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U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Remains Open during Government Shutdown
"Although parts of the federal government have experienced a lapse in appropriated funding, the USPTO remains open for business as normal. This is possible because the agency has access to prior-year fee collections, which enables the USPTO to continue normal...
Chicago Photographic Arts Society welcomes Lesley Wallerstein
Thank you to the Chicago Photographic Arts Society for hosting me November 29, to speak on Copyright Law for Photographers. Members came with great questions that sparked lively discussion. What is a copyright? Why should you copyright your photographs? How long does...
Happy clients receive patents and trademarks. Happy lawyer visits the Mother (Ship) of Invention
The law firm has sure been busy. We have prepared and filed two new patent applications for a returning client. We applied for over a dozen new trademarks. Several happy clients received their patents and trademarks. We continue to fight for others. Thank you to all...
National Law Review calls our Ice Cream Cone Patent “Delicious!”
In case you missed it, yesterday was National Ice Cream Day. Did you know that you can patent ice cream? You can, and you can patent ice cream cones, popsicles and even ice cream truck designs. A pair of clients invented a "Three Part Ice Cream Cone." Their patent...
Celebrating Patent 10,000,000 (…and 9,000,000…and 8,000,000…and)
Patent 10,000,000 is here! There was much speculation that it would issue to a woman, or a woman-owned company, or at least a woman patent examiner. It did not. It belongs to Joseph Marron, of Raytheon, who invented the Coherent LADAR Using Intra-Pixel Quadrature...
Do I need a patent search? How much does a patent search cost?
These are among the most frequent questions I hear. Many of my clients have heard of doing a patent search. Some have even started one themselves. This article will explain what a patent search is, the benefits of doing one, and what you can expect to pay. Patents are...
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