Back in 2014, a company called Surrey Nanosystems received a patent for a color that is so black and absorbs 94% of all light. Let me take a step back there. You don't receive a patent on the color. You receive a patent on the process for making such a new advancement...
Intellectual property and business plans. You know what a good business plan is, right? A business plan is a description of how you want to build your company. In the business plan, you want to explain what customers you want to target via which marketing channels,...
In Episode 37 of the "Law & Business" podcast, Anthony sits down with John Eastwood, partner of Eiger Law in Taipei, Taiwan. Anthony and John discuss "worldwide patents," a common misunderstanding that does lead to the scamming of those who have patents in a...
Diane Kennedy, CPA, joins Anthony Verna for episode 33 of the Law & Business podcast. Diane has written a dozen or so books and had the fortune of hitting the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business West best seller lists with some of them. That’s even...
It's Episode 32 of the Law & Business Podcast. Anthony Verna and Wil Jacques talk about the possibilities of a provisional patent application (PPA). Many potential clients call asking for a provisional without really understanding that the provisional patent...
On the new episode of the Law and Business podcast, Wil and Anthony talk about when clients have an idea. Episode 31 starts with the first words many clients and potential clients have: “I Have an Idea”. What is next in the intellectual property development...
On Episode 29 of the Law & Business Podcast, Wil Jacques and Anthony Verna talk about copyright infringement, trademark infringement, patent infringement, and some thoughts to avoid infringement. What one needs to do is to assess the amount of damages that may be...
What is Prior Art? We discuss the need to do a patent search to find prior art. What is prior art that the patent search is supposed to find? Prior art does not need to exist physically or be commercially available. It is enough that someone, somewhere, sometime...
As a part of the standard operating procedure here at Verna Law, P.C., we have a special form for clients and potential clients when we have a meeting over a new invention and the ability for the inventor to receive a utility patent from the United States Patent and...
Patent Infringement Examples What are some examples of patent infringement and what do those cases tell us Patent...
Why is Section 112 of the Patent Act important? Section 112 of the Patent Act, codified as 35 U.S.C. § 112, outlines...
Navigating USPTO Office Actions: A Comprehensive Guide for Inventors Verna Law, P.C. focuses on intellectual property...