by Ian Burns | Oct 7, 2013 | 3D Printing, Innovation, Patents, Robotics, Uncategorized
Robots have traditionally been difficult and expensive to manufacture. They usually required expensive tooling to make many unique parts. To make the parts efficiently, large production runs were needed. 3D Printed Robot Now, however, robots are becoming easier,...
by Ian Burns | Jul 18, 2013 | Innovation, Intellectual Property Law, Invention, Patents, Uncategorized
Rate of Innovation Rate of innovation can be measured in different ways. One method uses the rate by which patents are granted (patent rate). The greater the number of patents granted, the greater the number of inventions and the greater the rage of innovation....
by Ian Burns | Jun 28, 2013 | Domain Names, Trademarks, Uncategorized
New Generic Top-Level Domains Have you heard of the trademark clearinghouse? If you own a trademark, you will need to know about this. Over the next couple of years many new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs ), such as .cool, .food, .entertainment, and .toys, are...
by Ian Burns | Jan 16, 2013 | Innovation, Intellectual Property Law, Patent Attorneys, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
In our last post we discussed Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and how they may be used by entrepreneurs, established companies, investors and other stakeholders. In this post we will look at some interesting ideas on TRLs for intellectual property. TRLs can be used...
by Ian Burns | Jan 11, 2013 | Innovation, Patent Attorneys, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
Technology Readiness Levels Technology Readiness Levels can be used by entrepreneurs, inventors and others to rate and evaluate a technology. The United States government and some companies rate the maturity of technologies with various scales. These Technology...
