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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 …

Patents that Defend Your Intellectual Property Against Competitors `

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 …

10 Things To Know About Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights `

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 …

Dangers of Not Protecting Your Idea `

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 …

Anthony Justen `

“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 …

Do’s and Don’ts for applying for a patent `

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 …

Roadmap: You have An Idea `

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 …

Roadmap: Patent Examiners `

The so-called “Poor Man’s Patent” is a myth. The phrase is referring to protecting your idea by describing your invention on paper and then mailing yourself the documentation in a sealed envelope. The purpose was to prove that an inventor had the idea first by records of the dated envelope. This theory WILL NOT PROTECT …

Is the Poor Man’s Patent A Myth? `