It goes without saying that we live in an unprecedented time. With a majority of offices, stores, and schools across the country shuttered for months, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought normal life to a near standstill. Nevertheless, ingenuity never sleeps and the USPTO has rolled out plenty of emergency measures and rule changes to ensure […]
Disney is arguably the biggest entertainment company to date. With ownership over Marvel, Star Wars, and so many other franchises, it’s hard to argue that Disney isn’t standing on top of the entertainment business. In addition to producing movies, Disney owns Disneyland, which is probably one of the most beloved amusement parks of all time. […]
We have all seen movies like Robocop, where humans and sentient autonomous robotic beings live side by side in an futuristic society. But that future may be closer than we expect. Ford has recently filed a patent application for an “autonomous police vehicle.” This autonomous police vehicle can be seen as an operational system integrated […]
Patent Home: The New LoTempio Youtube Page So you have a question about Patent Law, but you’re not sure where to start. Patent Home, the newly refaced Vincent LoTempio YouTube page allows you to easily access the knowledge of an established patent attorney. Vincent has always had a passion for creating user friendly videos to […]
Guest Blogger: Arthur S. Cookfair, Registered Patent Agent WHAT CAN BE PATENTED The patent statutes (35 U.S.C. 101) specify four classes of subject matter suitable for the grant of a patent. To be patentable, an invention must be directed to a: process machine manufacture, or composition of matter Often a close look at the creative […]
Guest Blogger: Arthur S. Cookfair, Registered Patent Agent “A country without a Patent Office and good patent laws is just a crab and can’t travel anyway but sideways and backways.” Declared Mark Twain (speaking through his character, Sir Boss, in a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court). In his homey way, Sir Boss was simply […]
What gives an inventor provisional rights? Recently a client asked me to sue a competitor for infringement on her patent application. I told her that even though you can mark articles with the terms “Patent Applied For” or “Patent Pending” these phrases have no legal effect, but only give information that an application for patent has […]
Tweet of the week Thanks to Innovator, Consultant, Strategist, Emerging Media, Social TV, Canadian Expatriate Richard Kastelein for tweeting @expathos this week about a Sony patent application that may give us a preview on how viewers could interact with their TVs. What is the future TV of and TV apps. We all know that one […]