by nwpatents.com | Jan 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Who May Apply For A Patent?According to the law, only the inventor may apply for a patent, with certain exceptions. If a person who is not the inventor should apply for a patent, the patent, if granted, would be invalid. Further, the person who falsely states he/she...
by nwpatents.com | Dec 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
How does your company respond when a new product or service offered by a competitor becomes available that has the potential of destroying your business model? You can accept your fate and wind down or merge your business with another business. We recommend...
by nwpatents.com | Oct 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Before you create a website and choose a domain name, it is helpful to determine the purpose of the website.A website may ‘create demand’, ‘fulfill demand’ or ‘collect leads’. A ‘create demand’ website is intended...
by nwpatents.com | Oct 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
When choosing a trademark, a common approach is to think of common adjectives, (such as easy or quick) or adverbs (such as easily or quickly) that can be combined with a descriptive term of the product or service (‘e.g. Easy Spray Cleaning Solution’ used...
by nwpatents.com | Oct 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Patent attorneys and patent agents (called patent professionals) must have a science or engineering background and must pass the arduous U.S.P.T.O.’s Patent Bar Exam proving they have sufficient knowledge of U.S. patent laws and regulations. Like most...
by nwpatents.com | Oct 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Clues are visual, audio, or odiferous tools used by product sellers, service providers and marketing companies to help customers to either remember their products or services or that implies or suggests an important feature or aspect of a particular product or...
by nwpatents.com | Sep 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
It is well known that less than 10% of patented products or services are commerically successful. At larger IP law firms, inventors often spend $20K to $25K seeking patent protection on a product and service that at the end, has little or no commerical value. ...
by nwpatents.com | Sep 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Mr. Ronld D. Slusky, in his book Invention Analysis and Claims (published by America Bar Association), recommends that patent attorneys use a problem solving statement to identify the ‘inventive concept’ of an invention. We agree.The claims in a patent...
by nwpatents.com | Sep 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
When you think of a new product or service, it has no real commercial value. It may have potential value, but has no ‘real’ commercial value until is it developed into a commercial product or service and then sold in the marketplace. Until the product...
by nwpatents.com | Sep 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Check you this October, 2014 Youtube video on how Venture Capitalists evaluate and decide whether to invest in a product or service. Harvard i-lab | How Are You Going to Make Money? – YouTube