INVENTORS FORUM |
The Inventors Forum is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization of Inventors helping Inventors for over 30 years. We are based in Orange County, CA.
Everyone is invited to our Public Zoom Success Stories Event on Friday, November 3, 2023, 7:00 PM PDT! ZOOM INFO BELOW.
About Keanu Alfaro Keanu is an entrepreneur, IP creator, television, film & media writer & producer, product developer, industrial designer and consultant. In 2019 Keanu earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree before working in business analytics. In his free time, he began teaching himself Computer Aided Design (CAD) and started learning how to develop and license his IP to companies. Between 2021-2022, Keanu licensed over 40 different IPs in the knife and tool manufacturing industry. He collaborated with over 10 different companies including Fox, Boker, Bestech, Kizer and TwoSun. Now Keanu creates IP for countless industries (TV, film & media, toy & game, and collaborates with numerous industry leaders. Contact ZOOM INFO: Join us at 7:00 PM (PDT) Friday, November 3, 2023, by clicking the Zoom link below! Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85607408259?pwd=Tm5XSWczV0syaGwwa2xBSXdJS0Jjdz09 Meeting ID: 856 0740 8259 Passcode: 044512 --- One tap mobile +16699006833,,85607408259#,,,,*044512# US (San Jose) +16694449171,,85607408259#,,,,*044512# US --- Dial by your location • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting ID: 856 0740 8259 Passcode: 044512 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcEEOxdfWj NOTE: Our MEMBERS-ONLY PRIVATE Assistance meetings, where you can safely get feedback from our knowledgeable members to move your ideas forward, are held on the LAST FRIDAY of each month at The Urban Workshop, 365-A Clinton Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Door fees are $5 for members. Non-members can join at the door. Initial membership fees are $50 per year, and half price for seniors 65+ and for full-time students, and disabled. We can take cash, checks or credit and debit card payments through Stripe at the meetings. ************************************** The Loss of Inventor Rights – A Concise Description For those new to the issue of inventors having lost the ability to stop large corporations from just taking valuable, patented technologies, here’s a quick rundown: 1. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB): The America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) created an easier way to invalidate (revoke) an issued patent. The PTAB is an administrative court with no jury and much less due process than a real court. Rather than a lifetime-appointed judge, a PTAB trial typically has three attorneys who are called Administrative Patent Judges (APJs). Since inception, 84% of the patents that go through a PTAB process get fully or partially invalidated (partially usually means the parts of the patent that matter). When you attempt to stop a large corporation from infringing your patent, they will try to use the PTAB to invalidate your patent. If you win one PTAB attack, you can still be pulled into additional ones by the same or other infringers. According to the AIPLA (American Institute of Patent Law Association), a reasonable PTAB defense costs $400,000 to $800,000. Historically, the typical inventor would hire an attorney on a contingency basis to fight an infringer (where the inventor doesn’t pay much up front and the attorney gets a percentage of the verdict award or settlement amount). Today, it is extremely rare for an attorney to take any PTAB case on contingency. |
