Author: Erickson Law Group

Eric Waltmire, patent attorney with the Erickson Law Group, will speak at the Saper Law Open Source Symposium on February 17, 2009 in Chicago. Whether you are in favor, opposed, or indifferent to software patents, it is important to know the implications and interplay between open source licensed work and patent rights. His presentation will…

Randall Erickson of the Erickson Law Group will teach a three credit-hour Intellectual Property Law Course at the College of DuPage in the Spring 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 trade…

Eric Waltmire’s recently published “The Preservation Three Step: What Every Lawyer Should Know to Protect a Client’s Potentially Patentable Assets” in the DuPage County Bar Association’s October 2008 edition of its legal journal, The Brief. The article is now available here: http://www.dcbabrief.org/vol211008art4.html. *************** The Preservation Three Step: What Every Lawyer Should Know to Protect a…

The Law Office of Randall T. Erickson is now Erickson Law Group, PC. The Erickson Law Group, PC represents clients internationally, including Europe, Asia, and North America, and also throughout the United States. The Erickson Law Group, PC provides a broad range of legal services to protect our client’s intellectual property. We serve clients ranging…

DuPage County Bar Association President Thomas Else, appointed Eric Waltmire as the Chairman of the Intellectual Property Law & Practice Committee. Eric plans to work with committee vice-chair, Sean McCumber, among others, to organize an intellectual property law seminar in the first quarter of 2009. “There is a sizable and growing group of intellectual property…

Eric R. Waltmire, attorney with the Law Office of Randall T. Erickson, presented a seminar on “What the Civil and Business Practitioner Needs to Know About Trademarks and Trademark Law” at the a joint meeting of the Business Committee and the Civil Law and Practice Committee of the DuPage County Bar Association. The presentation was…

Eric Waltmire of the Law Office of Randall T. Erickson is the lead articles editor for the October 2008 edition of the DuPage County Bar Association’s legal journal, The Brief [link]. Eric compiled four intellectual property law articles to complete the intellectual property edition of The Brief. The articles included in the IP edition are:…

Venture capitalist David S. Rose’s, speaking at TED, talks about the 10 things you need to know when pitching a venture capitalist. His tips are relevant to anyone giving a power point presentation. See the presentation here or http://tinyurl.com/3noe89.

When your proposed mark is merely discriptive you have at least two alternatives to registering the mark as a word mark on the Primary Register. Merely descriptive marks cannot be registered without proof of secondary meaning—i.e. proof that the mark has become distinctive as applied to the applicant’s goods or services in commerce. Trademark Manual…

The USPTO announced that it is launching a program to allow an Examiner interview before first action. Here’s the process. First the applicant requests a first-action interview. The examiner conducts a prior art search and provides the applicant a pre-interview communication. This is a condensed preview of objections or rejections proposed against the claims. Then,…