Ask the Patent Attorney: the first thing an inventor should do to protect a new idea
Once a week we are going to post on YouTube a new edition to our series called “Ask the Patent Attorney“. This is our first episode where Registered Patent attorney Vincent LoTempio answers many question from our host Nate Lewinski about patents and the patent process. This week we talk about: What is the first […]
Technology Patent War: Apple vs. Samsung
Last year Apple Inc filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd claiming patent infringement. This ongoing trial is one of the largest-ever patent cases, which has the possibility to change the fast-moving technology and markets of world. Apple claims that Samsung’s smartphones and tablets are imitations of Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Apple recently obtained […]
Spooky Series: Patents from the Grave! Can you dig it?
It’s October– which means that Halloween is right around the corner! I am going to be writing a weekly scary blog about patents that are a bit spooky and quite real. Scary is in the air and cemeteries have never seemed more alive. Everyone who has driven by or walked by a cemetery at this […]
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Announcement
As of September 16, 2012, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences officially became known as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The PTAB was implemented to comply with new provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA). The USPTO will now accept petitions for certain post-grant proceedings using a new a new online system called […]
A Bite of the “Apple” — Patents give a taste of what’s next
The release of the new iPhone 5 today is not the end for Apple. Apple’s patent portfolio is extremely extensive. Since the iPhone’s initial release in 2007, more than 1,200 patent applications have been filed by Apple. (As a side note, Samsung which is Apple’s biggest competition has filed 4,000 patents since its release of […]
New Computer Build for Video Editing – Part 2
The following list comprises our selection of components for a new computer build geared towards video editing, along with our reasoning behind each selection. Please refer Part 1 of this article for some background information if you haven’t already. Remember, our goal is to build a relatively fast and balanced machine within a budget of […]
Patent suit makes Heinz see “Red”
Heinz ketchup is being sued for patent-infringement for the flexible condiment package for ketchup, known as “Dip & Squeeze.” In a suit filed in August in the U.S. District Court in Chicago, Scott White claims he had a “flash of inspiration” after too many ketchup spills at the drive-through. He came up with the idea […]
Buffalo Inventor: Oscar E. Brown–Now that’s a “horseshoe” of a different color!
While it is unknown as to who actually invented the first horseshoe, some credit must be given to Buffalo, New York’s African American Inventor, Oscar E. Brown. Oscar Brown was an African American inventor and a part of Western New York’s history. In 1892, Brown was issued the United States Patent No. 481, 271 […]
Animal Patents: Where do we draw the line?
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a patent is defined as a property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United […]
The Einstein-Szilard refrigerator: (A patent benchmark)
This is the story of an invention made by two famous scientists – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard – who dramatically changed the world we live in. Einstein, of course, is well known for his Theory of Relativity and the famous equation E= mc2 . Szilard, among his many accomplishments, was co-inventor and patentee of […]
