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The Incestuous Love Triangle of Entity Names, Trade Names and Trade Marks – How to Avoid Being Caught With Your Pants Down (Part II)

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JULY 28, 2005 BY PETER C. LEMIRE

In the first installment of this article I introduced a wide spread problem that business owners may be inadvertently susceptible to that could cause a company to loose the right to use their name in commerce, and discussed entity names. In the second installment I am going […]

SOLA update

ORIGINALY PUBLISHED JULY 25, 2005 BY KURT P. LEYENDECKER

Well, this morning I found a new blog comment in my email box from the CEO, E.C. Wagner, in my inbox. Apparently, he did not appreciate my post about his company. I was forced to remove his comments as they were blatantly slanderous towards me. Unfortunately, The […]

Invention Promotion Companies

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JULY 20, 2005 BY KURT P. LEYENDECKER

Anyone who has read much of what I have written here and over at Troubleshooter.com know that I am not a friend of invention promotion companies. While I believe most try to comply with the law, I don’t believe these organizations offer a lot for the substantial […]

Research find Patents are Worth It

As reported in Businessweek SmallBiz Summer 2005 edition, Ronald Mann, co-director of the Center for Law, Business & Economics at the University of Texas School of Law (does that title even fit on a business card?) found that indeed patents were worthwhile.

Mr. Mann found a strong correlation between the pursuit of patents and the later […]

Control Protect and Leverage, Part III

ORIGINALLY POSTED 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 […]

SOLA – A New Twist in Invention Promotion

ORIGINALLY POSETED ON JUNE 11, 2005 BY KURT P. LEYENDECKER

Anyone that knows me knows I am not a fan of invention promotion companies (and that is putting it diplomatically). You know the companies that advertise on late night TV and the secondary channels, such as the Invention Submission Corporation and Invent Tech to name two. […]

Uzed.com

ORIGINALLY POSTED MAY 22, 2005 BY KURT P. LEYENDECKER

I read about this company in the Denver Business journal this past week and thought what a great business idea. What do they do? Simply, they buy your used CDs and resell them to used CD retailers. But that isn’t necessarily the innovative part. They maintain a […]

A Rant about Buying a New Computer!

ORIGINALLY POSETED MAY 12, 2005

Ok, I warned you in the original post that occasionally I might talk about things other than Intellectual Property and here it is…

I recently decided that I needed (OK, wanted) a ultraportable laptop that would be easier to carry than my 7.5 pound laptop. I researched a number of brands and […]

Control Protect and Leverage, Part II

ORIGINALLY POSTED MAY 10, 2005 BY kURT P. LEYENDECKER

A few weeks ago I posted an entry concerning controlling your IP. This entry pertains to protecting your IP.

PATENTS

By obtaining patents for your inventions, you can prevent others from making, using or selling them. Inventions aren’t just mechanical or electronic devices, but include methods as well. Under […]

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