Golf-Patents, a service of Dawsey Co. LPA (aka Dawsey IP)
533 South Fifth Street
Columbus, OH 43206
Golf-Patents@Invention-Protection.com
Hello. I am glad you made it here because that means you are either a golf gear head and/or are serious about protecting your intellectual property. Either way, I can help. You can reach me on Twitter (@GolfPatents), LinkedIn, or the email address above.
Now a little about me – my law practice is primarily related to golf products and focuses on the prosecution and strategy associated with patents and trademarks. IP strategy, particularly patent strategy, patent portfolio audits, patent portfolio mining, and competitor portfolio analysis, is an area of expertise and passion, as well as product clearance, freedom-to-operate, developing invalidity positions, trademark clearance, trademark prosecution, strategic trademark portfolio maintenance, projects. I have significant experience as a design engineer and am one of the few IP attorneys that is a registered Professional Engineer (and meet the continuing education requirements to keep my registration active).
My love of technology and intellectual property has led me to spend a lot of time researching and learning how IP influences my hobbies. During the day I help clients protect their inventions and trademarks, guiding them through IP clearance and strategy decisions, while at night I read patents and patent applications directed to my hobbies, and share the most interesting aspects with the public through 3 blogs that I have created. First, back in 2007 I created the Golf-Patents blog, and more recently have created the EatMyRubber blog (yes, a play on the classic line from Chevy Chase in the movie Christmas Vacation) and the SportingIP blog.
For the past 14 years I have been a regular guest on the nationally syndicated The Small Business Advocate® radio show hosted by Jim Blasingame, one of the world’s foremost thought-leaders on small business and entrepreneurship. I am honored to be a member of Jim Blasingame’s Brain Trust®, which is the largest community of small business experts in the world. If you are thinking of starting a new business, click HERE to listen to my past interviews, which will save you at least 6-figures!
Click HERE to view some of the functional inventions we have helped inventors protect and please evaluate the claims and detailed description of these US utility patents that we drafted and prosecuted from start to finish. Is the patent thorough, is it creative? Most patent attorneys can accurately describe the basic components of an invention, but very few can creatively describe an invention and develop unique relationships among the components, which can dramatically increase the likelihood of having a patent granted. This is particularly important in very crowded fields (which most are). Another important consideration when selecting a patent attorney is asking “who will actually do the work?” At most larger patent law firms the senior attorney that you are meeting with may not be the one that is actually writing the patent application. Then years later when an office action issues, who will be the attorney preparing and filing the response? Unfortunately it is often not the attorney that prepared the application, which begs the question “who is paying for this new attorney to read and understand the original application that was prepared by a different attorney, and what are the odds that they pick up on all the subtle nuances in the disclosure that may make or break a patent application?” Well, the client is paying for it of course. Do you want to pay for another junior attorney to learn your technology? This does not happen at Dawsey IP.
Click HERE to view some of the ornamental product designs we have helped inventors protect and please evaluate the drawings and claim of these US design patents that we drafted and prosecuted from start to finish. It is important to understand the breadth of a US design patent by evaluating what is claimed, via solid lines, versus what is unclaimed, via broken lines. You obviously want protection that is as broad as possible and is directed to the unique design aspects that you want to protect. Review our sample US design patents, think about what is being claimed and what is being unclaimed. Does it seem that we have put our experience to work in carefully crafting these patents? I hope so. After all, you do not want a patent lawyer that simply has drawings prepared and files a design patent application because the scope of protection is likely to be much narrower than it could be, which means it will be easier for your competitors to design around your US design patent. We take pride in developing patent strategies, and explaining alternatives, to clients allowing them to make educated IP decisions that work within their budget and achieve their goals.
Click HERE to view some of the brands we have helped companies protect via trademark registration. Like patents, your goal should be to obtain trademark protection that is as broad as possible. Doing so requires hiring a US trademark registration attorney that has trademark strategy at the top of mind. Have they explained the pros and cons of design marks versus word marks, the significance of claiming color or not, and the importance of the description, of ID, of the goods and services? If not, we will. You don’t want a trademark lawyer that just takes what you supply and files an application; you want a trademark attorney that applies trademark prosecution strategies to achieve the best return on investment. I encourage you to evaluate our work with this in mind.