So, this morning’s presentation started out with Mayor Brown introducing all the local dignitaries. He then introduced Robin Schimminger. Schimminger made a joke that the black cloud that used to hang over the Hudson is believed to have been moved somewhere over the Potomac. Schimminger then introduced Mark Polancarz who mentioned that last year we [...]
Last night, I went to a tour at the Heritage DiscoveRY Center. The center is located on Lee Street in South Buffalo off of South Park and by the Honeywell facility over there. The tour was for the Buffalo Engineering Society. I went and learned so much about what is going on [...]
Many people have been paying attention to our fair elected officials and where they would come down with respect to supporting or not supporting the dual Acts collectively known as SOPA and PROTECT IP.
As a background for the people that haven’t heard of these Acts, let me explain. As many know, the advent of [...]
By now, most people have probably heard that Kodak has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This type of protection means that Kodak is looking for help with reorganizing their company. Recently, of course, much has been made of Kodak’s vast patent portfolio and how some of it might be monetized.
In particular, Kodak has [...]
Often, we have individual inventors come in with great new ideas, but often no real way to produce or manufacture or commercialize their invention. As a result, we have spent quite some time trying to find resources for individual inventors to offer their inventions for sale. One such resource fell into our email box earlier [...]
This morning, I attended a CLE program with the above title. The event was at the Buffalo Club, which means that I had to dress up and look fancy or else they would kick me out!!
This CLE was a broad overview of sports law and contracts and licensing issues. Sports shows up in every [...]
Yesterday, I attended a Green Drinks event. Green Drinks is an event put on by the Update Green Business Network, which is part of the Center for Environmental Information. For more information, a link can be found here. Essentially, Green Drinks is a networking event to connect individuals interested in sustainability. I [...]
And so it was under 72 hours ago that we all toasted the new year. Many people were happy to see 2011 go. I personally had a fairly decent 2011 and really don’t have too many complaints….other than the excessive springtime rain that ruined my first attempt at growing tomatoes.
Of course, any time we [...]
Recently, I read that there is a collector of patent models in Cazenovia New York. A patent model is an actual working, prototype of an invention described in a patent application or issued patent. Working models were required to be submitted along with the patent application until 1880. Prior to that time, there were plenty [...]
It is always interesting to observe how current events shape and mold the world of intellectual property. Right now we are experiencing one of those events in the world of trademark law.
We have all seen and heard about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Indeed these three words have been plastered on newspapers and magazines. [...]
