President's Corner

President's Corner

The Board thanks Eileen Fischlschweiger for the valuable information on electronic filing for patents, trademarks and copyrights. What stood out for me was the absolute necessity to read and understand what you are doing before you click yourself into trouble. The USPTO offers considerable information on their website, and offers some help in the way of tutorials, practice areas and contact information. Please avail yourself of these aids before you finalize a transaction that will cost you additional money to fix.

Some of the highlights of Eileen's presentation are:
Flexibility in making online payments (credit card, check or pre-paid account).
An acknowledgement receipt is equivalent to a post-submission post card.
Be sure to close the Internet window after signing off the website.
Always review tutorials.
Be familiar with the information expected and have it on hand before you visit the website.
The copyright form is a series of screens that cover all filing situations.
Do not use the browser button to move to the previous screen because it can take you instead to the previous website you accessed.

Our September 6th speaker, Ruben Alcoba of Alcoba & Associates, P.A. in Miami focuses his practice on patent applications and trademark applications and the prosecution of the applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Please join us for his insightful presentation at Ligi Tool & Engineering, Inc in Deerfield Beach, FL.

Regards,

Albert Newman