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Patents vs. Trademarks: Understanding the Differences

Patents and trademarks are legal tools you can use to protect any idea you have created. So, are they the same? Learn their key differences with this blog!

Category: Copyright , Patents , Trademark , Trademark Protection , Uncategorized

A Startup’s Guide to Avoiding Common Trademark Mistakes

Are you just starting up? The process may be overwhelming, but you need to avoid these common trademark mistakes, as they could be detrimental to your startup.

Category: Copyright , Trademark , Trademark Protection

Patent Claims for a Trebuchet

by Michael Goltry, Registered Patent Attorney (480-991-3537; mg@pgpct.com) Above is a counterweight trebuchet, a catapult configured to throw a load, such as one or more projectiles, toward an intended target. The trebuchet includes a sturdy frame f and an arm a. Arm a has an end e1 counterweighted by a weight w and an opposed… Read more

Category: Patents

Patent Claims for a Fishing Lure

by Michael Goltry, Registered Patent Attorney (480-991-3537; mg@pgpct.com) Above and to the left is a fishing lure 42 configured with an adjustable fin assembly 74, shown to the right by itself. The lure 42 has a body 46 configured with hooks 54, an eyelet 56 configured to secure a fishing line 59, and fins 62… Read more

Category: Patents

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"Our company has worked with a number of patent attorneys and were so pleased when we began working with Parsons & Goltry nearly a decade ago. Mike Goltry's knowledge and attention to detail has enabled us to have numerous products patented and trademarks registered. We highly recommend this Law Firm."

- Sharon K.

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"Michael Goltry is the most professional, honest and effective patent attorney whom I ever met in my 40 year professional engineering career. I started to work with him over 20 years ago and plan to work indefinitely."

- Zoltan Kemeny, PhD, Struct. Eng.

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"Mr. Goltry took a provisional patent that we'd filed ourselves, and quickly and professionally turned our innovation into U.S. and foreign applications. His [patent claims] were a thing of beauty, and I was amazed by how deftly he countered the inevitable office actions. His language held up, and the U.S. Patent just issued. He was easy and efficient to work with, and his fees were remarkably reasonable. We're not planning to go anywhere else, ever."

- Ski Milburn, CEO, Victori, LLC

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"I applied for a patent through Parsons & Goltry. After being on the docket for 2 years at the USPTO, I received notification that my patent request had been denied. Michael Goltry contacted me immediately to review my options. After I informed him of my decision to move forward, he filed a response to the USPTO. In his response he got the examiner to fully understand the claims in the patent application and the "denied" decision was reversed. I was able to secure and receive a "patent granted" decision. Thank you, Michael Goltry."

- Kathy H., Inventor