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Star Wars: Episode VII, The Force Awakens (IMDB listing; Google search), opens tonight for most of us – the Force is strong with those who have already seen it.  Excited, I am!  (That’s an [...]

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) allows patent applicants to relatively easily apply to protect an invention in one or many countries.  Note that a PCT patent application is not an [...]

This week in patents, 6771 patents were issued by the USPTO.  Of those, three were in US Classifications that relate to data processing or computer-implemented methods, that is, something related [...]

Reflecting on Veterans Day last week, as a patent attorney, I thought about inventions and patents that have kept, and still keep, our service members safer and let them do their jobs more [...]

Hedy Lamarr was born 101 years ago today, on November 9, 1914.  While film buffs know Lamarr, born as Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, for her roles in many classic films (you can see her [...]

Halloween is tomorrow, and is a favorite American holiday.  It certainly is in my house, as we have a giant spiderweb (with spider), ghosts, skeletons, and lights outside.  And of course… [...]

Lawyers working as solos and in small firm law practices: have you thought about growing your practice or partnering up?  Of course you have! Upcoming presentation on Law Practice Come by [...]

In the U.S., “public use” of an invention can block the inventor from being able to patent the invention.  This “public use” bar can be applied broadly.  If the public use [...]

In the U.S., trademark rights accrue through use of the mark in commerce – click here for for my post on what trademarks and servicemarks are. Why register a mark? There are many trademark [...]

In the U.S., trademark rights accrue through use of the mark in commerce. But what is a trademark, or a servicemark? How are marks evaluated? What is a mark? A trademark identifies the source of [...]