By Kurt Leyendecker
I just had a prospective client call me the other day who had originally met with us way back in 2017 about an invention he had. Back then, he decided not to proceed with the patent process presumably because of cost. Well, his circumstances have changed in the intervening five years, and he […]
Kurt with Gitanjali in 2018
In the December 9th edition of Time Magazine, Time named Gitanjali Rao its inaugural Kid of the Year. I was shocked to see someone I recognized as the recipient but not at all surprised that this award went to Gitanjali.
In early 2018, […]
By Peter Lemire
A recent decision by the Supreme Court will have attorneys and business paying more attention to what are known as “adversary proceedings” before the United States Patent and Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB).
Adversary proceedings are basically mini administrative trials that are conducted when one party […]
The law once said that to file an application for a United States federal trademark registration, an individual or a business had to actually be using the mark in interstate commerce. That individual or business must have actually sold the goods or services to someone in another state, or their sale of the goods or […]
Kurt Leyendecker
Tesla Motors and its CEO Elon Musk made news in the patent and intellectual property world a few months ago with a company blog post entitled “All Our Patent Are Belong To You” (the error in the title is Musk’s, not mine). The […]
Many years ago, John Sylvan had an idea: provide a hermetically-sealed, compact cartridge containing a filter and enough ground coffee to brew a single serving in a specially designed brewer. After the freshly brewed coffee was delivered, the remaining carcass would simply be discarded without fuss or muss. Sylvan’s brilliant idea came to him in […]
A few months ago, I attended an intellectual property conference where the head IP counsel for Twitter discussed its new Innovator’s Patent Agreement, or IPA.
A few of the panel members hailing from academic institutions were drooling over the IPA as a revolutionary new path for companies to take with regard […]
A question I frequently get from prospective clients is, “Is my invention patentable?” Variations on this inquiry include the following:
• “Can I patent an improvement to a device that is already available?”
• “Is it correct that in order for something to be patentable, it has to be at least 10 percent different than the known […]
Do you or your company have a product or process that you’ve been developing for some time but have yet to patent? If so, a new law could considerably affect your ability to patent.
In 2011, Congress passed the America Invents Act (AIA), with the provisions of the act to be amended over time. The most […]
There is a well-known phrase known to businesses relying on the internet to help drive marketing and sales: “Content is king.”
That phrase has expanded, in the wake of businesses turning to Facebook and YouTube and in the development and use of better consumer digital cameras and video. That new and improved phrase is this: “User-generated […]
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