Proper Trademark Usage Use your trademark as an adjective A trademark should be used as an adjective, and whenever possible, it should be followed by a descriptive noun, a generic description of the goods. For example APPLE® computer, SHARPIE® marker, NIKE® shoes. Many companies use the word brand after the trademark to reduce confusion and…
3 Mistakes Inventors Make Incorrect timing for product sale or public disclosure In the United States, you have a 12 month “grace period” to file a provisional or nonprovisional patent application from the date your invention was first sold or published (i.e. posted on the internet). Although you have 12 months to file from your…
If you are a visionary you have lots of great ideas and you love to solve problems. Often a visionary will come up with a solution to a problem that they have observed or studied at an unexpected time or place. Many great inventions were not discovered in a lab. Often regular activities that reduce…
NEW SMALL CLAIMS COURT FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT In 2021 Congress passed a law creating a “small claims court” for copyright infringement. One of the challenges of enforcing copyright law is the cost of lawsuits. The new small claims court is designed to streamline and reduce the costs of enforcement of copyrights. The damages awarded are…
Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion US Patent 5255452A A system for allowing a shoe wearer to lean forwardly beyond his center of gravity by virtue of wearing a specially designed pair of shoes which will engage with a hitch member movably projectable through a stage surface. The shoes….MORE
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Electric device for indicating the awakening of persons buried alive Patented July 3,1900 by Walter J Mcknight Patent #No. 652,934. ELECTRIC DEVICE FOR INDICATINGTI-IE AWAKENING OF PERSONS BURIED ALIVE. This invention was to indicate the awakening of persons buried alive. This device adapted to be connected to coffins for attracting attention to and indicating the…
Businessman’s portable nuclear shield. This 1956 invention folds into a briefcase when not in use. With a few modifications maybe a resourceful entrepreneur can make it the next COVID PPE. The USPTO has announced that they will expedite patent applications that can be used to address COVID-19. These applications require FDA approval and a business…
This patented invention can help all those that are hoarding toilet paper (and those that just have it for regular use!). It is a talking toilet paper roll holder. You can record a message, maybe “Don’t forget to wash your hands!” Now, your toilet paper can save you from the virus COVID-19! If you have…