Patenting for Inventors

In this episode I discuss how to respond to a patent cease and desist letter, should you ever get one. There are various strategies such as: requesting to open up negotiations to license, threatening ...

25 Juni 20209min

In this episode I go over a sample cease and desist letter that could be used if you want to tell a company to stop selling your patented invention. I also go over what you should be careful of when y...

17 Juni 202012min

In this episode I go through a broad overview of patent litigation and briefly touch on the subjects of: the demand letter, the complaint, the answer, scheduling, discovery, claim construction/Markman...

4 Juni 202010min

In this episode I go over a question found on the Internet about whether a U.S. patent can be enforced in China. More importantly, I go over some of the wrong and incompletely answers that people were...

29 Maj 20207min

The "Patenting for Inventors Podcast" is branching out. I've now created animated videos on YouTube for various patent topics.  Check out the Diament Patent Law YouTube channel and subscribe to be not...

31 Dec 20192min

The patent application process is expensive. You should know this upfront. In this episode I go over typical costs that you can expect for various stages of the patent application process and other ty...

9 Dec 201914min

Signing a patent document should be easy, just print the document, take out a pen, sign on the line, print your name below, scan document, and submit to the patent office.  Not so fast! There are lots...

6 Dec 20199min

If you see a competitor's pending patent application and you're afraid that the examiner doesn't know that a reference exists that makes your competitor's so-call invention not new or obvious, then yo...

28 Nov 20196min