Category: Blake’s Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

I will be attending the Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) meeting tonight.  The meeting will be held at the Fairfield University Library, room 101, located in Fairfield, CT, at 7 pm.

The topic will be:  “Panel of Angel Investors”, a question and answers presentation of Real Angel Investors. This is a good opportunity for inventors to network with the investors and find out what they are looking for.  More information can be found here.

Last Thursday I a gave a talk on Commercializing your Invention through the Milford Adult Education program.  We had a full class with lots of questions asked an answered by local inventors and business-people.  In the Spring of 2019 I will be teaching a 2-night course on Patents, Trademark, and Copyrights for Inventors and Businesses.  Be on the lookout for announcements!

Hi all,

I am teaching a course through Milford Adult Education called Commercializing  your Invention. Topics covered: can I make money with my invention, when to monetize, investors, do I need a prototype, should I worry about infringing other patents, how to license my invention, and more!

The course will be held on October 4, 2018, at 6:30 pm at Jonathan Law High School, Room 101, 20 Lansdale Ave, Miford, CT.  For more information and to register, go here.  Use course number:  GF045.

The next USPTO Inventor Info Chat webinar is Sept. 20 from 11 a.m. to noon ET on “Responding to Pre-Examination Notices.”

Learn tips for more effectively responding to Notices of Missing Parts and Notices of Incomplete Application. Questions may be sent to: [email protected]. One of the USPTO’s patent application processing specialists will answer them during the event.

For more information, including how to register, please visit this link.

According to the USPTO, counterfeit products hurt American businesses and consumers. The USPTO is requesting that people help the USPTO combat fakes and educate consumers by creating a 30- to 60-second video showing the harmful effects of counterfeit products and the need to stop them at home and abroad. The deadline to submit is October 31, 2018.  More information can be found here.

Are you an inventor, do you have an inventor in the family? I will be teaching a one evening course on how to commercialize your inventions.  Topics covered: can I make money with my invention, when to monetize, investors, do I need a prototype, should I worry about infringing other patents, how to license my invention, and more! The course will be held at Law High School, Room 101, 20 Lansdale Ave, Milford, CT, 06460 on October 4, 2018, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.  Please contact Milford Adult Education at https://www.milforded.org/academics/adult-education or (203) 783-3461 to sign up.  The cost is $30.

I am happy to report that I just returned from the 2018 National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) conference in Alexandria, VA at the Patent Office.  The conference was 3 days long, and included learning about topics such as current issues in Intellectual Property; Overview of Information Management Tools and “Gadgets” on USPTO Website; The Key to Identifying the Broad Inventive Concept; provisional patent application practice, international patent applications and utility models, and much more.  This conference helps me stay current on patent law and practice.  The program can be found here.

The June 2018 update of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP) is now available on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board webpage. The revision describes current practice and procedure under the applicable authority and relevant case law reported between March 3, 2017, and March 2, 2018.  More information is available here.