The Colorado Supreme Court recently made implementation of certain intellectual property policies and protections a bit easier for companies with staff, who, in the past might have taken their employers’ intellectual property and used it to compete with them.
Over the years Leyendecker & Lemire has worked with a number of established businesses […]
Is it necessary for an inventor to obtain patent protection outside the United States? For US inventors trying to commercialize their inventions domestically on their own, the answer might well be “No”. However, for at least some inventors, very real strategic advantages may be realized by pursuing more global patent protection. This blog article is […]
Over the years, Leyendecker & Lemire has represented numerous photographers. One of the more frequent issues we discuss is the subject of photo credits. While near and dear to the hearts of photographers, the topic of photo credits is not generally much of a legal issue. This is mainly due to the fact […]
This is a question I hear quite a bit. And it is an important one. After all, pursuing and obtaining a patent on your invention can cost well over ten thousand dollars by the time it is all said and done. You need to know what the expenditure is getting you.
Unfortunately, it is not a […]
In my last blog pot, I suggested you can use commercial success of your invention as evidence to help overcome rejection of patent claims by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Here is a little more on that process.
Many patent claims are rejected for failing the “nonobvious” requirement for patentability of an invention. These […]
In the beginning we were a nation of adventurers willing to strike out into the unknown and take chances on an uncertain future with dreams of prosperity if not for ourselves for our children. This came naturally to us: our parents and grandparents risked death on the high seas crammed into the wooden bowels of […]
The wait for a patent application can be a lengthy one. In fact, the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) often takes between18 to 36 months from the filing date and the beginning of examination. With this in mind, I suggest inventors take that time to work on promoting their inventions. An invention’s commercial viability […]
We go through spurts. Sometimes we publish more often to the blog and then we don’t publish anything for a long while.
The heyday of the blog was back in 2006-2007. Much of the advice from back then is still good BUT readers want new content. And they want it to be interesting.
So we begin again. […]
Only this morning, I received a comment on a blog post suggesting that the information contained in our articles be turned into video presentations. Coincidentally, we have been working on this very thing! Enclosed below is our first effort: an animation created at xtranormal.com. This website allows you to take any printed text and turn […]
When choosing a trademark for a product or service your company provides, make the mark “Google friendly”. A video blog post by Kurt Leyendecker of the law Firm of Leyendecker and Lemire. Find us on the web at Coloradoiplaw.com or call 303.768.0123.
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