How Can I Patent My Invention Before Mass Production or Having it Manufactured?
00:05 [Unclear] would like to patent my innovations for mass production. 00:12 Oh, how do I patent them for mass production? How can I patent my inventions before mass production? Oh, yeah. So you absolutely—the first step is you do the patent search. The second step is there is a type of patent that […]
What is Prior Art? An Explanation of What it Means in Patent Law
00:05 Mr. Mehra would like to know, what is prior art? Is public for use or on sale, or a website with the same idea of my invention can be counted as prior art? 00:17 Yeah, great question. Prior art is a technical term used in patent law. And ignore the term art, because […]
Want to License Your Product Idea? You Should Be Taking Advantage of This Major Business Shift
00:00 One phenomenon I think has been occurring over the last 15, 20 years—I've been practicing for 25 years—and a lot of companies are downsizing their R&D departments, and not having product developers on salary. They used to have these W-2 employees whose job it was to come up with new ideas. And when […]
How Can I Do Thorough Market Research for My Product Without Giving Away My Idea?
00:00 I would like to know, how do you do the market analysis of your product without giving away your idea? 00:16 This is going to sound—you don't. Unfortunately, there's, you know, you cannot do thorough market knowledge without giving your idea away. You have to file for the patent first because if you're […]
Advice on Licensing Your Product Idea: What’s the Best Way to Name the Product Before You Pitch It?
00:00 And how important is the naming of a product, or is that something that company you sell it to will take care of? Yeah, it's not that important. The company that you're licensing it to—not selling—if you're gonna license, great, if you want to sell it, too, you could sell it; those are […]
Advice on Licensing Your Product Idea to a Company: Don’t Use a Pitch Deck, Use a Sell Sheet!
00:00 Do you use a pitch deck when reaching out to prospective licensees? No, I use a thing called a sell sheet. Think of it as a print ad. I just email it to them. I try to be very short and concise with how I pitch. That way, think about the person receiving […]
Before Spending Money on an Invention You Want to Patent, Watch This!: An Idea and its Cost
00:00 Rafael says this is my first idea, my first company; the patent is my first step. How do I plan from a budget perspective? 00:14 Yeah, so yeah, it's a great question. There's certain steps to the patent process. And you really, the best way to plan is to look at it one […]
Carey Files Trademark Application for “Queen of Christmas”: John Rizvi on Fox TV KTVU San Francisco
00:04 It's a familiar song. It's a Christmas classic, but Mariah Carey is looking to turn her holiday hit into a bigger brand. She's trying to trademark herself “The Queen of Christmas.” A patent expert joins us live to discuss. We'll see if she has a chance. 00:34 You can stop singing, Alex. It […]
Mariah Carey Wants to Trademark “Queen of Christmas”: Radio Interview with John Rizvi on KPNW Oregon
00:00 Mary, the Virgin Mary is the queen of Christmas. Or, you know, I mean, there were a number of other people that, you know, say now she's not Darlene Love It is and on and on we go. So to talk about it this morning, we decided to talk to a guy who […]
How to License or Take Your Product Invention to Market with Rita Crompton, The Inventor Lady
00:00 Okay, welcome, reader Welcome to Ask the patent professor or weekly q&a show. 00:12 I just opened up the floor to attendees. So I see participants starting to come in Happy Friday to you. Always nice 00:22 speaking. So, those of you attending today's a special q&a Because the q&a is not really […]
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