Sep 12, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
Inventors are commonly the target of scams, so much so that the USPTO has issued specific guidance, invention promotion companies are subject to mandatory disclosure requirements, and Congress has passed a law prohibiting “Improper and deceptive invention...
Aug 31, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
As an inventor with well over 150 issued U.S. Patents and a Harvard Law degree, I have a unique perspective on the inventor/lawyer relationship. I understand the frustration that patent lawyers feel when the inventor doesn’t understand that patent lawyers...
Sep 22, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
There is a common misconception that an inventor or author can protect their intellectual property by mailing a copy of it to themselves. These are sometimes called a “Poor Man’s Patent” or “Poor Man’s Copyright”. I will address...