Martin Schweiger

Published posts

• Road Map On Patent Infringement Court Proceedings In SG With Estimated Costs Assigned To Each Step.

  This is something that you will not find easily when needed.In Singapore, IP issues do not often go to...

  2019-09-23 0 3334

• How To Strategically Allocate Your IP Budget In Asia

  I was again invited to speak before the New York City chapter of the International Intellectual Proper...

  2019-07-04 0 2558

• Overview – Better Law Firm Marketing

  In order to improve your firm’s marketing, I strongly recommend that you take the Marketing & Sale...

  2019-06-07 0 2364

• Germany – Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year, Schweiger & Partners

  I am very proud about this. Our firm received an excellence award for 2019. I have checked, the ACQ5...

  2019-05-09 0 2556

• Screencast: How McDonalds Lost Its Registered “BigMac” EU-Trademark In The First Instance

  The following article started with a Q&A Forum post, here https://ip-lawyer-tools.com/qa-forums/to...

  2019-05-08 0 2848

• LinkedIn Marketing Lesson: Why Are There So Few EP Patent Applications From Russia?

  I saw this great post by Bastian Best on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity...

  2019-04-15 0 3156

• Qualifying Examination (QE) Forum Posts

  My blog has six (6) Q&A Forums for patent attorney candidates at EPO and IPOS Singapore.You are en...

  2019-04-09 0 2678

• 5 Things We’d Love To See Law Schools Start Teaching ASAP

  Guest post by Richard James.“Boy, they sure didn’t teach me this in law school.” How often do we hear ...

  2019-03-12 0 2627

• Strategic Use Of Dependent Claims In US Patent Applications

  Guest post by John Russell.Dependent claims are an underutilized tool in the US. Unlike some foreign j...

  2019-03-05 0 2823

• How Patent Attorneys Represent Startups And Small Companies: A Review Of Practice Types

  Guest post by Jackie Hutter IntroductionAs someone who works with a wide variety of startups and small...

  2019-02-22 0 2752

• How To Import Cosmetics Into Singapore

  We often receive requests for registering a line of cosmetic products in Singapore.Here is in a Nutshe...

  2019-02-13 0 3291

• AIA 2013 - A US Inventor starts to Re-Think his Old-Style Patent Strategy

  Few understand this. The AIA 2013 – which replaced the patenting principle of “first to invent” by the...

  2019-02-12 0 3624

• How To Import And Sell Health Supplements In Singapore

  We often receive requests for registering Health Supplements in Singapore.Here is in a nutshell what y...

  2019-02-08 0 4355

• How Long Does It Take To Get A US Patent?

  Guest post by J.D. Houvener Yes, as many legal answers begin, “it depends”……But, our clients and I alm...

  2019-01-24 0 3364

• The Megastar Case – Enforcing IP Rights Against Innocent Freight Forwarders In Singapore Does Not Work.

  In very short words: no, you cannot assert trademark rights against innocent freight forwarders in Sin...

  2019-01-17 0 4115

• You (Probably) Can’t Sell Or License Your Patent

  Guest post by Jackie HutterPotential clients frequently ask if they can successfully sell or license t...

  2019-01-15 0 2905

• If The Idea For Your New Business Or Product Or Service Is Not Patented: Shut Your Freaking Mouth!

  Guest Post by John RizviEntrepreneurs and inventors,Check out this viral video by criminal defense att...

  2019-01-11 0 2258

• You Are Advising A Startup Company In Intellectual Property (IP) Matters

  You have chosen a very difficult task.Advising Startup Companies is one of the most difficult areas in...

  2019-01-10 0 2246

• Be Your Own Dentist – File A Trademark Application Yourself

  Filing a trademark is easy.At least it looks easy.How is it Done?Most Intellectual Property Offices ha...

  2019-01-08 0 2185

• Message for the New Year 2019: Be Young & Be Blessed!

  I found the following text somewhere in the Internet. It is said to go back to Cesar Marcus Aurelius w...

  2019-01-02 0 2141

• Why IP lawyers and Patent Attorneys should often Publish Articles on LinkedIn

  The year of 2018 is almost over and I have published so far 99 articles on LinkedIn.I benefitted a lot...

  2018-12-27 0 2035

• Preparing for the New Year: Annual Routine Things to Do right after Christmas

  This is what I do according to my own annual end-of-the-year checklist:verify and update my contact in...

  2018-12-26 0 2063

• Here is How to Convert Commuting Time into Money, Education, or Market Visibility.

  Read this if you are driving to work or if you take the public transport.One of the advantages that we...

  2018-12-14 0 2068

• Patent Drafting: How to Convert a Gray-Scale Computer Image into a Black & White Drawing, in only 5 Minutes. Using Freeware

  We all know this problem: an invention disclosure contains a gray-scale computer image. We need to con...

