Two Types of Patent Insurance The first thing to know is that there are essentially two types of patent insurance: offensive insurance...

Background on USPTO Pilot Programs The Patent Office is always trying out different kinds of pilot programs to streamline procedures or...

What Is Trade Dress? Let’s start with a couple of definitions. Trade dress falls under the same laws as trademarks. It protects the...

Connection to Board Games In the last episode, I talked about patenting a board game, and many of the same concepts apply when it comes...

Patenting Unique Types of Inventions I’m going to have a series of episodes about patenting certain kinds of things that maybe you didn’t...

(This episode first aired in 2021. Significant changes have been made since then and patent file histories are reviewed through the new...

Medical Device and Procedure Patents I’ve talked about lots of kinds of patents and what they do. And if you remember, a patent doesn’t...

Who This Episode Is For In this episode, I’m going to go through the top five reasons you shouldn’t file foreign patent applications. And...

What Is the Fast Track Appeals Pilot Program? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) occasionally sets up pilot programs to test...

Why a Trademark Episode? Most of my episodes are about the patenting process, but as an inventor, you might also have needs involving...

Standard Inventorship Situations Most of the time, an inventor will come to me and want to patent her invention. The regular forms apply....

The Role of Patents in Entrepreneurship My guess is that most of my listeners are entrepreneurs, and you probably watch the show Shark...

(This podcast episode first aired in 2021. This program is no longer available.) Another COVID-Related Program from the USPTO This...

(The podcast episode first aired in 2020, but it no longer in effect (as of at least 2025).) Why This Topic Now I’ve hesitated to talk...

Disclaimer for New Listeners This episode is not for beginners. If this is the first episode you’re hearing from me, I doubt that you...

Monthly Newsletters and Themed Invention Spotlights Some of you are on my email list, but if you’re not—and I don’t mean to toot my own...

Introduction to the ITC In the last episode, I gave a little teaser. I said it would be my last episode about patent litigation except...

Overview of Patent Litigation to This Point This is probably going to be the last episode I do about patent litigation, with maybe one...

Introduction to Discovery I’ve gone over the basics and chronology of a patent lawsuit, and in today’s episode, I’m going over the part...

Quick Recap of Litigation Episodes It’s been a little while since I’ve gone through the chronology of patent litigation. I started the...

Two Recent Cease and Desist Situations I’ve had two situations in the past month where someone came to me because they received a cease...

Inventors’ Common Concern I have potential clients call me all the time who want advice about their invention, but they’re afraid to tell...

New Firm and Expanded Services If you’ve been a listener to the Patenting for Inventors podcast, you know that this past year I joined a...

A Common Question in Inventor Forums I’m in several online inventor groups where people ask questions and others post answers. Often,...