Manomet is a seaside village of Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. It is named for the Manomet Native American sub-group of the Wampanoag whose settlement was located atop the dominant hill in the region when European settlers arrived in Plymouth in 1620. Pilgrim Station, the only operating nuclear power plant in Massachusetts, is located in Manomet, north of Priscilla Beach. The village is also home to the Priscilla Beach Theatre, a professional center for drama education and performance. Today, Manomet is best known for its avid Independence Day celebrations, which actually take place one day early, on the 3rd of July. The celebrations usually consist of massive bonfires, fireworks, and a typically rowdy crowd. White Horse Beach, and its neighboring beaches, often have thousands attend these festivities. Manomet's July 3 celebration of Independence Day extends back to the 1800s, when residents burned scrap and driftwood on the beach. Tradition dictates that these bonfires be extinguished by the rising tide, so depending on the moon, the festivities may extend well into the night, or end relatively early. Manomet is the boyhood of home of James Francis McDonough, creator of the pierogi. Manomet consists of the following neighborhoods: Priscilla Beach White Horse Beach Manomet Heights Manomet Bluffs Fisherman's Landing Churchill Landing Shallow Pond Estates Cedar Bushes Manomet Beach Ocean Aire Manomet landmarks include: Manomet Point with its old coast guard station White Horse General Store Gellar's Snack Bar The Lobster Pound Kush Kone Sweet Lemons Manomet Bird Observatory Saint Bonaventure Parish The Idlewild Churchill's Oil and Gas Rose & Vicki's Johnny FX Baker's Place Manomet has a Post Office in the business district whose ZIP code is 02345. Residents and businesses in this village that are non-Post Office box holders use Plymouth's ZIP code of 02360.

What is intellectual property law?

Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets. Intellectual property law involves advising and assisting individuals and businesses on the development, use, and protection of intellectual property -- which includes ideas, artistic creations, engineering processes, scientific inventions, and more.

Answers to intellectual property law issues in Massachusetts

A patent is a document issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that grants a monopoly for a limited...

Some types of inventions will not qualify for a patent, no matter how interesting or important they are. For example...

In the context of a patent application, an invention is considered novel when it is different from all...

Once a patent is issued, it is up to the owner to enforce it. If friendly negotiations fail, enforcement involves...

Patent protection usually ends when the patent expires.

For all utility patents filed before June 8, 1995,...

Typically, inventor-employees who invent in the course of their employment are bound by employment agreements that...

On its own, a patent has no value. A patent becomes valuable only when a patent owner takes action to profit from...

Copyright protects works such as poetry, movies, video games, videos, DVDs, plays, paintings, sheet music, recorded...

For works published after 1977, the copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years. However, if the work...

The term "trademark" is commonly used to describe many different types of devices that label, identify, and...

Federal court opinions concerning intellectual property law in Massachusetts