3 Advantages of Intellectual Property Translation

Posted by Metafrasi on December 15th, 2020

Is your business built around a unique and specific idea or invention? It makes sense to protect it as much as you can with a patent. After all, it is your intellectual property (IP). And if you are planning to make your creation available in other countries, you need an intellectual property translation, which goes beyond translating patents. The service can encompass technical documentation, examination reports, and trademarks relevant to patent litigation.

Understanding IP

The World Intellectual Property Organization defines intellectual property as the creation of the mind so it can be anything from artistic or literary works, inventions, symbols, designs, images, and names used in commerce. It can be industrial property, which encompasses trademarks, industrial designs, and patents, or copyright, which covers literary, artistic, music, and film works. Intellectual property translation will translate the technical and legal documents essential in protecting or obtaining IP rights relevant to those creations or inventions.

Why get your IP translated?

Intellectual property translation will provide the following benefits to you:

1. Protect your rights overseas - Intellectual property rights are just like other property rights, which enable you to benefit from your authorship or interest. They ensure that you are fairly compensated for the resources and time you invested in your creation, while protecting those rights in countries where you plan to introduce your creation.
   
2. Acquire legal protection for your patent or trademark – The IP document must be translated into at least one of the official languages of the target country so you can have your intellectual property protected in that country. For instance, if you are a European patent owner who wants patent protection in Japan, then you need an official Japanese patent translation to submit to the Japanese Patent Office. Intellectual property translation is also significant to obtaining trademarks, which will be made available in other countries.
   
3. Legal protection on a global scale – IP translation can protect your idea internationally, no matter where your patent or trademark becomes available.

Be sure to have your intellectual property translation done by an experienced technical translator who is fluent in your native and target foreign languages. They must have expertise in understanding terminology, inventions, and nuances, as well as IP regulations specific to every country.

About the Author:

This article was written by Sabrina Eskelson, CEO of Metafrasi. Metafrasi provides specialised translation services to multinational companies, agencies, and institutions. Metafrasi has more than 20 years of experience, specialising in patent translation, medical translation and technical translation, as well as certified and sworn translations, and post-editing of machine translation.