October 25, 2012 Contact: Mark Malek FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel. 321-255-2332 Email: mark@legalteamusa.com J. MASON WILLIAMS IV JOINS WIDERMAN MALEK, PL AS ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Widerman Malek, PL is pleased to announce that J. Mason Williams IV has joined the firm as an Associate Attorney. Mason, a member of the Florida bar, graduated from […]
No one likes bullies. Who doesn’t remember the school bully picking on someone on the playground? Unfortunately, bullies can be found outside of the school playground. They exist everywhere, even when it comes to copyright laws. Copyright laws are set in place to protect others from infringing on an individual’s original work. However, what happens when an individual or […]
In many civil cases, a judge will order mediation before the case goes to trial. Is this a useful tool? Or is it a waste of time and money? It all depends on the case whether mediation is going to help or not. Many times a case is an “all or nothing” kind of […]
By Ken Datzman, Brevard Business News 05/28/2012
There are few government entities like the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Beyond Wall Street, it is the rooted center of the universe of American capitalism. The office receives patent applications from entrepreneurs and businesses at the rate of more than 450,000 a year, with the majority filed electronically.
Some 6,000 examiners, generally scientists and engineers, review the applications, of which more than 150,000 a year are approved for patents.
As far as who can file to protect their invention, the patient office specifies only that the subject must be “useful.” The USPTO has granted more than 8 million patents since 1790.
These patented inventions help power the economy, in a big, sweeping way. Intellectual–property–intensive industries today support at least 40 million jobs and contribute more that $5 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product, according to a U.S. Department of Commerce report
Community support key to Scott Center’s success An Evening of Hope’s proceeds will benefit children with autism Melbourne attorney Mark Malek is the chair of this year’s An Evening of Hope event. / Malcolm Denemark/ FLORIDA TODAY Written by Maria Sonnenberg For FLORIDA TODAY
BREVARD – One special needs organization in Brevard County is $190,000 closer to meeting its goals, following an evening full of fun, food and fundraising. More than 250 guests from throughout the Space Coast attended “An Evening of Hope IV” last month at the Melbourne home of Florida Tech Board of Trustees member, Joe […]
