Even the casual sports fan is likely aware that the Toronto Raptors won the 2019 NBA Finals Championship. The Raptors clawed their way to their first NBA title in franchise history by defeating the Golden State Warriors in six games. What many people might not know, however, is that the Toronto Raptors are currently dealing […]
SpaceX holds nearly zero patents—an incredible fact considering the breadth of technology the corporate behemoth has produced since just 2002. This is especially peculiar given its sister company, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), had pumped application after application through the PTO since its founding until 2014 when it released several patents to the public. Why, then, would […]
Recently, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) approved the names of the four new elements 113, 115, 117, and 118: Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts), and Oganesson (Og). These elements are not found in nature. Each of these elements was created in a lab by blasting beams of heavy nuclei at […]
Even though baseball gloves were being produced in the 19th Century, what many regard as the forerunner to the modern glove was patented in 1922 by William (“Bill”) L. Doak (U.S. Patent No. 1,426,824). Mr. Doak’s glove incorporated “a plurality of strands” between the thumb and index finger to form a pocket to catch and […]
Smart companies protect their concepts and designs with robust portfolios that include design and utility patents. Most companies protect the ornamental appearances of functional items via Design Patents and functional qualities via Utility Patents. Sometimes, however, a good collection of design patents can be a powerful mechanism to protect concepts and designs that surround a […]