Originally Posted 10/11/07
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recently ruled an inventor’s patents were uneforceable: Nilssen v. Osram Sylvania. Why? Because the inventor wrote, applied, and dealt with the Patent Trademark Office (PTO) on an individual, pro se, basis. Now, not everyone who prosecutes their own patent applications with the PTO will ultimately obtain a ruling of inequitable conduct against them and have their patents invalidated, but why take the risk? If your idea is truly a great idea, you shoudl take the time to obtain the necessary funds in order to properly protect your investment – by using a registered patent attorney to write your applciation for you. And obviously, we recommend using Leyendecker & Lemire, LLC to do so: www.coloradoiplaw.com.
