Interview with Model Maker Fred Landers
Recently I met with Fred Landers with Paragon Model Makers Inc. and we had a nice conversation about how he can help inventors build working prototypes and models. Having a prototype is important in the patent process as well as manufacturing process. Like any endeavor cost and efficiency are concerns in trying to reach your […]
Five Major Post-recessionary Economic Realities
Guest Blogger: John Manzella John Manzella is the author of “Grasping Globalization,” a frequent speaker on global business and policy, China, and today’s new economic and political realities and the president of Buffalo-based Manzella Trade Communications, a strategic communications and public affairs firm with expertise in global and economic-based issues. This article was recently published […]
Inventors Hall of Fame: Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell Born: March 3, 1847, Died: August 2 1922 Telephone/Telegraphy Patent No. 174, 465 Inducted to National Inventors Hall of Fame™ in 1973 Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone grew out of his research into ways to improve the telegraph. On April 6, 1875, Bell was granted the patent for the multiple […]
Jay Leno’s Cool Christmas Gifts
What are some of the best gifts for the patent people and inventor types on your Christmas list? The other night I was watching Jay Leno on The Tonight Show and he was demonstrating what he thought were the coolest gadgets and I paused the show on my DVR after he demonstrated each toy while […]
LoTempio Law Blog One Year Anniversary
LoTempio Law Blog just turned one year old. It is hard to believe it has already been a year since I started writing this blog. Looking back I wonder where the time went. I would like to thank some people who have assisted along the blogging path: Kevin O’Keefe and the staff at LexBlog who have […]
Stopping Copyright Infringement on the Internet?
Protecting intellectual property on the Internet has been a dilemma for the music and movie industry since peer-to-peer technology emerged with the original Napster. Recently in an effort to curtail copyright infringement the government has shut down peer-to-peer webpages and the music and movie industry have filed and threatened to file lawsuits against individuals who […]
Design Patents and Utility Patents
I hope everyone is having a happy Thanksgiving. I searched through the patent office to find patents with a Turkey and I looked through the many utility patents and design patents. This led me to wonder if people really understand the difference between the two. Utility Patents: For any process, machine, composition of matter or […]
Inventors Hall of Fame: Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison Born Feb 11 1847 – Died Oct 18 1931 Electric Lamp Patent Number: 223,898 (.PDF) Inducted to National Inventors Hall of Fame™ in 1973 Invention Impact Throughout his career, Edison consciously directed his studies to devices that could satisfy real needs and come into popular use. Indeed, it may be said that […]
The Big Idea by Donny Deutsch
The Big Idea: How to Make Your Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True, From the Aha Moment to Your First Million by Donny Deutsch LoTempio Law Blog Book Review About the book What’s “The Big Idea”? It’s a book by Donny Deutsch that profiles many of the successful entrepreneurs who have visited his CNBC talk show, “The […]
Walgreens sues Wegmans over Trademark
Recently I wrote a blog post regarding the alleged infringement of the trademark. Now the national drugstore chain Walgreens believes that the Wegmans logo looks too much like the Walgreens registered trademark (.PDF). So they have opposed Wegmans new trademark registration application (.PDF) and filed a federal lawsuit claiming infringement. Take a look at the […]