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29th September 2009
Before you file for a patent you must make a choice to either hire a lawyer to file the patent for you or to do it on your own. If you opt to hire a lawyer to help you file a patent you should be ready to spend some money. Most patent lawyers charge a min... Read >
Author: wbdoyle22nd September 2009
There are a lot of less than forthright organizations that allegedly help individuals sell their inventions to industry. In all my years of working as a patent lawyer, I have never come across a single person who ever used one of these organizations to ef... Read >
Author: rajesh107th September 2009
Do you have an idea or an invention that you would like to get patented?? Are you confused or unsure of what to do to obtain an invention patent? The best place to go to get patent information is through the U.S. Patent Office. This patent information is ... Read >
Author: wbdoyle21st August 2009
Inventors and other applicants for patents should know that the term patent pending is not an instant and concrete right. Not surprisingly, the rights in a patent are conditioned upon the acceptance of the patent application by the USPTO. What is surpr... Read >
Author: sbbarca21st August 2009
The term patent pending comes with no guarantees. In some ways those rights are instant, yet in other ways they are conditional. And in some ways, those rights are retroactive back to the filing date. And, most importantly, you cannot file a lawsuit u... Read >
Author: sbbarca20th August 2009
The practice of using provisional applications used to be standard practice. Oftentimes, Provisional patent applications were drafted by the inventors and sent to the USPTO. As such, inventors would save a lot of time and money. Unfortunately, recent ca... Read >
Author: sbbarca20th August 2009
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright all have their unique strengths and weaknesses. In addition, they each overlap and can be an issue with most goods and services. As such, it will be delineated here their capabilities and weaknesses.
In terms of en... Read >
Author: sbbarca20th August 2009
In the past, it was typically accepted as standard practice for an inventor to write up a really quick and dirty patent application, draft up some quick drawings with the kids' crayons and send it off to the USPTO as a provisional patent application. Occ... Read >
Author: sbbarca20th August 2009
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright all come with their unique strengths and weaknesses. In addition, Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights all overlap and can all operate a single device or service in many cases. For this reason, it is important to know w... Read >
Author: sbbarca24th July 2009
There are many different types of claims of a patent application. Some patent claims are about the type of invention. There are apparatus claims, method or process claims, claims to designs, chemical composition, etc.
There are also claims which are... Read >
Author: sbbarca22nd April 2009
How do you establish an effective brand? Branding--creating a distinctive corporate identity for your business--is critical to your success as an entrepreneur. You can, and must, use the process of setting up and managing your business entities to establi... Read >
Author: romeoicq06th December 2008
Maybe you are the creative type that comes up with great ideas, but you do not have a clue on how to run a business. Alternatively, maybe you would just rather think of great ideas than implement them. Either way, licensing your idea is a great method to ... Read >
Author: Kaye Z. Marks09th September 2008
Maybe you are the creative type that comes up with great ideas, but you do not have a clue on how to run a business. Alternatively, maybe you would just rather think of great ideas than implement them. Either way, licensing your idea is a great method to ... Read >
Author: Kaye Z. Marks27th March 2008
Inventors should review hiring a top tier patent attorney, versus filing on their own or even worse doing nothing to protect their most important asset.
A patent is the property right given by the U.S Patent and Trademark Office to an inventor. It gives... Read >
Author: arana22nd February 2008
Windsurfing, as a sport and recreational activity, did not emerge until the later half of the twentieth century. Because of the financial stakes in the manufacture and sale of windsurfing equipment, there has been considerable dispute and litigation betwe... Read >
Author: Carl Solf18th January 2008
The Apple iPod from Apple Inc. is a portable media player that assures the users of perfect musical entertainment. The iPod was a result of Apple’s research which resulted in the disclosure of the fact that the existing digital music players are "big a... Read >
Author: Alice Erin11th May 2007
*This article is for non-practitioners seeking to familiarize themselves with the basics of patent types and patentability requirements. This article is Part II of a four part series. Parts III and IV will follow in biweekly installments, and will addre... Read >
04th May 2007
How to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market
By Joan Lefkowitz, of ACCESSORY BRAINSTORMS, New York
© Joan Lefkowitz
So you have an idea for an invention? What do you do now? The most successful ha... Read >
Author: Invention Guru02nd May 2007
A patent is a property right granted by the government of the United States to an inventor "to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States" f... Read >
07th June 2006
There are a lot of less than forthright organizations that allegedly help individuals sell their inventions to industry. In all my years of working as a patent lawyer, I have never come across a single person who ever used one of these organizations to e... Read >
Author: Elias Borges31st May 2006
Your trademark is the most important asset your business will ever own. A good trademark will distinguish you from the competition and help you stand out in a crowd. A poor trademark will entangle you in legal disputes and blunt your marketing efforts. ... Read >
Author: Elias Borges03rd May 2006
Do you have an idea or an invention that you would like to get patented?? Are you confused or unsure of what to do to obtain an invention patent? The best place to go to get patent information is through the U.S. Patent Office. This patent information is ... Read >
Author: Jill Dow02nd April 2006
How do you establish an effective brand? Branding--creating a distinctive corporate identity for your business--is critical to your success as an entrepreneur. You can, and must, use the process of setting up and managing your business entities to establi... Read >
Author: Germaine A Hoston02nd April 2006
How do you establish an effective brand? Branding--creating a distinctive corporate identity for your business--is critical to your success as an entrepreneur. You can, and must, use the process of setting up and managing your business entities to establi... Read >
Author: Germaine A Hoston16th February 2006
So you have an idea for an invention? What do you do now? The most successful hair accessory in history, the TopsyTail, made 100 million dollars. This did not happen by miracle or chance. The key was a well-conceived and executed plan. Following an inform... Read >
Author: Joan Lefkowitz08th September 2005
New inventions? Heard of a revolving restaurant combination television tower? How about color x-ray pictures? Or heard of a new invention that turns the sea's salt water drinkable? These are wacky new inventions not having been fully used!
Are you ... Read >
Author: Emmet Press28th August 2005
Invention help is available for a fee and a signed contract to split the profits. An invention submission company will take care of all the details.
The invention help expert will validate your invention through:
a. Internal project review or ev... Read >
Author: Emmet Press27th July 2005
The United States works differently than other countries
when it comes to giving patents. In the U.S., it doesn't necessarily matter who first applied for the patent (the process may take up to a year to complete).
What does matter, however, is who c... Read >
Author: Paul Johnson
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