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Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt talk holiday decor and critique 3 Shark Tank pitches related to holiday decorations. The first one is a beard ornament set called "Beardaments", the second is a huge ornament called the "Holiball" which is an inflatable ball taht looks like a giant ornament and third, is the "Eazy Treezy" which is a very quick-install fake Christmas tree...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt discuss patent searching and trademark searching fundamentals. J.D. goes through his 5-step process for how to conduct a rock solid patent search.  They took a Bold Bite out of a shark tank pitch for "RokBlok" which is a audio record player that plays the music by just going around the record instead of requiring the record to spin. The inventor alleges to...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt speak with Bold Patents client, Dr. Patrick Silva (he goes by Dr. P) the inventor of the Sleep Muus pillow. Patrick talks about his invention story, and how he couldn't find the right pillow to supplement his spinal medical care he gives as a chiropractor, and so he was forced to create it! Dr. P also shares with the audience his struggles in multiple Kickstarte...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt talked about some recent innovations in halloween decorations including motion sensors, fog, costumes, as well as licensing issues that can come up for resellers of licensed merchandise and the like.  Then JD and Matt took a bold bite of a shark tank episode featuring "Pandaloon" which is a costume for pets, and it looks like the pet is walking. Matt was qu...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt talk patent and trademark office actions! J.D. talked through a flowchart showing the various steps that a typical utility patent application takes and how 2-3 office actions is fairly typical. Matt talked about the trademark office action process a bit and explained some key differences there.  The team took a Bold Bite out of a Shark Tank episode from GeoOrbital an...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt batted around some awesome conversations about baseball and intellectual property! We looked at three areas of baseball. The first was the baseball we see on TV and commented on the advertisements, the slogans, the logos, and all of the trademark and trade dress that shoes up on-screen. J.D. pointed out the technology of computer graphics and overlays including the b...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt brought on a Bold Patents client, Terry Vance, owner of Blitz Lures and inventor of the "Live Foot" independent sonar transducer which solves the problem of not being able to see fish or look the way you want because all other transducers are dependent on the direction/facing of the trolling motor.  Terry walked the audience through his journey to get his p...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt had a great live with special guest Chad Hillyard of Celerity IP and learned a lot about the telecom world and how many larger companies spend a lot of resources into getting standard essential patents that shape the future of wireless communication. The big upside for having a standard essential patent is that EVERY carrier and handset manufacturer has to pay the in...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt go through ALL ways of monitoring trademarks and patents by discussion of enforcement, licensing, sale, and exclusive use. Live questions came in about licensing without patents/trademarks as well as know-how licensing.  J.D. and Matt did a deep-dive critique of ex-NFL player, and his "Bubba Q" boneless rib food product. We discussed the patent he holds and...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. walks the audience through patent law all the way through from invention idea to patent search, to provisional, non-provisional, and patent prosecution in depth. J.D. explained the filing receipt process, restriction requirement, office actions for novelty and obviousness, final rejections, as well as notice of allowance and post-grant.  J.D. then critiqued a shark tank episo...

Send us Fan Mail Matt Kulseth of Bold Patents walked our live audience through everything from trademark searching, application approaches, prosecution, and enforcement. We had many live questions come in about difference between word marks and logos/design marks, as well as questions from AVVO.com.  Matt talked about how things have changed at the trademark office and the USPTO is behind and now...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt talked about their kids going back to school!!! Wohoo!!! Also, discussed the market shift and dynamics with real estate and investments into entrepreneurial ventures like starting up businesses and protecting inventions, brands, and artwork. J.D. and Matt answered 4-5 questions that came in during the week as well as a few live questions.  Then the two hosts took a B...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt discussed web3.0 products/inventions and the trademark implications for many business owners in that space. We fielded a few live questions regarding how to protect web3.0 inventions and the type of claim structure involved.  We did a Bold Bite of a recent shark tank pitch from Qball, which is a smart microphone inside of a soft ball that can be passed around a class...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt interviewed Business Attorney Victor Look of Look.law. He's an expert in helping web 3.0 companies form and stay protected as they grow and sell their digital/block-chain backed goods/services. He walked us through the basics of the blockchain, and the development of the web from 1.0 (static), to 2.0 (interactive), to 3.0 (distributed ownership interactive). He...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt hosted Bold Client, Mike Randal of Tasty Infusion, a Washington based company that leverages its newly patented infusion method for cannabinoids into various edibles including popcorn, chicken wings, fries, coffees, etc. He's just landed some investment and will begin manufacturing in California. He walked our live audience through his journey through pain manag...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt were treated by a special guest, Phil Guthrie of Compliance-Insight, Inc. He helps inventors, small businesses with planning for FDA certification for Class 1, 2, and 3 medical devices. We discussed the various types of medical devices, and the increasing rigor and expense required to get certification.  The three of them critiqued an Australian company that was pitc...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt talked about grilling and the ups and downs of their own experience. JD confessed to being a novice when it comes to grilling. Matt however came in huge with some really cool ideas to end up with meat that doesn't taste smokey/overcooked.  We (rather quickly) transitioned to offering our free screening session and offered a fre PDF of Bold Ideas (both the Physic...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt kicked off our podcast with a discussion of summer time products and innovation. We did a deep dive into the popular smokeless fire pit brand, Solo Stove. This was popularized 5-10 years ago as a camping/portable stove, and then began selling to the mass market for backyard fire pits, but without the smoke using an air-flow to suck the smoke out from the bottom of th...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt interviewed Attorney Andrew Kussmaul with Kussmaul Legal, based in Texas. We talked about investing and how to raise money wisely for your startup. Specifically, Andrew walked our audience through the differences between a SAFE note and a convertible note, and how as the business owner, what to watch out for and how to avoid pitfalls along the way.  All three of us t...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. went right in on a Bold Bite critique from Shark Tank featuring founder Sarah Apgar of FitFighter and her workout device that is made of recycled bullets and metal inside of a repurposed firehose. J.D. took the opportunity to highlight that she forgot to mention that she was "patent pending" in her awesome pitch. J.D. discussed the key implications of what "pat...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt hosted a Bold Patents Client, David Krueger of Boston, Massachusetts. His invention, the "Roll-A-Coaster" is a drink/beverage coaster that rolls on a hard surface! He's going to be selling his product direct to consumers from his website: www.rollacoaster.net. He walked the audience through his journey from initial inspiration on Christmas morning all...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. Hosted Chris Brown of NorthStar Law Group based in Olympia, WA. We talked about formation and how important it is for inventors to secure protection on their inventions not just with patents, but by forming an LLC to hold their IP in especially if they are in a service based business. Chris went on to use an example of a dental practice and how the founder should house his/he...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. explains the 9-Step Patent Process that our beloved inventor clients at Bold go through to secure patent protection. He pointed out that each of these 9 steps can be found at the blog article here . Matt jumped in and talked about how the trademark process is someone similar and how Bold has really embraced new startups and solo/small inventors through their development of a...

Send us Fan Mail J.D. and Matt talked with Nicole of The Law Offices of Nicole B. Erickson based in Portland, Oregon - she gave us some great insight on business formation and underlined an important tax law under the 2018 Jobs Act which allows sales of patents to be capped at 20% capital gains instead of potentially 37% taxation at the higher income levels. We also interviewed Karen Hwang, a busi...

Send us Fan Mail Len Garza and Alexandra Devendra, business attorneys from their own respective practices were on the Bold Patents show and let us in on the essential reasons why inventors should think carefully about whether and what type of entity to form.  Len discussed raising money and pointed out that when investors give a company money, they are really investing in the founder/inventor - an...