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About Kurt Leyendecker

Kurt Leyendecker specializes in intellectual property law, including the procurement of United States patents for individual inventors and small entrepreneurial companies.

Americaninventor.tv

Originally Posted 11/21/05 

Apparently, ABC will be broadcasting an inventor contest reality show in 2006, and you can be one of its stars. The grand prize is a one million dollar advance against royalties. Open casting calls are December 1st in Denver.

I reviewed the website for the show and it is honest and well written. […]

October 14th, 2008|

Letting a Multi-Million Dollar Opportunity Slip Away!

Originally Posted on 11/10/05 

First off, this article is not what you think it is. In fact, it has absolutely nothing to do with intellectual property, patents or business law. Rather, this is less of an article and more of a story: a funny story that I can laugh about now but while it was happening, […]

October 14th, 2008|

How to choose a patent attorney

Originally Posted on 11/8/05 

Below is an updated version of an article I had published about a year and a half ago at www.Troubleshooter.com. For those who have not read the original enjoy.

And in one of my future posts, I will offer some additional pointers on choosing a good patent attorney. Unfortunately, I have found […]

October 14th, 2008|

The Rocket Science chronicles

Originally Posted 11/2/05 

INTRODUCTION

Prior to becoming an attorney in what now seems like a previous life I was an entrepreneur. After leaving my first engineering job out of college, I started the Denver Bicycle Design Center, Inc., which designed, manufactured and produced high end mountain bicycle components. These products, namely a ultralight aluminum/graphite/epoxy handlebar and stem, […]

October 14th, 2008|

Client Spotlight #1

Originally Posted on 11/1/05 

Every once and a while we will be spotlighting the products or services offered by our clients.

The first client we are spotlighting, Wheel Riders, has been with the firm since the beginning and with me since I went into private practice nearly 3 years ago.

Wheel Riders make bicycle wheel holders that mount […]

October 14th, 2008|

Control Protect and Leverage, Part III

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JUNE 12, 2005 BY KURT P. LEYENDECKER

And here it is… The newest installment in what was intended as a three part post but is threatening to become a book! I hope not!

Having covered protecting patents in Part II, we will consider protecting Trademarks in this entry.

Unlike patents, the Federal government does not grant […]

October 14th, 2008|

Control Protect & Leverage Part V

Originally Posted 10/27/05 

It has been awhile since I wrote Part IV and since this last and final Part deals with leveraging patents, I suggest you go back and read Part II first which deals with protecting your IP especially as it pertains to patents.

This is perhaps the most difficult topic to write about (at least […]

October 14th, 2008|

The Virus that Ate the Firm

Originally Posted on 10/21/05 

Ok, not really but it did slow things down to a snails pace on Monday and Tuesday! I am talking about virtumonde spyware. You will know you have if every once and while while surfing a new internet explorer window opens up with an advertisement. Most often the ad is for a […]

October 13th, 2008|

Update Re: Jolly Rancher Soda

Originally Posted on 10/6/05 

On August 17, 2005 I published an article that was intended to demonstrate the difficulty in determining whether or not a new product or invention would be successful in the marketplace. I made the point that even large companies can’t always predict whether a product will be a success. Often, excess inventory […]

October 13th, 2008|
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