  2018-12-12 0 2410

• Better Prior Art Searches even if You are Not a Patent Database Search expert: use my B/F Search Widget.

  Do you do prior art searches only every now and then? And if you do a prior art search, it must be goo...

  2018-12-06 0 2502

• It is not too late for GDPR Paranoia. A time-saving Checklist for Data Security Protection Slackers among IP Practitioners.

  I cannot state often enough how annoying this end-of-times deadline of 25 May 2018 is for me.Public an...

  2018-12-04 0 2234

• Must-see TED Video: why Memories Are Unreliable.

  Here is my promised TED video for this month. It has 4.1 million views.It is a must see for any forens...

  2018-12-03 0 2090

• Don't Panic but Act. A Five Past Twelve GDPR Data Security Checklist.

  The following applies to you if you are an IP law firm in the EU or an IP law firm outside of the EU t...

  2018-11-29 0 2602

• Sales And Start-Up-Business In Asia – This Is How It Works! Interview With Martin Schweiger (VertriebsFunk Series #173)

  An automatic translation of the following article into English language is available here http://bit.l...

  2018-11-28 0 2353

• Public Talk: Algorithm Lawyers - How & How Soon?

  I was invited to speak before the New York City chapter of the International Intellectual Property Soc...

  2018-11-27 0 2126

• Overhaul for Your Webpage Needed. Or Not? Here are two FREE Online Test Programs that Help You Decide.

  So you have obviously survived the GDPR doomsday last month.If you followed my simple checklist here, ...

  2018-11-23 0 2203

• A Free Software that Saves you One or even Two entire Work Days, every Year

  I don't know whether you like it when you get a new computer.I don't like it when I get a new computer...

  2018-11-22 0 2071

• Paper Law Journals are a Dying Breed. Internet Blogs are taking over.

  Here is how you jump the curve, saving time and money.I had a dream.I had secretly cancelled all subsc...

  2018-11-16 0 2444

• Adam Philipp (Aeon Law) On Drafting, Prosecuting, and Litigating US Patents – Podcast on 26.07.2018

  This podcast was done on 26 July 2018 with Adam Philipp, the founder of AEON Law, an IP law firm in Se...

  2018-11-15 0 2322

• Benjamin Echterhoff (Schweiger & Partners) on Trademark NON-Infringements by Amazon Search Engines – Screencast on 18 July 2018

  Mr. Benjamin Echterhoff has given a Webinar in our firm, about trademark non-infringements in Amazon p...

  2018-11-14 0 2528

• Why We Don't Have Patent Laws of 1790, while Inheritance Law did not change much since then. And what this means for Patent Law.

  A reply to ipwatchdog.com\\'s article which is promoting the US Patent Act of 1790 for today's life.Th...

  2018-11-13 0 2340

• Why Network Marketing is One of only Two Ways to Make Rain in the Area of IP. And how Network Marketing Works.

  No, Network Marketing is NOT the same as Multilevel Marketing.Network Marketing is often also dubbed a...

  2018-11-12 0 2314

• Data Security is Important. But so is Peace of Mind. Don´t Lock Yourself Out From Your own Password Vault.

  It has happened to me.My iPhone went MissingI thought that I have lost my iPhone. At least I could not...

  2018-11-02 0 2139

• Beware of Thieves. Secure your PayWave and PayPass Credit Card features.

  Credit card security is paramount for me.Currently, every other month I am experiencing an attempt of ...

  2018-11-01 0 2279

• What You Should Know About Credit Cards. A Hands-On Checklist for your Kids and for Those of Us who are Negligent with our own Credit Cards.

  A friend of mine (who wants to stay anonymous) runs the Asian subsidiary of a large credit card compan...

  2018-10-31 0 2268

• Why being Punctual is so Important for IP Lawyers and Patent Attorneys. Learn it either by Experience or by Education.

  Don´t roll your eyes at the following tip.If I profit from it, you may also profit from it.Why Punctua...

  2018-10-29 0 2429

• Smart People watch Internet. TV is not an Option any More.

  Long gone the times when the first thing to do after coming home was to switch on the TV set for watch...

  2018-10-15 0 2266

• Perfect confusion. What "European"​ means in Intellectual Property.

  That may sound trivial, but it is not. Being born and raised up in Europe myself, I can tell you that ...

  2018-10-11 0 2462

• Online Content Evidence secured the easy way - a FREE program for Copying entire Webpages

  This happens often when asserting IP against online infringers.Before we send out a cease-and-desist l...

