Blog

So what happens if someone registers your trademark in another country?

Let’s break it down with an example.

Say you’ve got “Bob’s Soda” in the U.S. It’s a registered trademark for—you guessed it—soda. Now someone in the U.K. wants to use the name...

Should You Prototype First or File a Patent?

Hey there, I’m JD Houvener—patent attorney, founder of Bold Patents, and author of Bold Ideas: The Inventor’s Guide to Patents. Over the years, I’ve helped inventors secure nearly 500 patents, so I get this question a lot:

You don’t need a patent to have a successful product. Plenty of businesses launch and thrive without one. But before you skip the patent process entirely, understand what you’re giving up.

If you hit the market first, you might gain a competitive edge—at least for a while. Being...

I've heard that making small changes—like adjusting the length of a screw, its threading, or even moving it slightly—could be enough to avoid patent infringement. But if bigger modifications can still count as infringement, how is tweaking something as minor as a screw not? Does that actually hold up, or...