It turns out Rich Holmes, assistant general counsel for Edison Nation, didn’t need his law degree to fight knock-off operations that were trafficking in one of the company’s top-selling products, the Gyro Bowl. This year Holmes discovered shady Chinese manufacturers selling cheap imitations of the Gyro Bowl on eBay and Alibaba. “I saw a photo [...]
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Do-It-Yourself Patent-Infringement Policing
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Patent Reform Fails to Halt Fee Diversion
Monday, December 12th, 2011
That Giant Sucking Sound The America Invents Act approved in September directly affects independent inventors and patent filers of all stripes. We examine how the new law alters the playing field – and what you need to know to avoid new pitfalls and take advantage of new opportunities. By Joshua Nightingale Despite the America Invents [...]
Patent Law Takes Out ‘False Marking’ Trolls
Friday, December 9th, 2011Aftershocks of the America Invents Act The America Invents Act approved in September directly affects independent inventors and patent filers of all stripes. We examine how the new law alters the playing field – and what you need to know to avoid new pitfalls and take advantage of new opportunities. By Robert M. Bryan and [...]
Hurry, Scurry So You Don’t Fret & Worry
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011America Invents Act The new law compels inventors to file patent applications early The America Invents Act approved in September directly affects independent inventors and patent filers of all stripes. We examine how the new law alters the playing field – and what you need to know to avoid new pitfalls and take advantage of [...]
Actress-Turned-Inventor Puts Ahh in a Bra
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Help Me Rhonda Rhonda Shear began her career as an entertainer after being crowned Miss Louisiana USA back in the day. She went on to appear in low-budget films and earned a Best B-Movie Actress award for her work in Prison A Go-Go. We never heard of it, either, but it’s always nice to be [...]
How to Package Your Product
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Presentation can be as important as the product itself By B. Collins Scott Lucas has bad news for those who hate clamshell packaging, the nearly impossible-to-open clear plastic fortress that encases many consumer goods – it’s not going away. While many holiday shoppers may lament this fact as they slice, gnaw and wrestle to free [...]
Tonight on Got Invention Radio
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
SurveyMonkey is the world’s largest survey company with technology that powers more than 1 million survey responses every day. Tonight, two of its executives join Got Invention host Brian Fried at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Click on the “listen live” button on the homepage, www.gotinvention.com. Call 877.474.3302 or email your questions to brian@gotinvention.com. SurveyMonkey has built tools based [...]
USPTO Looking for New Satellite Locations
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking suggestions on where to put potential new satellite offices. “Establishing satellite offices in geographically diverse areas of the country will allow the agency to better recruit and retain talented patent professionals and allow the agency to better interact with the applicant community,” said Under Secretary [...]
How to Dial Down Risk from Inventing
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
By Jack Lander Many inventors have spent up to $15,000 on their inventions only to find that their product isn’t marketable. Sometimes this is due to obstacles that, despite our best efforts, we couldn’t have foreseen. But more often it is because those we hire to perform services for us have failed to uncover or [...]
How to Give a Great Print Media Interview
Monday, November 28th, 2011
By Marsha Friedman Sometimes I cringe when I hear people talk about “the media.” It sounds as if everyone in TV, radio, print and online press is a member of one fraternity that thinks and acts the same. There is a vast gulf between the daily life of a print journalist and the daily life [...]