Saturday Mornings – Those of us that are “of a certain age” likely have fond memories of watching Saturday morning cartoons during the Christmas season. We would choose our favorite channel (selected […]
Extreme Changes are Coming to Europe – A Revolution in European IP – From 2015 or 2016 on, the patent landscape in Europe will undergo a significant change which by many has been […]
Design Patents in the Spotlight – With the growing importance of design patents in the computer and smart phone industry, as evident by the power of Apple’s design patent D604,305 against Samsung […]
Design Patents- A Refresher1 – The United States patent laws provide for the granting of a design patent to any person who has invented a new and nonobvious ornamental design for an […]
Patent-eligible Subject Matter – The patentability of inventions is defined in the United States by federal statute 35 U.S.C. §101 that states “Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, […]
– It’s Time to Get Ready for It – Patent Reform Bill Passed by Congress: As we were drafting this month’s column, just prior to our editor’s deadline (as usual), major news […]
Freeing Up Value or Locking Up Your Assets? Security Agreements and Assignments – A patent is owned by the inventor(s), absent an agreement to the contrary. This is a fundamental principle of […]
“I Got This Invoice Yesterday…” There isn’t a month that goes by where we don’t get a call from a perplexed client making an inquiry about an invoice received for “registration” of […]
Yes, If You Can Make a Business Case For One. Misfit Toys and Misfit Patents In this column, our third in a series of business related patent topics, we address the question, […]
Why a Patent Strategy? A patent is a legal instrument that allows you to exclude others from making, using, or selling your patented invention. A patent is a limited monopoly, limited to […]
Mr. Gunderman has 30+ years of engineering related work experience, and is the President of Patent Technologies, LLC, a patent law firm with headquarters in the Lennox Tech [more...]
Mr. Hammond is a licensed Patent Agent, the President of Patent Innovations LLC and a licensed Professional Engineer. He has 23 years of work experience in product design [...}
