Licensing Your Product Invention: Why Are Royalties So Low? There are good reasons to invent and patent a product besides making money – like saving lives, for example. Our client Troy Faletra invented the ThrowRaft after his boat sank and he had to swim for 16 hours toward shore to survive. It inspired him to […]
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AMC/Sony Pictures, the channel and studio responsible for original TV breakout smash dramas Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, are in hot water with tax prep titan Liberty Tax Service over the content of an episode released in April of 2022 as part of Better Call Saul’s final season. Liberty Tax Service argues that in
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In a move that has raised many an eyebrow in both Mexico and the United States, Vice reported that notorious drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, aka “the godfather of the modern Mexican drug trade” or “El Jefe de Jefes (The Boss of bosses)” has registered his name as a trademark in Mexico to be
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It may be the most “meta” case in modern IP law history: A small AR/VR company called Meta.is (aka MetaX) is suing Meta (aka Facebook), alleging that Facebook’s change to the Meta name has diluted the original Meta.is brand and caused what is known as “reverse confusion” in IP circles by irrevocably giving the appearance
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Chances are, you decided to protect your idea with a patent because you wanted to make money from your invention. A patent gives you the exclusive legal right to profit from your invention. If anyone else tries to manufacture or sell your patented invention without your permission (otherwise known as “infringement”), you can not only
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On Friday, July 15th, I was invited by Brian Mudd of 610AM WIOD NewsRadio to discuss a pending copyright case that is—quite literally—bananas. The dispute involves two artists, bananas, duct tape, whether a banana duct-taped to a wall can legitimately be copyrighted, and if so, to what degree. I’ve been following this case with some
Morford v. Catellan: (Maybe) The Most Bananas IP Case Ever! Read More »
The hit TV show Shark Tank has done a lot to inspire people to do something with their product ideas. It’s also scared off some would-be inventors. It seems every episode includes at least one inventor with a harrowing tale of going through Hell to start a business. They get teary-eyed and their shoulders droop
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On Monday, I had the privilege of being the expert guest for News Tak Radio in San Diego on 600 A.M. KONGO News. To listen to the broadcase, visit: Listen to “Toyota patents a dog-walking robot | iHeart’s Talk Radio KOGO San Diego | 5/16/22” on Spreaker. The topic of discussion is one that’s very
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Whoever said, “Don’t bring your work home. Work when you work and play when you play,” CLEARLY wasn’t The Patent Professor®. Now, “Don’t bring your work home” is fine advice when you’re just working to pay the bills and you’re not passionate about your job. But that house of cards is delicate, and it collapses
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There’s been a lot of buzz in the media lately about an item I’ve been following myself: namely, the blizzard of intellectual property filings hamburger Titan McDonald’s has put in front of the US Patent & Trademark Office to protect their IP in “the metaverse.” In some respects, the move to safeguard IP regardless of
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