Sanjay Paharia leverages more than two decades of sales and business experience as an associate at Florida Gold Distributors in Fort Lauderdale, where he manages telecom product lines. In addition to his management responsibilities, Sanjay Paharia also directs mail marketing and direct distribution programs and has been involved in patent acquisition.A patent is a license that protects an inventor’s right to his or her invention. Patents are issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and have a term of 20 years. Over this term, patent holders have the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling their invention.Patents differ from trademarks and copyrights in that they provide protection for different things. Copyrights provide protection for original works of authorship, such as music, and trademarks cover words, symbols, names, or devices that distinguish a trademark holder’s goods from other goods.There are three general types of patents:Utility Patent: Protection for new processes, machines, manufactured products, or composition of matter. In addition, these patents cover improvements to any of these items.Design Patent: Protection for original designs that are ornamental in nature for manufactured products.Plant Patent: Protection for a new variety of plant that is asexually reproduced.
The holder of a bachelor's degree in business from Sydenham College, Sanjay Paharia has worked as an associate with Florida Gold Dist. since 1996, during which time he has been engaged in the selling of prepaid telecom products. A passionate sports fan, Sanjay Paharia counts the Miami Dolphins as one of his favorite National Football League (NFL) teams.The Dolphins missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season and ninth time in the past 10 seasons after finishing the year with a win-loss record of 7-9. The team won one more game than it had the year prior, but that wasn't enough to save Adam Gase's job, as the head coach was fired on December 31. Through three seasons with Gase as its head coach, the Dolphins posted a combined record of 23-25 and allowed 243 more points than it had scored. Early candidates for Gase's replacement include Vic Fangio and Darren Rizzi, the latter of whom has been with the Dolphins organization since 2010. Miami has had nine different head coaches since the 2004 season.In addition to firing Gase, Dolphins' owner Stephen Ross overhauled the team's management structure by demoting Mike Tannenbaum, who previously served as executive vice-president of football operations, and giving general manager Chris Grier more authority in player personnel decisions. Grier will now report directly to Ross instead of Tannenbaum.
