My son Tal and I heard rumors of big golden trout in the Wind Rivers. So this year we decided to head to Wyoming for our annual fishing trip. The trip to the lakes took just about as much time as if we’d flown to Australia. We drove from Denver to Lander where we purchased a…
PRx Performance – Home Gym on Shark Tank
I was catching up on my Shark Tank episodes and the new home gym from PRx Performance caught my attention. I have a home gym with a full Smith machine, which I really love. However, it takes up a lot of room. The weight rack from PRx has most of the same features, but takes…
Inchbug on Shark Tank
Shark Tank last week featured the baby products company, Inchbug. This is one of my practice areas, so I was interested to hear about the company and their patent strategy. Inchbug is headed by Brenda Lee Feldman who first came up with bottle labels, followed by a juice box holder she calls MyDrinky. Her online…
May Mystery Sale – The Vintage Club is on Sale for the Month of May
May Mystery Sale! Literary authorities have announced that several Koehler Books mystery authors have mysteriously colluded, conspired and conspicuously created an opportunity for Readers to purchase high-quality mystery ebooks for $1.99. The suspect authors are: Betsy Ashton – http://www.koehlerbooks.com/books-2/books/mad-max-unintended-consequences/ http://www.koehlerbooks.com/books-2/books/mad-max-uncharted-territory/ Mary Billiter http://www.koehlerbooks.com/books-2/books/the-xyz-affair Chris Bowron http://www.koehlerbooks.com/books-2/books/devil-in-the-grass/ Melanie Bragg http://www.koehlerbooks.com/books-2/books/crosstown-park/ Darin Gibby http://www.koehlerbooks.com/books-2/books/the-vintage-club/ Kevin E. Hatt…
KidRunner on Shark Tank
This week on Shark Tank, Will Warne pitched his new contraption for toting along a child while running. He calls his product the KidRunner. Having purchased a few of these myself, I was curious about his solution. Based on his presentation, the product looked pretty good. But the Sharks hated his “Go to market…
Musings on NoPhone and Coolbox on Shark Tank
This week on Shark Tank highlighted a phone that wasn’t a phone and an overkill toolbox. Both were touted to be covered by patents—at least until the presenters were grilled a bit. Then it came out that only provisional applications had been filed. So what are the Sharks’ positions on patents? With Mark Cuban, that’s…
IllumiBowl on Shark Tank–Can you patent a toilet light?
This week’s focus of Shark Tank was a lighted toilet. The invention, the brainchild of Matt Alexander and his brother in law, Michael Kannely, is a night light that lights up the toilet at night. The light is lighted by a motion-sensor that attaches to the side of the commode and illuminates a rainbow of colors.…
Shark Tank Takes on the Shefit Sports Bra
Evidently, having a uniboob is a problem in the fitness industry. That’s why Sara Marie Moylan came up with her Shefit sports bra. Accoridng to her pitch, Sara’s bra is different because it is the Ultimate sports bra, meaning that it is “fully custom adjustable” so that is doesn’t squish your chest all together. Sara,…
Alice Lost in Wonderland
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xCraft’s Claims on Shark Tank
This past week, xCraft touted some pretty amazing drone designs. The company execs, Charles Manning and JD Claridge, were able to secure millions from all of the Sharks–very unusual. They have two products. One is for a drone that can take off like a helicopter and move forward like an aircraft. The other is for…