Bold Bites: Autio’s $20M Valuation (A Shark Tank Critique)
Hi Sharks, my name is Woody Sears, and I'm a travel fanatic from Santa Barbara, California. Today, I'm here seeking $1 million in exchange for 5% equity in my company.
When my family and I take road trips, we find ourselves asking a lot of questions about the places...
Should I use the “R” Symbol on My Drawings or Artwork?
Question: Can I use the circle R (®) registered trademark symbol in a drawing? I'm drawing a fictional hypothetical product that may be a registered trademark in that fictional universe but does not exist in real life. Should I avoid using the registered R symbol in this drawing?
Answer:...
What’s the Difference? Patent Prosecution vs Patent Litigation
Everyone, did you know that there's a big difference between patent prosecution and patent litigation? Hi, I'm J.D. Houvener, owner and founder here at Bold Patents Law Firm, and we're going to go through the differences between prosecution and litigation when it comes to patenting and what you can...
Is 20 Months a Normal Wait Time for the USPTO?
JD:So here this one could be another question. “Hi everyone, I submitted several patent applications last year - gosh! Alright, avid inventor - and they are all still in the OPAP (office of patent application processing) art unit without having been given to an examiner. The estimated first action is five months,...
Can I Revive my Abandoned Patent Application after 20 Years?
I’ll put this here into the comments and again keep those live questions going I’ll monitor the chat. So this one is, “What does my mother need to do to reactivate an abandoned US Patent that she is the originator of? She did not receive any notification that the patent had expired....