I, along with most of the Sharks, was impressed with the presentation by Max Feber on his new product for cold brewing coffee. Here is the link to his website showing his product. The one question I had was whether one of the larger coffee companies could merely copy his idea when they saw it. …
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ZUP on Shark Tank
I love water sports and so ZUP’s presentation caught my attention. ZUP sells a wake board that anyone can ride. Here is their website. What caught my attention about ZUP was all the interest the Sharks showed in the patents covering this product. The presenters rambled on about a summary judgment and an IPR, both…
iFork on Shark Tank
I caught the most recent episode of Shark Tank and watched as Kyle Donovan of iFork tried to get $100,000 for five percent equity. The product is a line of plates, silverware and glasses that interlock to make it easy to get your food in a picnic line. Their website states that their “first mission was to…
QBall Makes its Debut on Shark Tank
Qball was on Shark Tank this week. What is a Qball? Qball is touted as a foam ball into which a microphone is incorporated. It appears to be designed for a classroom setting, so that the instructor can bark orders into the ball and then throw it to one of the students. Here is the…
Under the Weather Pods on Shark Tank
I saw the clip about Under the Weather a few weeks ago on Shark Tank. They sell these really cool pods that you can use when you go to your kids sporting events. You can see the game without being exposed to the weather. Here is a link to their site. When they asked Rick Pescovitz…
People’s Design Scooping Bowl on Shark Tank
Tyler Peoples was on Shark Tank tonight. He’s from Colorado Springs and is a chef turned inventor. Tyler caught my attention because I see so many people who try to patent kitchen gadgets. Most of the products are not successful. Tyler touted he had a utility patent on his scooping bowl. I was curious, so…
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…
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…
