Product Design

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake LCA learned the following: Client is an individual who successfully patented a product he calls the Bed Desk, which is a multi-functional wooden writing surface that converts into a desk easel, among other things. Client states it has 0-90 degrees of functionality. He states that in 1997, he obtained a provisional patent, number 60/064...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is a small Indiana-based corporation, operated by a husband and wife team. They create and sell very uniquely shaped and colorful wooden furniture. In 2006, they started selling a creative multi-shelf wooden cabinet, painted in a lively green hue. Recently, they received information that someone else...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Clients are three individuals who started an arts educational program working with children in schools and at after school programs. Clients bring a writing curriculum into children's classrooms and develop characters and stories. They plan to eventually create short films from children's stories. Clients need...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client runs a one-man business creating guitar pick-ups. He states he has operated under a particular business name for the better of 15 years. In 2008, Client became aware of two separate businesses, one in Massachussetts and one in Texas, which operate under the same name. Client contacted the Massachussetts...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising personal mobility awareness. Client is run by a collective of designers who plan to build out a better wheelchair and later certify that other chairs meet its quality standards. Client needs counsel on trademark registration and overall intellectual pro...

Based upon limited conversation during the course of regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is an award-winning designer who seeks legal help starting a business and protecting the intellectual property embodied in her products, primarily high-end glass and table wear. Client also needs assistance with contracts. Since 2001, she has worked with a number of manufacturers and distr...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: In 2008, Client entered into an agreement to create set designs for a television show to be filmed in Chicago. The show's production manager contacted Client based on prior business dealings, and the parties ironed out terms over a series of emails. The show was delayed, and after some time, the production m...

Based upon limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client is involved in the business of manufacturing and repairing pianos. He has been involved in an opposition proceeding with the PTO for roughly the past four years. See: USPTO Opposition Proceeding No. 91162715: http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91162715&pty=OPP. Client has recently been na...

Based on limited conversation during regular client intake, LCA learned the following: Client has designed a baseball board game. The game includes specially marked dice and 600 multiple choice, baseball trivia questions. Client is seeking to protect his intellectual property interests and needs legal advice and assistance. Client Type: Pro Bono...

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