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Have your coffee and wear it too?
The law office comes out of hibernation with news of an invention that will warm your inside as well as out--Coffee yarn! Cheng-Chun Huang of Taiwan discovered a way to infuse yarn with coffee grounds. The yarn can be knit or woven into fabric. Garments made from this...
Niles North High School Engineering Design & Development class welcomes Lesley Wallerstein
Thrilled to be invited back for another presentation with Robb Barton's Engineering Design & Development class at Niles North High School. They will learn what patents are, what patents can (and cannot) do, whether they can patent software, the benefits of...
11 (12?) not-so-secret herbs and spices
In trade secret news, Col. Sanders' nephew showed the Chicago Tribune what he believes to be Kentucky Fried Chicken's long-held secret recipe. Joe Ledington found the hand-written list on the back of the will of Sanders' second wife. KFC officials...
An Intellectual Property attorney “Extraordinaire.”
For negotiating and securing licenses for images and text published in Larry Broutman's latest book, Chicago Monumental. Thank you, Larry. This is why I do what I do.
July 25 – North Shore LAW presents free “College Send-Off” Event at Northbrook Public Library
As a parent or guardian, your To-Do List to prepare for college, a gap year or simply having an adult child, is not complete without having your young adult review and execute an Illinois Power of Attorney for Health Care that includes a release of medical information...
Google invents “human flypaper” for hood of self-driving cars
Google was just awarded U.S. Patent 9340178, for what is essentially a human flypaper coating for the hood of its autonomous vehicles. To the naked eye, the coating appears as ordinary car paint, but hides a multilayer, impact-activated adhesive, not unlike...
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