What inspired Wayne to become an inventor at a young age? Wayne’s journey as an inventor began at the age of four when he innovatively rigged an old television without a remote control using strings and discs to control volume and power. This early experience sparked his passion for inventing and problem-solving, setting the foundation […]
If you saw the movie “The Social Network”, you know how far Facebook has come since 2003. It started off in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm as a game called, ‘Facemash’
Respected and beloved longtime Buffalo patent attorney James J. Ralabate passed away last week at the age of 84. James was part of the “greatest generation.” As a patent attorney
I just got another e-mail from my friends at MaxVal telling me about a new free patent tool that they came up with: the “Reference Annotator“. Free is nice. I
The Facebook and Yahoo patent battle continues. Just last week Facebook answered the Yahoo complaint of patent infringement and issued the Facebook counterclaims. Facebook claims that Yahoo is infringing on
I spoke with with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN TV about the patent infringement suit Yahoo recently filed against Facebook. In the interview, we discuss: the numerous patents Facebook allegedly infringes
Yahoo filed an infringement lawsuit against Facebook based upon 10 patents. Some of the patents have been around for a few years. What took them so long to make this
Recently the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a warning to all trademark applicants regarding “Non-USPTO Solicitations that Resemble Official USPTO Communications.” The USPTO warned that companies not
Anoop Gopakumar and his group at MaxVal provide patent litigation alerts every day and today Anoop provided me with some interesting data on patent filings over the past year. 3963
The Buffalo Law Journal asked me to write a guest column in their recent edition which featured a Special Report on Legal Technology/Social Media. Here is the article: Getting a