  2018-10-10 0 2085

• Podcast with Craige Thompson - A Patent Strategy In The US For Capturing Improvements Of An Invention After Filing The First Patent Application

  Here is a phone interview with Craige Thompson from Austin, Texas.Craige is a Patent Attorney since th...

  2018-10-09 0 2518

• Save Search Time with Evernote Web Clipper

  Use this tool to tremendously save time when you are looking for something that you have recently seen...

  2018-10-04 0 2174

• Free Online Software for Creating Memes, Posters, Flyers, Brochures, e-Book covers, and more: CANVA

  I use this program often for creating Facebook and LinkedIn memes for online marketing of my events. S...

  2018-10-03 0 2228

• Unitary Patent and UPC update in the light of Brexit. What you need to know (September 2018)

  Everybody knows that Brexit - the departure of the UK from the EU - will happen on 29 March 2019, whic...

  2018-10-02 0 2257

• Perfect confusion. What "European" means in Intellectual Property.

  That may sound trivial, but it is not. As a person whom is born and raised up in Europe, I can tell yo...

  2017-06-12 0 2651

• Unitary Patent System & Unified Patent Court - Strategic Snapshot as per 05 June 2017.

  Strategic input about what to do now and in the future in order to not lose competitive advantages is ...

  2017-06-06 0 2976

• No Way to Restore it - Copyright for Written Works is Dead Meat Sitting.

  Copyright infringement, on a large scale, happens in the public right under our noses, in the full lig...

  2017-06-02 0 2915

• Hobson's Choice: Why Startups Need Patents. Or not.

  I receive this question umpteen times every year. I have written about this issue in here.Are patents ...

  2017-06-01 0 2782

• Why NDAs often don't work when expected to do so and what to do about it.

  Every businesses have trade secrets and protecting them is in their interest. However, at the same ti...

  2017-04-17 0 4706

• To paranoia or not? Why it is good to have an NDA in place.

  If you are an Intellectual Property (IP) lawyer, then you can click away. This article is meant for la...

  2017-04-03 0 3105

• Trademarks: USPTO To Begin Random Audits Of Declarations Of Use

  This new rule is essential to read for those who work with US trademarks. It has just been highlighted...

  2017-03-31 0 2829

• Stay of Execution - Can I still have a Patent for my Invention after disclosing it?

  Here we want to highlight the importance of the so called “grace period”, which is provided for in som...

  2017-02-21 0 3390

• GRACE PERIODS FOR OWN DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

  This post is intended to highlight an interesting aspect or feature of Intellectual Property law to th...

  2017-02-21 0 4189

• Competition Law meets IP Licensing - How to Shoot oneself in the Foot

  IntroductionEven though owners of intellectual property (IP) rights have exclusive rights of exploitat...

  2017-01-11 0 3337

• A further Strike against Copyright Protection - Indian Court says: "Not a Divine Right"

  Enforcement of copyrights against retailers as well as end-users will soon be demised, in my opinion.I...

  2016-09-26 0 3381

• How a Foreign Newcomer Company makes Money in Asia right from the Beginning

  It is rather seldom for medium-sized German, Austrian or Swiss companies to succeed in Asia. Our artic...

  2016-09-22 0 3251

• Think again please: Why lose Money in Asia when You Could also Lose it at Home?

  For many times, our Singapore firm keeps encountering the same situation of the local branch director ...

  2016-09-20 0 3366

• Sony vs. McFadden - How to Fight a Publicly Open Wifi Hotspot in the EU

  Yesterday, the European Court of Justice (CJEU or ECJ) gave judgment in McFadden (C-484-14) in regards...

  2016-09-16 0 3531

• Common Law Software Patent Applications - a Before-Filing Checklist

  If you work with software patents, you surely have encountered issues pertaining to absolute patentabi...

  2016-09-08 0 3308

• Zeitgeist of June 2016: Interview with Alan Greenspan right after the Brexit

  Here is an interview (36 minutes) with Alan Greenspan of June 2016. There are two interviews, one of 2...

  2016-07-04 0 3323

• A Typical IP Law Convention without CRM Support

  Will you attend INTA?Yes? Then, I can very likely predict how INTA will be for you.You will sacrifice ...

  2016-05-10 0 3133

• Be Your Own Dentist - File a Trademark Application Yourself

  Filing a trademark is easy. It might look easy to you, at least.How is it Done?With the Invention of t...

  2016-04-27 0 3311

• A further Punch against Copyrights on the Internet in Sight - this time in the EU

  I have written about the negative outlook for Copyright protection of written works (click here, if no...

  2016-04-08 0 3344

• How Internet kills Copyright for Written Works

  The following blasphemy is intended for my IP lawyer colleagues only. They can take an opinion.THESISC...

  2016-03-30 0 3709