by Pamela K. Riewerts, Esq. | Mar 29, 2018 | Blog, Content, In the News, Intellectual Property, Office, Patents, Trademarks
On March 8, 2018, Oliver & Grimsley’s Pamela Riewerts attended the 2018 Women’s Leadership Conference, hosted by the Howard County Chamber of Commerce in Columbia, Maryland. The conference celebrated women entrepreneurs in the Maryland, D.C., and Virginia area. ...
by Pamela K. Riewerts, Esq. | Mar 8, 2018 | In the News, Intellectual Property, Patents
In 1991, inspired to help the citizens of Africa, Trevor Baylis created the wind-up radio. With a substantial lack of electricity or batteries, information was hard to spread across the continent and during this time, the AIDS crisis was rampant. By creating a radio...
by Pamela K. Riewerts, Esq. | Apr 13, 2017 | Business Law, Design patent, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks
How Famous is the Coca-Cola bottle design? Not quite enough to protect small differences Design patents are an increasingly useful tool in product configuration protection, but as Coca-Cola recently learned, even a famous product design has its limits. As surely...
by Pamela K. Riewerts, Esq. | May 19, 2016 | Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property, Patents, Uncategorized
Multi-Purpose Wrist Worn Tool Watch: O&G Timely Moves Through USPTO to Obtain Patent We are pleased to announce that Oliver & Grimsley, LLC successfully secured U.S. Patent No. 9,304,496, entitled: “Multi-Purpose Tool Watch Housing Multiple Tool Members to...
by Pamela K. Riewerts, Esq. | Nov 26, 2013 | Intellectual Property, Patents, Uncategorized
Article by: Larry J. Guffey, Esq. and Pamela K. Riewerts, Esq. A patent applicant who seeks the benefit of marking an article as “Patent Pending” must make a good faith effort to ensure that the articles are properly and consistently marked. An effective way to do...
by Pamela K. Riewerts, Esq. | Oct 28, 2013 | Intellectual Property, Patents, Uncategorized
Earlier this year, the United States Patent Office (USPTO) implemented a “Micro Entity” applicant status pursuant to the 2011 America Invents Act (AIA). This rule allows qualifying applicants to receive a 75% fee reduction of certain fees—including fees for filing,...
