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Season 14 Episode 187 - Aired on 1/18/2021 Attorney Daniel Callahan, Founding Partner of Callahan & Blaine, was recently featured on CNBC's 187th episode of American Greed in which he goes up against infamous attorney Michael Avenatti who is best known for representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her legal dispute with Donald Trump. Since the initial air date of the episode, Mr. Callahan has recovered a $1.5 million settlement from one defendant and is...

Patents are designed to protect inventions and new discoveries. A caveat to these inventions and discoveries is that they must be new, useful, and “non-obvious.” These may seem like relatively vague terms, but they do have specific meetings when it comes to federal patent protection law. There are three main types of patents that are available under federal law in the United States. Here, we want to give a brief explanation of each while also...

Patents provide protection to inventors of new, useful, and non-obvious products or designs by preventing others from using, making, or selling the invention for a certain amount of time after the patent is issued. There are three main types of patents issued in the United States – a design patent, a utility patent, and a plant patent. Here, we want to discuss what a design patent is and how a person can go about filing...

Patents are important to ensure that individuals continue to strive to create new, useful, and non-obvious inventions in the United States. A patent is what officially protects an inventor by preventing anyone else from using, making, or selling the invention for a certain period of time after the patent is issued. There are three types of patents available in the United States - design patents, utility patents, and plant patents. Here, we want to discuss...

Patents are incredibly important in the United States and internationally. A patent protects the inventors of new items by preventing others from making, using, or selling the invention for a specified amount of time. There are three main types of patents available in the United States - utility patents, design patents, and plant patents. Here, we want to delve into the specifics of what a utility patent is. The Basics of a Utility Patent A...