USPTO Trading Cards
Just thing to get your kids excited about inventing – the USPTO has released a set of trading cards. I think? Features classic like George Washington Carver and Thomas Edison. They can be seen here.
Applications of open-source theories of cooperation and development are popping up all over the place. In veiled product R&D, Coca Cola now offers a self-serve soda fountain – the Freestyle – where users can mix hundreds of different flavors to…
I blogged about open-source solutions a bit ago, and it looks like the open-source / crowdsourcing / community-based design approach is being applied again. GE is soliciting ideas from the public for their next ad campaign. Another example of leveraging…
I am pleased to have been asked to give a presentation on technical writing, patent drafting, and patent prosecution at the University of Advancing Technology in Phoenix, Arizona on Thursday, July 12, 2012. I have made the presentation slides available…
Word Triathlon Corporation, owner and licensor of the IRONMAN, M DOT, and various Ironman-related trademarks, has sued a San Antonio, Texas company for using the domain name “ironmanforkids.com.”
Public use is a tricky area of law that can affect whether you can obtain a patent on an invention.
Earlier this year, Crumbl Cookies sued two competitors. Crumbl started in Logan, Utah, not far from where I happen to be writing this today in Bountiful, Utah. Crumbl sells large ornate cookies in pink boxes and has a menu that…