I was asked the following question recently: I have a great new idea. I would like to gauge interest by publicly describing what my new product does. I am concerned, of course, that this may be a problem patent-wise. Does it matter if my disclosure does not tell how my product works, just what it […] The post Don’t Jeopardize your Patent by Sharing Too Much first appeared on Venjuris.| Venjuris
Last week, Amazon announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted it two patents for a wristband that can monitor its warehouse employees. They filed these patents in 2016, and they were granted on January 30, 2018. How Does It Work This system includes ultrasonic devices placed around the warehouse, the wristbands worn […] The post Amazon Patents Work-Monitoring Wristband first appeared on Venjuris.| Venjuris
We were shocked last month when we read Forbes’ Stop Taking Business Advice From Your Patent Attorney where the author wrote that his patent lawyer claimed that his idea would generate substantial income, so much that he “would never be able to count” it all. We’re lawyers, not psychics. It is not our place to […] The post Can You vs Should You Get a Patent first appeared on Venjuris.| Venjuris
Under today’s patent law, could Star Trek’s Dr. Soong receive a patent on Data’s positronic brain? Dr. Frankenstein, a patent on his method of making a monster? Dr. Alfred Lanning (of Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot) on his child-like robot Sonny? Companies Seek Broad Patent Protection for AI Artificial intelligence (AI) has already made the leap […] The post Patenting Artificial Intelligence first appeared on Venjuris.| Venjuris