The Law Offices of Michael A. Blake, LLC celebrates 20 years of service!

I am happy to announce that The Law Offices of Michael A. Blake, LLC began 20 years ago today.  Since the beginning we strived to provide quality patent, trademark, and copyright legal services to inventors, individuals,  and small to medium sized businesses at a fair price.  We are excited to continue providing intellectual property legal services into the future!

Mike

Another patent for prolific inventor Joseph Bango!

My client Joseph Bango, of Connecticut Analytical Corporation of Bethany, and his co-inventor recently received a patent on their invention for a Method For Ai And Cloud Network Enhanced Electric Subscriber Control Of Billing And System Loads, With Contingency Backup.  The patent can be seen here.

Invention for moving oil tanks up basement stairs patented!

My client Pasquale Somma, of North Haven, CT, recently received a patent on his invention for a Stair Roller Device And System For Moving Large Items On A Stairway.  One of the uses of this device is to easily transport an oil tank out of a basement and up the basement stairs when one is replacing or removing an oil tank.   The patent can be seen here.

Prolific Inventor receives another Patent on his AI Pathogen Identification invention

Joseph Bango, of Connecticut Analytical Corporation of Bethany, CT, and his co-inventor Micahel Dziekan recently received a patent on their invention for a Microbiological B-captcha To Improve Artificial Intelligence Pathogen Identification.  The patent can be seen here.

HOT, CURRENT, REAL IP ISSUES INVOLVING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY FORMER USPTO UNDERSECRETARY DAVID KAPPOS!

Yesterday I attended a Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) presentation.  Former USPTO Undersecretary David Kappos spoke about Artificial Intelligence and how the USPTO may deal with this new technlogy.   He gave a great talk, and it was nice to see other Connecticut patent and trademark lawyers.   For more information on CIPLA, go here.

I attended an Inventors Association of Connecticut Meeting yesterday

We had an Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) meeting yesterday on Memorial day!  Patent Agent Jonah Probell spone on Patent Valuation, how patents can be a barrior to competition, and licensings and cross-licensing of patents.  Mr. Probell is a friend that I met through the National Association of Patent Practitioners.   To find out about IACT’s next meeting, go here.