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TRADEMARK INFRINGMENT ALLEGED BY MIAMI APPAREL-MAKER
As reported in an article in the Miami Herald, Miami-based Sweet Pea Ltd. is suing 52 retailers for $16 million each for infringing on its “Sweet pea” trademark. Sweet Pea Ltd. alleges that the retailers infringed on its mark by using it in connection with women’s wear, which is covered within Sweet Pea’s rights to utilize the name on a wide variety of clothing. &nbs... Read More
Patented Invention Cures Florida Girl’s Hiccup Spree
A 15 year old girl Florida girl, Jennifer Mee, told the Today Show that a patented invention by individual inventor Phil Ehlinger helped cure her marathon 5 week hiccup spree according to an article on PhillyBurbs.com. See the appearance on ABC News by the inventor as he describes his patented device. The inventor’s wife flew to Florida and hand-delivered the... Read More
UVSolutions’ Catheter Site Disinfection System Obtains Medical Equipment Patent
UVSolutions‘ catheter site disinfection system acquired a medical equipment patent recently. This system gives safe and effective protection keep patients free from infection, as reported in an article in www.send2press.com. The product developed by UVSolutions is a novel system that significantly reduces colonization of microorganisms around the catheter site and comes as a relief to cathet... Read More
Medical Equipment Patenting By LCD In Hospital Patient Rooms
Medical equipment patenting by LCD technology is moving into hospital patient rooms. According to an article in www.send2press.com, Paradigm Multimedia is now providing various screen size options to beat out competitive models that have inherent limitations. Before the offering of the new product from Paradigm, which is a patented tuner interface box (HT22E), the hospitals were mainly limited to ... Read More
PATENT “TROLLING” CONCERNS
According to an article by Kris Graft for Next-Gen.Biz, “patent trolling,” where companies come up with vague ideas and patent them, just so they can litigate against anyone else that actually puts these ideas into motion, is becoming a significant source of income for these businesses. A good example of patent trolling is the American Video Graphics case, which involved a 3D sp... Read More
WORKING MODELS, PROTOTYPES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS FOR PATENTS
A working model or prototype is not necessary before the filing of a patent application with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Often, however, those seeking to apply for a patent wil produce hand-drawn sketches or drawings of the invetion, in order to help the drafter of the application write a more detailed, descriptive, and accurate rendition of the characteristics of the inventi... Read More
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DISTINGUISHING A PROPOSED PATENT FROM EXISTING TECHNOLOGY
In order to persuasively distinguish an invention from the prior art to the United States Patent & Trademark Office, it is helpful to address the following: A) State the problems, limitaztions, and disadvantages associated with existing technology but overcome by the invention. B) What new elements (e.g. components, process steps, circuitry) or combinations of known elements or software algor... Read More
PROVIDING A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AN INVENTION PRIOR TO THE FILING OF A PATENT APPLICATION
Before a patent application is filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, it is important to produce a very detailed disclosure of the invention which will aid in the drafting of a patent application that will withstand scrutiny from a patent examiner. The detailed description should include: FOR A NEW OR IMPROVED PRODUCT A) Describe the structural elements/components B) D... Read More
THE PATENT APPLICATION: REQUIREMENTS
Before a patent is issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office, a detailed application must be prepared and filed with the USPTO clearly specifying what the invention is and how it can be made and used. A patent application includes an abstract, claims, a declaration, a governmental filing fee, and typically several sheets of drawing figures. The most important part of a pate... Read More
WHAT IS PATENTABLE WITH THE UNITED STATES PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE?
The United States Patent & Trademark Office has guidelines for what it considers to be patentable inventions. A utility patent may be granted for a new product or process as well as functional improvements to existing products or processes. Where an idea relates to the improved decorative appearance of an item, it may be protected with a design patent. The vast majority of grant... Read More
AD AGENCY SUES FLORIDA MAGAZINE FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
According to an article in the Boston Herald, the Florida owners of a modern design magazine called Modernista are being sued for alleged trademark infringement and unfair competition by a Boston ad agency that utilizes the trademark “Modernista!”. The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, February 24, 2006 in Massachusetts District Court against Perfect Vision Media Group, LLC of... Read More
U.S. FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS PATENT INFRINGEMENT FINDING
In a press release from PRNewswire, a Federal Appeals Court affirmed LAMPS PLUS’ jury verdict, finding that Patrick S. Dolan of Portland Oregon, and Craftmade International, Inc. of Dallas, Texas, and their joint venture Design Trends LLC had infringed on LAMPS PLUS’ patents. In the original trial, a Dallas jury unanimously found Dolan and Craftmade liable for willful patent inf... Read More
FLORIDA COMPANY AWARDED FIRST PATENT
According to a press release from PRNewswire, Intelligenxia, a Jacksonville based company that specializes in advanced analytics solutions for unstructured data, was granted its first patent on January 25, 2006 by the United States patent & Trademark Office. The patent involves groundbreaking technological advances in extraction of crucial information from unstructured sources. The con... Read More
EXPERIENCED INVENTOR AND PATENT HOLDER SHARES KNOWLEDGE
Paula and Howard Silken are a couple of seniors residing in Delray Beach, Florida, who have been quite active in the field of intellectual property, having a dozen patents to their credit, according to an article in the Palm Beach Post. Since 1964, Mr. Silken has been involved in research and development for new tools for the wood and metal industries, inventing a hole cutter that works wit... Read More
HIGH COURT REFUSES TO HEAR APPEAL IN PATENT DISPUTE
According to an article in ESchool News Online, The U.S Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by Research in Motion Ltd., a Canadian based company that was challenging a federal appeals court ruling that found it had infringed on the patents held by NTP Inc., a small northern Virgina patent-holding firm, because customers of RIM use the BlackBerry within the United States. The main issue ... Read More