Author: m blake

I attended the Connecticut Bar Assocation Connecticut Legal Conference this past Friday!

I had a great time meeting lawyers and seeing lawyers I already know at the Connecticut Legal Conference (CLC) on Friday June 13, 2025.  The CLC is the CBA’s preeminent event comprised of dozens of engaging CLE seminars covering a diverse range of topics in state and federal law. The day also includes an exhibitor showcase featuring over 35 distinguished services and businesses and the CBA Annual Meeting and Luncheon, which features prestigious Connecticut-based and national speakers as well as the installation of the CBA executive committee officers for the approaching bar year.  I am in the far right in the below picture.  The 150 in the picture means that the CBA is celebrating its 150 year anniversary!

Terrific Inventors Association of Connecticut meeting at the Milford Library this week!

This past Wednesday, May 28, 2025, I presented on What Inventors Need to Know about Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights to the Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT).   The attendees, mostly inventors, asked very good questions about patents, trademarks and copyrights.   Great group and great meeting!  The next IACT meeting will be June 25, 2025 at 5:30 pm at the Milford Public Library.   More information can be seen here.

Presentation on What Inventors should know about Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights, 5-28-2025 at the Milford Public Library

Are you an inventor, do you know an inventor, do you wish you were an inventor, do you have questions about patents, trademarks or copyrights?

If so, then please come to the Inventors Association of Connecticut ‘s (IACT) presentation on Wednesday May 28, 2025, 5:30 pm, at the Milford Public Library–Program Room.  Registered patent attorney Michael A. Blake will be presenting on What Inventors Should Know about Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights.  More information can be found here.  Information on IACT can be found here.

The Inventors Association of Connecticut will be holding its monthly meeting tonight at the Milford Library

The Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) will be holding a meeting tonight at 5:30 pm at the Milford Library.   It is open to the public.  Tonight, David Masa will be presenting.   Mr. Maass will provide an overview of Additive Manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D Printing. First introduced about 30 years ago, AM has steadily grown at a compound annual rate of 25% ever since and is now an $18 BB industry. What started as a way to make rapid prototypes from polymers (plastics) now includes a wide range of materials including metals, ceramics, food and even human tissue and organs. There are seven major classes of AM processes and equipment, and many variants of each process type. There is also a very wide range of end-use applications including medical devices, rocket engines, tooling, spare parts and a trend towards serial production use in many industries. David will describe why AM innovation is often in the news today, where and why AM is being used while showing numerous and varied examples.

More information on IACT can be found here.

I presented “Registering Copyrights” to the Milford Bar Association on 2-20-2025

I am happy to announce that made a presentation to the Milford Bar Association on “Registering Copyrights” yesterday.    I spoke about what copyrights are, who can own them, and how to register a copyright at copyright.gov.   For more information on the Milford Bar Association, go here.

I will be presenting on “Registering Copyrights” for the Milford Bar Assocation

I am happy to announce that on Thursday February 20, 2025 at 3:30 pm I will be presenting a talk on “Registering Copyrights” to the Milford Bar Association (MBA).   Member of the MBA are welcome to come at the Irish Heritage Society located on 131 Bridgeport AV, Milford, CT.   More information on the MBA can be found here.

I will be presenting “What Business Lawyers Should Know about IP Matters” to the CBA

I am happy to announce that I will be presenting to the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) Business Law Section on Tuesday January 14, 2025 at the Elm City Club in New Haven, at 6 pm.   The topic will be “What Business Lawyers Should Know About IP Matters”.   I will provide an overview of what business lawyers should know about intellectual property, including: patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, and non-disclosure agreements. The differences between patents, trademark and copyrights will be discussed. The differences between “use in commerce” and “intent to use” trademark applications will also be explored. Also, some recent intellectual property court decisions will be discussed.  More information can be found here.

Client receives Patent on Rotor Active Stability Control invention!

I would like to congratulate my client Joseph John Andrews of Oakland, CA for receiving a patent on his Rotor Active Stability Control invention.    Obtaining a patent on this highly technical and complex invention gave me much professional satisfaction.  The patent can be seen here.