Author: m blake

Milford, CT Patent Attorney will be teaching an adult education class on patents, trademarks and copyrights, on March 1 and March 8, 2018. Michael A. Blake, registered patent attorney will be the instructor. This class is geared for individual inventors and small businesses. An overview of the U.S. patent system, trademarks, and copyrights will be presented. Topic details also include the patent process, preparation, prosecution, and issuance. Learn about how to protect your invention. The class will be at Law High School. See this link for more details. Fill out the registration form at the back of the Adult Education catalog to sign up for the class.

I would like to congratulate my client SHARKCAGE, Inc. for obtaining a patent on their transport container.  The patent can be found here.  SHARKCAGE, INC. has their main office located in San Antonio, Texas, with regional offices in Seattle, San Diego, Virginia Beach and Jacksonville. They have a European office located in Oslo, Norway.

I would like to congratulate my former client David Geib of Shelton, CT for obtaining a patent on his invention for a Persistent network addressing system and method.  When I was a professor at the IP Clinic at UCONN Law School, Mr. Geib was a client of mine.  The patent can be seen here. 

I would like to congratulate my client Carl Ferraro of Norwalk, CT on obtaining a patent for his invention for his Wall hanging apparatus, system, and method invention.  The patent can be found here. 

HI All,
On Thursday, September 28, 2017 I taught a course on Commercializing your Invention through Milford Adult Education.  For two hours we discussed how to take your invention from the idea stage, to actually making money with it.  Of course I answered a variety of questions from my students.  In the Spring of 2018, I will be teaching a two-evening course on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights for the Individual Inventor and Small Businesses.  Check the Milford Adult Education spring catalog which should come out soon.  Hope to see you there.

I would like to congratulate my client Milan Milosevic of Westport, Connecticut who recently obtained a patent on his very cool invention entitled:  “Monitoring Apparatus and System.”  The patent can be seen here.

Hi All,

I will be teaching a new 1 evening course at Milford Adult Education this fall.  The course is “Commercializing your Invention”.  This course will be an introduction to commercializing your invention, it will touch on non-disclosure agreements (NDA), prototyping, testing/market research, business plans, pitching invention, patents & trademarks.  The course will be at 6:30 pm at Jonathan Law High School in Milford, CT.  More information can be found here.

Hi All.  Yesterday I attended the Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) meeting at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT.  Presenting was chief marketing officer of Allstar Products Group, Michael Weinstein.  Allstar Products Group is a leading “As-Seen-On-TV” consumer products company that has revolutionized today’s consumer experience with the introduction of brands such as Snuggie Blanket with Sleeves (30MM sold), Simply Fit Board, Topsy Turvy Planters, Bendaroos, Perfect Brownie, Bumpits, Perfect Bacon Bowl, Hot Designs, Hot Huez, Juggle Bubbles, Secret Extensions any many other innovative product solutions.

Information about IACT and the future meetings can be found here.

On July 25, the USPTO is hosting a half-day seminar on the treatment of standard-essential patents in China. The seminar is from 9-11:30 a.m. ET  at the USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy in Alexandria, Virginia and via webcast. The meeting will feature noted IP experts from the United States, China, and Europe, who will focus on prosecutions and injunctions. For more information and to sign up, go here. 

On August 11-12, join over 200 inventors, USPTO representatives, and intellectual property (IP) professionals from around the country for Invention-Con 2017 in Alexandria, Virginia.

During the two-day conference, attendees can attend plenary talks, participate in small-group breakout sessions, and hear from USPTO officials and industry experts on IP related topics of interest to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Who Should Attend?

If you are an independent inventor, entrepreneur, small business owner, or an IP professional who works with them, this conference is for you. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn from successful business owners and inventors who will relate their personal experiences of bringing their ideas to market.

More information can be found here.