Hi gotfork,
I'm an assistive technology specialist and the it's a little hard to give advise without assessing your individual needs but I think a portable ergonomic platform simply does not exist. My advise is always to use the laptop on your lap. This will sacrifice your neck position but your wrists will remain in proper position. Also, read John Sarno's "Healing Back Pain." I've had great success with my clients and it has helped me get 100% back when I was injured.
Defending style elements are critical to maintaining trademark protection, when that trademark is dependent on look and feel.
What are you talking about? Style elements? Trademarks do not cover 'style elements.' They cover words or symbols. You can trademark the name and the logo but you can't trademark a website. Unless they copied it VERBATIM then they don't have a copyright case either. The courts have been mixed on copyrights of GUI and, generally, they have been dismissed.
Digital timestamps offered by USPTO or digistamp type services cannot be faked. They use custom, certified, tamper proof hardware that is locked after the initial configuration.
Do not use Notaries for patent ideas. THEY ARE NOT VALID. I do not have a reference handy but do-it-yourself patent books always caution about this. Use 2 knowledgeable people that are not family members to sign and witness your documents. A notary can be faked and has no knowledge of the matter so cant so they cant testify on your behalf about the details of invention if it goes to court (this includes most lawyers as well).
What do you mean by secure? You better go to the store and by a book about do it yourself patents. There are many good ones.
Assuming you want to secure the date that you thought something up, you will want to print out a detailed description of your idea (this does not need to contain claims or anything. Just a good description of what it does, how it improves existing solutions, etc. Patent book will give you an outline for this document). Take this document to 2 people who are capable of understanding it (non family members) and have them witness it by signing and dating it. Then you will have that date PROVIDED that you attempt to reduce it to practice. If it just sits and you do not actively try to build it or sell it you will lose your rights. Note that if you try to sell it before applying for a patent you will have only get 1 year therafter to patent it and you will automatically forfeit international patent protection so think carefully (the US is a big market so you may be content with a forfeit, after all international patents are expensive and costly to enforce). This method btw is free and open source.
Also, keep a notebook and have it signed periodically by another person. A witnessed notebook written in ink is also VALID proof for dating IP as well as proving to the court that you were actively try to reduce it to practice. For computer stuff that I do not print out and paste into lab book, I use digital timestamps services from USPTO or digistamp.
p.s. DO NOT MAIL IT TO YOURSELF. Postmarks have never been accepted by courts as valid for dating IP. You will need to have your document witnessed so that the court can talk with the person if necessary.
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Hi gotfork, I'm an assistive technology specialist and the it's a little hard to give advise without assessing your individual needs but I think a portable ergonomic platform simply does not exist. My advise is always to use the laptop on your lap. This will sacrifice your neck position but your wrists will remain in proper position. Also, read John Sarno's "Healing Back Pain." I've had great success with my clients and it has helped me get 100% back when I was injured.
Defending style elements are critical to maintaining trademark protection, when that trademark is dependent on look and feel.
What are you talking about? Style elements? Trademarks do not cover 'style elements.' They cover words or symbols. You can trademark the name and the logo but you can't trademark a website. Unless they copied it VERBATIM then they don't have a copyright case either. The courts have been mixed on copyrights of GUI and, generally, they have been dismissed.
What is Secure DNS and where is the wikipedia article? Anybody?
You got fatter because you ate more calories than you burned per day. When you ate the calories was/is irrelevant. Here's the video addressing your myth. http://www.bodyperformancetv.com/steve_tv/video.php?id=1069
: George Orwell was an optimist.
Damn you America! Where are my freebee orgies? Wasnt that part of the deal?
oh dear lord. Where is the "yes" tag?
Digital timestamps offered by USPTO or digistamp type services cannot be faked. They use custom, certified, tamper proof hardware that is locked after the initial configuration.
Do not use Notaries for patent ideas. THEY ARE NOT VALID. I do not have a reference handy but do-it-yourself patent books always caution about this. Use 2 knowledgeable people that are not family members to sign and witness your documents. A notary can be faked and has no knowledge of the matter so cant so they cant testify on your behalf about the details of invention if it goes to court (this includes most lawyers as well).
What do you mean by secure? You better go to the store and by a book about do it yourself patents. There are many good ones. Assuming you want to secure the date that you thought something up, you will want to print out a detailed description of your idea (this does not need to contain claims or anything. Just a good description of what it does, how it improves existing solutions, etc. Patent book will give you an outline for this document). Take this document to 2 people who are capable of understanding it (non family members) and have them witness it by signing and dating it. Then you will have that date PROVIDED that you attempt to reduce it to practice. If it just sits and you do not actively try to build it or sell it you will lose your rights. Note that if you try to sell it before applying for a patent you will have only get 1 year therafter to patent it and you will automatically forfeit international patent protection so think carefully (the US is a big market so you may be content with a forfeit, after all international patents are expensive and costly to enforce). This method btw is free and open source. Also, keep a notebook and have it signed periodically by another person. A witnessed notebook written in ink is also VALID proof for dating IP as well as proving to the court that you were actively try to reduce it to practice. For computer stuff that I do not print out and paste into lab book, I use digital timestamps services from USPTO or digistamp. p.s. DO NOT MAIL IT TO YOURSELF. Postmarks have never been accepted by courts as valid for dating IP. You will need to have your document witnessed so that the court can talk with the person if necessary.