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The Erickson Law Group, PC provides a broad range of legal services to protect our client’s intellectual property. We serve clients ranging in size from Fortune 50 companies to individual inventors. We provide individualized services in all areas of intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and licensing. Our attorneys [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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Patents
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 [...]
Patents»
Do you have an idea for a device, product, machine, computer program, or process? A patent gives the inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling that invention for a set period of time. We can help you determine whether obtaining patent protection is the appropriate vehicle to protect [...]
Trademarks
Trademarks»
A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others. A service mark is the same as a trademark, except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service [...]