Invent America Act
For the second day in a row, (Senate Session, Part I and Senate Session, Part 2) Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) stood on the floor of the Senate and argued for the Senate to pass S. 23, now named the “Invent America Act.” In Tuesday’s Senate session Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), joined by Senator Mark Pryor […]
Interview with Creative Director Reagan Burns
When starting a new business one of the first things that needs to be done is to create a brand. Branding establishes the first impression that your target audience has of your business. Existing businesses sometimes need to re-create their brand. I once asked an attorney “why does the public perceive you as the best […]
Interview with Patent Searcher Martin Keller
Recently I received a calendar from professional patent searcher Martin Keller. On each month of the calendar is a patent drawing that is very unique. So I contacted him because I wanted to thank him for sending me the calendar and see if he would answer a couple questions about preliminary “prior art” patentability searches. Well […]
Jeopardy IBM Challenge
Watching the former Jeopardy champions versus Watson the IBM super computer makes you wonder how far innovation will take us in the future. Can a computer think like a man? Here IBM made a computer that can speak and understand language and the nuances of questions like those that are asked on Jeopardy. But can […]
New Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committees Created by Obama
President Obama issued on February 8, 2011 an Executive Order called “The Establishment of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committees,” establishing two intellectual property enforcement advisory committees designed to improve the Federal Government’s intellectual property enforcement efforts. The Enforcement Advisory Committee shall develop a Strategic Plan as provided for in title III of the PRO […]
Inventors Hall of Fame: Wright Brothers
Orville and Wilbur Wright, American inventors and aviation pioneers, achieved the first manned, powered sustained, and controlled flight of an airplane without any assistance at takeoff. Orville Wright Born August 19, 1871 – Died, January 30, 1948 Invention: Flying-Machine Airplane- First Flight, December 17, 1903 Patent Number 821,393 Inducted to National Inventors Hall of Fame™ […]
Patent Reform Act of 2011
The latest patent reform bill entitled “The Patent Reform Act of 2011″ (PDF) , will be introduced to Congress by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, on Jan. 25, 2011. Could this be the year it becomes law? The Judiciary Committee has introduced patent reform bills to Congress every year since 2006. […]
IBM Awarded the Most U.S. Patents in 2010
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted an all-time high 219,614 United States utility patents in 2010 – up 31 percent over 2009. All but one of the companies in the Top 50 are up from 2009, most shattering records and many posting double-digit percentage gains. IBM continues to hold down the #1 […]
Think BIG and Kick Ass by Donald Trump
LoTempio Law Blog Book Review of Think BIG and Kick Ass by Donald Trump About the book Companies have to use innovation to compete in the corporate world. Inventors have to be able to take ideas to the market as real products. In order to be a success in anything you have to believe that […]
Inventors Hall of Fame: Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla Born Jul 10 1856 – Died Jan 7 1943 Electro-Magnetic Motor Alternating Current Patent Number 381,968 (.PDF) Inducted to National Inventors Hall of Fame™ in 1975 Nikola Tesla invented the induction motor with rotating magnetic field that made unit drives for machines feasible and made AC power transmission an economic necessity. In 1887 […]