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.
It is a bit late notice, but tomorrow I will be speaking at the Arizona State Library at noon. The topic will be patent basics, and the audience will be entrepreneurs, business service providers, and librarians. More information is in…
The Patent and Trademark Office will not be requiring handwritten signatures during COVID-19 outbreak. Correspondence with the Patent Office requires a signature of some form. Generally, an electronic or S-signature is sufficient to submit a document to the Patent and…
A podcast I listen to was ranting about the worthlessness of TMZ and wondering how TMZ can publish pictures of celebrities without their approval. The host’s point was that celebrities make their money on their image and would be compensated…
A centralized listing of major Patent Application Initiatives is now available via the USPTO website that provides applicants with access to information on several patent initiatives designed to advance and support the examination process. Applicants now have a single website…
Yes, the event you have been waiting for is fast approaching. The 2011 National Trademark Expo will be held on Friday, October 14th and Saturday, October 15th. The expo is designed to educate the public about trademarks, their value and…
David Abrams and Dennis Crouch have published a comparative study on the switch from a first-to-invent system to a first-to-file system in Canada and applied the analysis to the potential change to the US patent system by the America Invents…