Step One (Problem Recognition) – The app inventor identifies an unmet need in a given market. This could be due to a weakness with the product or service that currently attempts to address the problem or it could be that no one has identified the problem nor has anyone attempted to develop a solution.

Suppose your car has a small leak or drip that continues to mark your garage floor or driveway and you can’t seem to locate the source. Recognizing that very problem in my own garage led me to become an inventor and invent DripID®, an absorbent mat you place beneath your car to catch and identify fluid leaks. Or suppose your child asked to have a special birthday party with unique party invitations. This led me to become an inventor and invent SneakerDoodle™, a party invitation and sneaker doodle kit with markers and stencils allowing party attendees to decorate a pair of sneakers as a party keepsake. Such opportunities present themselves throughout your day as problems in search of an inventor with inventive solutions if you are in ‘problem recognition mode.’

Can I Trademark my Name? Can I trademark my name? Yes you can trademark your Name under certain circumstances. If you are using a particular word, graphic, phrase or slogan on a Name, you can trademark it to prevent any other manufacturers from using it without your permission.  For example, the mark “Tim Tebow” is a [...]

A Trademark is text, graphic, pattern or color that- identifies origin of manufacture. So to file a text or graphic trademark the mark must be on the garment tag or screened on the garment for a tag free garment. Note the trademark can be elsewhere but for the trademark office it needs to be on the tag […]

Can I Trademark a Clothing Line? Yes you can trademark a clothing line. If you are using a particular word, graphic, phrase or slogan on a Clothing Line, you can trademark it to prevent any other Clothing Line manufacturers from using it without your permission.  For example, while I was in Memphis I was staying at [...]

What happens after trademark application is submitted? The trademark registration process begins with conducting a trademark search and proceeds  to the preparation and submission of trademark applications. Once a trademark application is submitted for review by the US Trademark Office, the attorney must oversee the prosecution of an application (proceedings at the US Trademark Office) and [...]

Can I Trademark a Bumper Sticker? Yes you can trademark a Bumper Sticker. If you are using a particular word, graphic, phrase or slogan on a Bumper Sticker, you can trademark it to prevent any other Bumper Sticker manufacturers from using it without your permission.  For example, see the mark “Salt Life” to see a registered [...]

A kitchen essential is the Invention Idea of the can opener. A can opener is a mechanical device used to open metal cans. Early openers were basically variations of a knife. The first can opener, consisting of the sharp rotating cutting wheel that runs round the can’s rim was invented in 1870. A modified design came out in 1925 adding a second serrated wheel to hold the cutting wheel on the rim of the can […]