Every year around this time, family and friends gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving. It’s also around this time where people slow down and reflect on exactly what brings them the most gratitude. 2020 has proven to be a year like no other. However, I still believe that if you can hear or see this message, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
It’s a race to space! Well, to trademark the name Space Force actually. The U.S. Military officially established a new branch, the Space Force, in December 2019 and currently has just a single pending trademark application in the U.S for an “intent to use.” However, a Netflix show by the same name filed for global …
Inventing leads to unity. Think about it. Inventors create to help everyone. They see a problem and they ask themselves, how can I fix this or make it better to make people’s lives easier? Great inventors are the reason we have light in our homes, phones to call our loved ones, and more efficient methods …
I am BOARD CERTIFIED by the Florida Bar as a SPECIALIST in Intellectual Property Law.
