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Shawn Springs DECEMBER 2020 Volume 36 Issue 12 DIGEST FORMER NFL STAR’S COMPANY DEVELOPS PADDING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP SAVE LIVES Bored? Get Out the Board SORRY! IS PART OF GAMES’ REVIVAL DURING PANDEMIC Shawn IP’s Future Under Biden Springs VIEWPOINTS ON IMPACT OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT $5.95 FULTON, MO MO FULTON, FULTON, PERMIT 38 38 PERMIT PERMIT US POSTAGE PAID PAID POSTAGE POSTAGE US US PRSRT STANDARD STANDARD PRSRT PRSRT EDITOR’S NOTE Inventors DIGEST EDITOR-IN-CHIEF REID CREAGER A Christmas Story ART DIRECTOR CARRIE BOYD Too Sweet for Words CONTRIBUTORS “MOM! Come on. No way!” STEVE BRACHMANN “Way, Reid. Very way.” ELIZABETH BREEDLOVE “So we sit down to play Scrabble for the first time in forever, and on LOUIS CARBONNEAU the first play of the game you use all your tiles with a seven-letter word DON DEBELAK for 86 points? And the word is … fathead?” ALYSON DUTCH “How ’bout that? Isn’t this a great game?” MARIE LADINO JACK LANDER “It is. In fact, I wrote about it recently.” JEREMY LOSAW “I wonder who invented Scrabble?” EILEEN MCDERMOTT “Alfred Mosher Butts. He was an unemployed architect who invented EDIE TOLCHIN the game during the Depression.” “I’ll bet the inventor played the game a lot.” GRAPHIC DESIGNER JORGE ZEGARRA “He did. But you sure wouldn’t want to play against his wife. Apparently, she once scored 234 points against him with the word ‘quixotic.’” INVENTORS DIGEST LLC “Well, you win most of the time we play. But it’s still fun sharing this time with you.” PUBLISHER LOUIS FOREMAN “Today might be your turn to win, Mom. … Oh, wait. Watch this.” “What word is that?” WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR “Can you believe it? None other than ‘quixotic’! The first blank tile ELIZABETH BREEDLOVE is a ‘U,’ the second blank is an ‘I,’ and the third blank is an ‘O.’ With the FINANCIAL CONTROLLER triple-letter score for the X and the 50-point bonus for also using all my DEBBIE MUENCH letters on one turn, that’s 95 points!” “Reid Anton Creager, turn over those blank tiles.” SUBSCRIPTIONS LOURDES RODRIGUEZ “What? Why are you going all middle name on me?” “Turn them over. Now!” © 2020 Inventors Digest, LLC. All rights reserved. Inventors “OK. Hey, isn’t that something? One of the tiles has a letter on the Digest, LLC is a North Carolina limited liability company and is the publisher of Inventors Digest magazine. INVENTORS other side!” DIGEST and INVENTORS’ DIGEST are trademarks of Inven- “Maybe that’s because there are only two blank tiles in each Scrabble tors Digest, LLC. Reproduction or distribution of any materi- als obtained in this publication without written permission is g am e .” expressly prohibited. The views, claims and opinions expressed “Oh, well. Can’t blame a guy for trying … Mom, this is so great to have in article and advertisements herein are not necessarily those of Inventors Digest, LLC, its employees, agents or directors. This time like this with you at Christmas.” publication and any references to products or services are “I know. It’s so precious to me. I would cry but I can’t get the phone wet!” provided “as is” without any expressed or implied warranty or term of any kind. While effort is made to ensure accuracy “Yeah, this COVID thing might have prevented you from flying here, in the content of the information presented herein, Inventors but at least we have the magic of teleconferencing that allowed us to Digest, LLC is not responsible for any errors, misprints or mis- information. Any legal information contained herein is not to share some Scrabble.” be construed as legal advice and is provided for entertainment “I wonder who invented teleconferencing?” or educational purposes only. Interested parties and inventors As the world anticipates the shining promise of a COVID-19 vaccine seeking legal advice should consult a lawyer. on the eve of 2021, let’s all be grateful for the relentless innovative spirit Ad rates, subscriptions & editorial content: 520 Elliot Street of people who deliver products, technology, medicine and solutions for Charlotte, NC 28202 improving and saving lives. [email protected] www.InventorsDigest.com —Reid [email protected] ([email protected]) DECEMBER 2020 INVENTORS DIGEST 3 American innovation needs to hit the gym Weakened patent protections have reduced the value of American inventions. To strengthen American innovation, support the STRONGER Patents Act—legislation designed to restore strong Constitutional patent rights, limit unfair patent challenges, and end the diversion of USPTO fees. Make your voice heard now at SaveTheInventor.com Brought to you by the Innovation Alliance ContentsDecember 2020 Volume 36 Issue 12 American Features 24 A Better Impact innovation Shawn Springs’s Company Develops Padding Technology needs to 30 Best of 2020 Key Invention Award Winners hit the gym 30 