Hurricane season is here and the states across the southern parts of the U.S. are bracing for another phase of widespread destruction. But true as it is, necessity is the mother of invention, and the availability of patented hurricane preparedness inventions has gone up in recent times. Most of these inventions lessen the extent of […]
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Sara Blakely is an entrepreneur and founder of Spanx. Like other women, Sara struggled with finding the right shapewear. After several tries with traditional shapewear, she decided to cut off her pantyhose’s feet to substitute for an undergarment beneath a pair of white pants. She noticed there were no panty lines, but her self-made undergarment
The first U.S. Patent Act was established in 1790 and the United States Patent and Trademark Office only requires a drawing in the patent applications that contributes to better understanding the invention. Only it is not required, including illustrations of your invention strengthens your claim and acts as a supplement to the written sections. The
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Competitors can be dangerous to your invention. They create a knock-off version of your product and offer your consumers duplicates at a significantly lower price. Due to the similarity in products, consumers may not be able to discern which product is the original. Incidents like this ultimately lead to a negative business reputation. To limit
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Is a patent, trademark, or copyright the best form of protection for your intellectual property? To get to this answer, we need to understand what each of these uniquely protect. The United States Patent and Trademark Office describes each as the following: “A patent is a limited duration property right relating to an invention, granted
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Intellectual property is a driving force behind the U.S economy. Ideas, inventions, creations, and designs have been a part of American history since its birth, and it’s an important privilege to have that must be protected so much so that even our founding fathers wrote about it in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. The
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I recently had the honor of interviewing a brilliant young inventor and one of my clients, Anthony Justen. At only 17 years old, Anthony has invented an intelligent shopping cart which scans all your items in 3 seconds as you walk through to pay. His determination has led him to create drawings, prototypes, and models
“I don’t want anyone to steal my idea” is what I hear every inventor tell me when they step into my office. I couldn’t agree more. Over 600,000 patent applications are filed each year and each inventor is hoping that they have an idea that’s unlike any other and has been filed before someone else
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You have an idea! Now what are your next steps? First, you need to determine whether your idea can be legally protected. It doesn’t take a patent attorney to stress how important it is to protect your idea from others who may try to profit off of what is rightfully yours. Choosing to protect your
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CLASS IS IN SESSION! Patent examiners have the incredibly important job of reviewing patent applications for approval by the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. At my office we have not one, but two former patent examiners who carefully review your idea. This is step 6 of our 9-step Idea to Patent system where you’re able
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