent application to be examined in some countries and your attorney might...