As of September 15, 2008, patent agents and attorneys will no longer be able to assist inventors with filing of provisional patent applications or non-provisional (design or utility) patents without actually doing the filing. There is even better news regarding these changes that impact the slimy invention promotion companies and others who have been creating applications for inventors.

It angers me to have inventors approach us wanting to license design patents that were out-sourced to a patent attorney/agent by a marketing company or created by a marketing company. Of course they are cheaper and almost a sure thing for patenting. SO WHAT!!!

When meeting with business owners, the complaint I hear over and over again is that their Web sites are simply not meeting their expectations or transfering results to their bottom line. As Web savvy marketers, the reasons are usually pretty clear to me and my staff.

As I have talked to business owners over the years, I have heard all the horror stories of their past experiences with consultants who cost a lot of money and don’t deliver.