An INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BUSINESS CONSULTANTS professional can suggest alternative or complementary means to protect your intellectual property rights.
There are other types of Intellectual Property that may be useful, either as the sole form protection or in combination with a Patent, Trademark, and/or a Copyright. The decision as to which IP protection is best to use depends on its business strategic use. We can help you understand, sort out, and decide what is best for you.
Among the other Intellectual Property protection options there are:
TRADE SECRETS
A Trade Secret is a SECRET formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information used by a business to obtain an advantage over competitors within the same industry or profession. In the United States Trade Secrets are protected by various state and Federal laws.
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION
Geographical Indication is a name or sign used on certain products that corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (eg. a town, region, or country) that acts as a certification that the product possesses certain qualities, or enjoys a certain reputation, due to its geographical origin.
DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN Denomination of Origin is a type of Geographical Indication applied to a raw or elaborated agricultural product whose quality or characteristics are derived fundamentally and exclusively from the geographic area in which it is produced, transformed and elaborated.
CONTROLLED DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN Also called Appellation d'Origine Contrôlé (AOC) or Denominación de Origen Controlada (DOC), is an intellectual property certification based of the geographic location and certain rules of production, where a particular wine or spirit is produced.