Author: Erickson Law Group
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Patent Attorney Randall Erickson Profiled in Suburban Newspaper
Randall Erickson was profiled in a September 27, 2012 article titled “Patent Attorney helps budding Chicago area inventors” in the Wheaton Leader, a mysuburbanlife.com publication. The profile was also carried in a number of mysuburbanlife affiliated papers in other Chicago suburbs. The whole article can be viewed [here], an excerpt from the article follows: Obtaining a…
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Eric Waltmire to Speak at ISBA Cyberlaw Symposium
Eric Waltmire is a speaker at ISBA’s 2012 Cyberlaw Symposium, which is being held on June 21, 2012 at the ISBA Chicago Regional Office at 20 S. Clark St. The presentation is titled “Wikileaks: Liability for Publication or Hosting Information on the Internet.” Eric’s portion of the presentation will analyze potential liability surrounding Wikileaks’ publication…
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How to Use Trademarks Correctly to Avoid Loss of Rights
The way that your company uses its trademarks impacts efforts to federally register and maintain those trademarks. It’s important to properly use your marks for several reasons, including: (1) it strengthens the mark’s ability to identify your company as the source of the goods or services; (2) it is useful as evidence to defeat defenses…
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Patent Related Documents Explained
When it comes to prosecuting a patent application, it is necessary to file certain documents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as well as respond to the USPTO’s rejections, questions, objections, and other documents. These documents create a written dialogue typically between our attorney (representing you) and the assigned USPTO Examiner, all…
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Randall Erickson Teaches IP Law Course at College of DuPage
Randall Erickson of the Erickson Law Group will teach a three credit-hour Intellectual Property Law Course at the College of DuPage again in the Fall 2009 term. The course will provide an overview of intellectual property law. It introduces students to concepts of ownership of intellectual property and includes coverage of patents, copyrights, trademarks and…
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Eric Waltmire Quoted in Entrepreneur.com Article on Backlog at Patent Office
Eric Waltmire was quoted in an article titled “The Future Is…Later: A backlog of applications at the U.S. Patent Office has innovation in a stranglehold” [link] at Entrepreneur.com. The article described the difficulty some inventors have had resulting from the long delay between the date the application is filed and when the patent office examines…
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Eric Waltmire to Speak on Patents at SCORE Chicago’s New Product Development Workshop
On August 12, 2009, Eric Waltmire, patent attorney at the Erickson Law Group, will speak on patents at the Chicago chapter of SCORE’s workshop titled “New Product Development Workshop: How to Launch Your Product.” SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. The workshop…
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Eric Waltmire Speaks on Patents at July Saper Law Seminar
On July 28, 2009, Eric Waltmire spoke on Patents at the July Saper Law Seminar. He provided the presentation via teleconference and the presentation covered basic patent law issue as well as issues related to software patents. You can view the presentation here [link] .
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Eric Waltmire Speaks at ISBA Seminar on Patent Issues on the Internet
On June 9, 2009, Eric Waltmire, Patent Attorney with the Erickson Law Group, presented a session at the Illinois State Bar Assication’s “Intellectual Property Essentials and IP on the Internet” all day seminar. Eric’s session covered Patent Issues on the Internet. An excerpt of his material is provided below. ************* Patenting Software, Internet Technologies, and…
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Eric Waltmire to Speak on Patents at SCORE Chicago’s New Product Development Workshop
Eric Waltmire of the Erickson Law Group, will be one of the speakers at a new product development workshop titled “From Conception To Inception”: Turn Your Dream From Idea To Opportunity hosted by SCORE business counselors of Chicago. At this all day workshop, Eric will discuss patents and the patent process, cover the differences between…