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Really? I`m glad I mentioned them on here... Is there anything else about them I should know? Do you have any recommendations for similar companies?

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If it were easy, everyone would be doing it...

avoid them all.

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/complaints.htm

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James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com

run away.

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James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com

FTC vs Davison can be viewed at:

http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/9623310/9623310.shtm

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James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com

If you are not finding any references at the U.S. Patent site and you believe that your idea novel and marketable, spend the money to have a patent attorney do the search.   It is something they do all the time and well.   Ask local business associates who they recommend, talk to several attorneys use one that is recommended and you feel comfortable with.   If you don`t have any resources tslk with your local chamber or SCORE program to help guide you to a local source.

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Ken Todd
S U C C E S S i d
T h e   A r t   i n   R e l a t i o n s h i p s

Phone: 248-479-1222        Fax: 248-493-6444
Email: ktodd@successid.com - www.successid.com


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Thanks guys.  I will avoid their call tomorrow. After you told me about them, I looked them up on the BBB website and read all about it.

I`m having a local patent attorney do a free preliminary search on if the shoes already exist. After that, I think I`m going to hire Legal Zoom  for $300 to prepare and file the patent for me. A friend of mine who is an artist is preparing technical sketches for me. Lastly, there is a leather company not far away from where I live who will prepare a prototype of the shoe when I need it. 

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If it were easy, everyone would be doing it...

you can`t hire Legal Zoom to give advice and provide legal services - nobody can.  Legal Zoom can only fill out forms.  I would rather see you take the $300 and buy something nice to wear so you are not fooled into thinking you have any "protection."

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James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com

Once I have complete descriptions and drawings, is the rest of the application simple to fill out? So you are saying to fill it out myself and then have an attorney review it for mistakes before submitting? 

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If it were easy, everyone would be doing it...

no.  I`m saying most people should either hire a lawyer or do nothing.  I have no idea what you should do.  Legal Zoom is a waste of money for filing patent applications based on my experience with clients who have used them.  If that`s what you are up for, that`s fine.

Would you build your house then hire a carpenter to come out to "review it" and make sure it won`t fall down before moving in?  I would hire a carpenter to build the house.  I am not competent to build my own house.  I admit that and do what I do best and hire others to do what I can`t.  I regularly look at patent application prepared by inventors.  The applications suck.  They all suck.  They always all suck all the time with no exceptions.   They never don`t suck.  They suck because the people that write them do not know how to write them - how could they not suck?

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James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com

Janet, I`m reading a book that I highly recommend you check out. It`s called Mommy Millionaire. Kim Lavine goes through the whole process of invention,  manufacturing, selling, etc. of her invention.

I was going to recommend that SUN have her on the show but I guess I`m a bit late. Guess I missed that show. I`ll catch it tomorrow. 

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