Interview with Owner of Lambert & Lambert
Inventors often come to my office looking for help to not only protect their intellectual property by filing a patent application, but to get help to sell their idea to a big company. I often ask inventors that come to me why do invention submission companies charge you if your idea is so good? Why […]
Interview with Inventor Joe Iannello
Inventor Joe Iannello came up with an idea of how to easily clean the underside of a lawnmower and he developed a new product called the Spray–n-Mow. He designed it, he received United States Patent 7,628,003(PDF) for it, he got it manufactured and now he is marketing his own product and selling it. It wasn’t […]
God Bless Rick Martin of the French Connection
one third of the French connection passed away today. Rick Martin was one of the greatest players in the Buffalo Sabres franchise history. I pray that God will bless his soul because God has blessed all Sabres fans by letting him play hockey for the Buffalo Sabres. Just a short time ago Martin welcomed the […]
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Esther S. Takeuchi
As a patent attorney here in Buffalo, New York I was very happy to learn that Esther Takeuchi a University at Buffalo professor was among the 2011 inductees to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. So I contacted her and asked her a few questions which she graciously answered (see below). The induction comes from […]
Invent America Act
For the second day in a row, (Senate Session, Part I and Senate Session, Part 2) Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) stood on the floor of the Senate and argued for the Senate to pass S. 23, now named the “Invent America Act.” In Tuesday’s Senate session Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), joined by Senator Mark Pryor […]
Interview with Creative Director Reagan Burns
When starting a new business one of the first things that needs to be done is to create a brand. Branding establishes the first impression that your target audience has of your business. Existing businesses sometimes need to re-create their brand. I once asked an attorney “why does the public perceive you as the best […]
Interview with Patent Searcher Martin Keller
Recently I received a calendar from professional patent searcher Martin Keller. On each month of the calendar is a patent drawing that is very unique. So I contacted him because I wanted to thank him for sending me the calendar and see if he would answer a couple questions about preliminary “prior art” patentability searches. Well […]
Jeopardy IBM Challenge
Watching the former Jeopardy champions versus Watson the IBM super computer makes you wonder how far innovation will take us in the future. Can a computer think like a man? Here IBM made a computer that can speak and understand language and the nuances of questions like those that are asked on Jeopardy. But can […]
New Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committees Created by Obama
President Obama issued on February 8, 2011 an Executive Order called “The Establishment of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committees,” establishing two intellectual property enforcement advisory committees designed to improve the Federal Government’s intellectual property enforcement efforts. The Enforcement Advisory Committee shall develop a Strategic Plan as provided for in title III of the PRO […]
Inventors Hall of Fame: Wright Brothers
Orville and Wilbur Wright, American inventors and aviation pioneers, achieved the first manned, powered sustained, and controlled flight of an airplane without any assistance at takeoff. Orville Wright Born August 19, 1871 – Died, January 30, 1948 Invention: Flying-Machine Airplane- First Flight, December 17, 1903 Patent Number 821,393 Inducted to National Inventors Hall of Fame™ […]