Inventor Spotlight 16 Busy in Dreamland Mother’s Baby Products 20 From the Eyes of Babes Father’s Full HD Camera 42 Departments 7 Everybody’s Talking Conversation Pieces 8 Bright Ideas Innovation That Shines 10 Time Tested Origins of Sorry! Weakened patent protections have 12 Lander Zone reduced the value of American inventions. Unpatented Promise To strengthen American innovation, support 14 Social Hour the STRONGER Patents Act—legislation 20 Wanna Be Influential? designed to restore strong Constitutional 23 Inventing 101 patent rights, limit unfair patent challenges, MOU and You and end the diversion of USPTO fees. 34 Prototyping DECEMBER 2020 Volume 36 Issue 12 DIGEST Electronics Issues Make your voice heard now at FORMER NFL STAR’S COMPANY DEVELOPS PADDING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP SAVE LIVES 38 Launching Pad SaveTheInventor.com Bored? Get Out the Board SORRY! IS PART OF GAMES’ REVIVAL DURING PANDEMIC IP’s Future Under Biden Shawn Knowing Your Customer Springs VIEWPOINTS ON IMPACT OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT 40 IP Market Windfall Hurricanes 42 Eye on Washington $5.95 FULTON, MO MO FULTON, FULTON, PERMIT 38 38 PERMIT PERMIT US POSTAGE PAID PAID POSTAGE POSTAGE US US PRSRT STANDARD PRSRT PRSRT STANDARD PRSRT 2 Views on Biden and IP INV-vol 36-12-December-2020FINAL.indd 1 11/19/20 1:05 PM ON THE COVER 46 Inventiveness Former NFL star and Focus on the Fun and Fascinating CEO of Windpact Shawn Springs; photo by 16 Jay Premack/USPTO Brought to you by the Innovation Alliance DECEMBER 2020 INVENTORS DIGEST 5 YOU HAVE THE IDEAS YOU HAVE THE IDEAS CORRESPONDENCE You made a pretty good point about the importance of asking the prospective lawyer Letters and emails in reaction to new and older whether the case has a chance. I also agree with Inventors Digest stories you read in print or online you that businesses must have proper commu- (responses may be edited for clarity and brevity): nication and cooperation with their chosen attorney. —RACHEL FRAMPTON 5 Tips from a Patent Attorney (November 2017): CONTACT US Letters: From my point of view, companies must not Online: Inventors Digest Via inventorsdigest.com, comment below be complacent, and they must hire a patent 520 Elliot Street the Leave a Reply notation at the bottom lawyer who will be able to protect their brand Charlotte, NC 28202 of stories. Or, send emails or other inquiries and products from competitors. to [email protected]. TAYLOR SWIFT: FEARLESS WITH TRADEMARKS Talented? Check. Rich? Check. Famous? contests to win free concert tickets. Check. Political? Check. Philanthropic? Then the floodgates opened with a She writes the checks. series of filings involving lyrics from One of the best-selling record- the “1989” album. ing artists of all time, Taylor Swift is a Rolling Stone magazine said: “The fil- firm believer in the power of intellec- ings prohibit the use of those phrases tual property. Since 2008 through her … from appearing without a license holding company TAS Rights Manage- on everything from guitar straps and ment LLC, the 10-time Grammy Award other accessories to removable tattoos. winner (now 30!) has trademarked the “Some of the more obscure—and • Nice to Meet You. Where You Been? usual things like her name, initials and likely obligatory—items covered by (October 26, “Blank Space”). album titles—and registered several her trademarks include typewriters, Trademarks continued to be Swift’s trademarks for phrases. walking sticks, non-medicated toi- trademark with her 2017 album “Repu- Gerben Intellectual Property reported letries, Christmas stockings, ‘knitting tation.” Her management company filed that as of late October, her trademarks implements,’ pot holders, lanyards, to mark the title of the song “Look What numbered more than 350. The latest are aprons, whalebone, napkin holders You Made Me Do” and that song’s line, in connection with her planned festivals. and the particularly ominous collec- “The old Taylor can’t come to the phone According to therichest.com, Swift tion of ‘whips, harness and saddlery.’” right now.” earned a personal-high $80 million Those filings, with initial application It’s hard to fault the business strat- in 2014 (and more than doubled that dates chronicled by Xavier Morales at egy of a person who has a net worth of in 2015). The vast majority of that ’14 secureyourtrademark.com: $400 million (per wealthygorilla.com). income was concert ticket proceeds • Party Like It’s 1989 (October 25). But the British media in particular seem tied to her first pop album, “1989.” • This Sick Beat (October 26, from the amused by the trademark obsession. RINALDI She could have gone on a shopping song “Shake It Off”). Planet Radio wrote, “Tay-Tay loves a spree. We know she went on a trade- • ‘Cause We Never Go Out of Style trademark!” And when announcing the HEVA 0/ . 2 mark spree.
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