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…
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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…
Is the Beebo Infant Feeder Patent Any Good?
The new season of Shark Tank led off with a product invented by Martin Hill called Beebo (orginally named Boobo, but Martin’s wife wouldn’t have any part of that name). Lori and Ashton put up a combined $200,000 to get the project off the ground. The Beebo is a tool parents can use to feed…
Cadavers on Shark Tank – Meet Syndaver
This week’s episode of Shark Tank featured a human cadaver—or a fake cadaver made from synthetic human flesh. With this invention, research and teaching institutions may not need to worry about procuring dead bodies. No matter the cost is about $40,000, Robert Herjavec was still really interested in doing a deal. This even though the…
Lori Greiner’s Claims on Shark Tank
I usually try and watch the weekly episode of Shark Tank. During the intros, I notice that Lori is touted as being the inventor of over 100 patents. That is quite a feat, one that very few inventors obtain. With all that she has going on, I really doubted these claims. So, I did a…