Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
Law Offices of Michael A. Blake, LLC
My family and I had a great vacation last week in Harborside, Maine. We were 20 minutes away from everything, and our rental was right on the Atlantic Coast! Now I am all rested up, and ready to work with my clients on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights!
HI everyone. I will be presenting at the Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) meeting this evening at 5:30 pm on “How to file your own Provisional Patent Application”. This will be a zoom meeting that in part will walk you throught the mechanics of filing a patent application at the USPTO. More information on tonights presentation including a link can be found here.
Information on IACT can be found here.
I will be presenting for the Inventors Association of Connecticut on August 26, 2026. The topic will be “How to File your own Provisional Patent Application”. I will walk the attendees through the process of preparing and filing your own provisional patent application at the USPTO. The meeting will be via zoom at 5:30 pm EDT. More information can be found here.
I had a great time at the Milford Bar Association Summer Outing at Stonebridge Restaurant on July 23, 2026. I got to see good lawyer friends, and made new lawyer friends. The food at Stonebridge was great! More information on the MBA can be found here.
I attended the July 21, 2026 of the Inventors Association of Connecticut meeting Randy Landreneau, president and a co-founder of US Inventor, spoke on how his organization is working to restore inventor rights and global competitiveness to the U.S. patent system.
I will be presenting at the next IACT meeting on August 26, 2026 where I will talk about how to file a Provision Patent Application on your own! More information can be found here.
I just finished a patentability search, and thought what a pretty day, so I sat outside my office with an iced coffee! Happy Wednesday everyone!
I was able to attend the annual meeting and lobster bake for the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) this Wednesday. I skipped the lobster though, and had swordfish! It was great seeing my patent and trademark friends at Penfield Pavillion II in Fairfield for a nice evening. More information on CIPLA can be found here.
I was able to attend the Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) meeting by zoom Wednesday evening. Dallas, TX patent litigator Kirby Drake presented on what Inventors Should Know about Patent Litigation. It was nice to see Connecticut inventors and old friends at the meeting. For more information on IACT, go here.
Yesterday I took the train to NYC, to attend the Joint Patent Practice CLE conference (JPPCLE) yesterday. It was eight hours of learning the latest in patent law. We had a Federal Circuit Judge give a presentation. A Patent Trial and Appeal Board judge also spoke, as did a Federal Trade Commission attorney! It was great meeting new friends in the patent world, and seeing a few faces from the past! More information the JPPCLE can be found here.