While it’s not mandatory to conduct a patent search prior to proceeding with a patent, it’s a useful first step to find out if your idea is actually unique. While there are instances where you may wish to skip this step, failure to do so could actually end up costing you money if someone else […]
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There are some risks to conducting Google patent searches online, one of them being that certain marketing companies track and monitor keyword searches, potentially allowing an employee to steal your idea without you ever knowing how this came about. Watch my video for the full story!
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As many of you know, I have been working on my new book entitled, Escaping the Gray: When Launching Your Idea Full Throttle is the Only Option for a number of years. I am proud to say that my book is now nearing completion! In my book, I showcase valuable lessons for inventors learned
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This is one of the first things inventors ask me after the initial non-provisional utility patent has been filed. In the following video I outline its journey through he U.S.P.T.O (which is often slow) and, unfortunately, usually ends up being rejected by the patent examiner whose job it is to establish the uniqueness of your
We are proud to announce that Prof. Rizvi, Esq., will shortly be releasing his debut book Escaping the gray: When Launching Your New Idea is the Only Option. It’s scheduled to be released on September 1, 2016 (or earlier) and will be accompanied by a book signing event at Barnes & Noble. Stay tuned to
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In this video, I get to the bottom of why there is NO requirement that an inventor make a prototype in order to get a patent. While in the old day inventors did need to physically cart their invention over to the U.S.P.T.O, this is no longer the case as everything is filed online. In
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One of America’s leading regional magazines, Florida Trend, known for its hard-hitting investigative journalism over the last 50 years, has featured Prof. John Rizvi, Esq., in its Intellectual Property category recently. “As a child I would take a screwdriver to a Rubik’s Cube and take it apart to figure out it worked. I wanted to
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Sure, the Internet has given inventors the power to file patents themselves without the help of a board certified attorney. But, boy, can things go wrong with this approach including easily choosing wrong keyword associations when doing your initial patent search. Let’s review some of the risks of this approach…
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 “Alice ruling” has had a powerful ripple effect throughout the software industry. Nearly two years later, concrete definitions for critical concepts like “abstract idea” and “significantly more” are not in place. Court rulings have overturned a number of patents. For software developers, inventors, and patent holders, it’s created an unclear
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