Kelly Slater’s Four Year Patent Process Part IV

Kelly Slater’s Four Year Patent Process …

While we are waiting for the horn and green flag, let’s talk about preparing to compete.

I don’t know what was going through Kelly Slater’s mind as he was waiting for his application to get examined, but many inventors get extremely anxious to see what the first response from the USPTO will be.  Inventors often are not aware that filing a patent application and getting an issued patent are two entire different things, and that each inventor stands a significant chance of getting rejected by the USPTO.

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Inventing Profit’s September Meeting – Deb Beddoe to Speak

Deb Beddoe to be Guest Speaker at Inventing Profit Meeting September 12th.

Our next Inventing Profit meeting is just around the corner.  The theme for this month is “How to “Start-up” Your Business” with Deb Beddoe of Your Ops Manager, Carlsbad.  She will walk you through some of the things you should consider before starting your business.  Please join us Wednesday, September 12th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce.

Running a small business or start up in today’s competitive environment is a challenge for any entrepreneur or inventor. Having a dream,an idea, or a product, is just the first step in the process of bringing it to the marketplace and making it a reality. Along the way there are hurdles, obstacles, laws and regulations that must be addressed, adhered to and managed before you can even begin to realize that dream.

Deb Beddoe is Founder and CEO of Your Ops Manager; an outsourced operations management company for small businesses. Prior to founding her own company Deb was employed in the field of finance and operations management for Founder of Your Ops Manageralmost 25 years and was most recently CFO and COO of a payments company before founding her own company in 2008.

Your Ops Manager is a system of services that assist small businesses by implementing a “do it for you” system that will complete the business operations tasks that most business owners want to avoid including human resources, accounting, payroll, compliance, events, benefits and strategic management.

Deb is on the board of directors of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and is actively involved with many other business associations. Your Ops Manager is recognized as Small Business of the Year for 2012 by the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce.

Please mark your calendars for Wednesday the 12th of September. Meetings are free to attend and you may sign up at http://bit.ly/MA13Tu.

Meetings will continue to be held on the second Wednesday of each month. If you have any questions, please email Dina Dennis at dina@iciplaw.com.

Thank you all for your continued support!
The Inventing Profit Team

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Trademarks Issued To Carlsbad Company ToeSox, Inc

Eric Hanscom, ICIPlaw.com, Inventing Profit, Patents and Prototypes, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Design Patents, Utility patents, USPTO, Carlsbad Attorney

  Registered Trademarks recently issued to Carlsbad Company ToeSox, Inc.

Registered trademarks for  EXERCISE YOUR FEET and EXERCISE FOR YOUR FEET were issued on Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 to ICIP Client and Carlsbad Company ToeSox, Inc.  
Thursday, November 25, 2010, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for EXERCISE YOUR FEET and EXERCISE FOR YOUR FEET  by ToeSox, Inc., Carlsbad, CA 92008. The USPTO has given the EXERCISE YOUR FEET trademark serial number of 85185230 and trademark serial number of 85185231 for EXERCISE FOR YOUR FEET.  The current federal status these trademark filings are REGISTERED. The managing attorney listed for these trademarks is Eric Hanscom of INTERCONTINENTAL IP, 2141 PALOMAR AIRPORT RD STE 320, CARLSBAD, CA 92011-1426 . The two trademarks are filed in the category of Clothing Products . The description provided to the USPTO for EXERCISE YOUR FEET and EXERCISE FOR YOUR FEET is Socks.
ToeSox has a large variety of footwear that takes care of your feet.  On their website you will find Barefoot running shoes, Yoga Socks, Pilates Socks, Hiking Socks,  Golf Socks and many others.   They offer a large selection of sport socks, five toe sandals, grip and non-grip socks.  ToeSox is also very involved with giving back to their community.
If you have an  idea or company logo you would like to possibly trademark, please contact Intercontinental IP in Carlsbad or visit the USPTO website for more information.
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