Category: Patents Rock

Rockin’ Registered Design: EU Registered Design No. 003124577-0001 Filed: 12 May 2016 In the name of: Hans-Peter Wilfer (who appears to be the founder of Warwick) Indication of Product: Pedalboards Why this registered design rocks: This registered design relates to the visual appearance of a pedalboard (see, for example, a Wikipedia article on guitar pedalboards here). Various different views of the pedalboard are shown at the link above. If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for patent help, get in touch with Russell IP here! The information above is for general interest and information only and does not constitute legal advice.

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 8,455,758 Filed: 8 November 2010 In the name of: Zipbuds, LLC (assignee) Title: Cable Organization Assemblies What’s claimed: “A cable assembly comprising: a first electrical wire; a second electrical wire; a thermo-resistant material that is molded around the first electrical wire and around the second electrical wire; zipper teeth that are molded to the thermo-resistant material of the first electrical wire and the second electrical wire;the zipper teeth molded to the first electrical wire being releasably attached to the zipper teeth molded to the second electrical wire; and at least one reinforcing fiber, the at least one reinforcing fiber being encapsulated with at […]

Figure 1 of this design patent “is a perspective view of the percussion instrument” Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D758,478 S Filed: 30 May 2013 In the name of: Gaudry Normand Title: Percussion Instrument What’s claimed: “The ornamental design for a percussion instrument, as shown and described.” Why this (design) patent rocks: Unlike utility patents, design patents (also called “registered designs”) protect the way all or part of a product looks rather than how it works. This is why the claim here refers to the “ornamental design” for the percussion instrument “as shown”. This design patent appears to relate to the Crystal Lyre product.  According […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 9,318,080 Filed: 11 February 2015 In the name of: Walter Medeiros (inventor) Title: Guitar Having A Compartment To Ergonomically Hold Portable Computing Devices What’s claimed: “An electric guitar having a compartment for receiving a portable computing device having a touchscreen monitor comprising: a. a neck and a body; b. a compartment being embedded in the body of said guitar, said compartment sized to receive said portable computing device plus a built-in recharger and an adaptor; c. a compartment-cover being pivotally and rotatably connected to said compartment; d. said cover having a touchscreen monitor, said touchscreen monitor being connected to a micro-processor […]

Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D759,153 S Filed: 27 February 2015 In the name of: Artiphon, Inc. Title: Electronic Instrument What’s claimed: “The ornamental design for an electronic instrument, as shown and described.” Why this (design) patent rocks: Unlike utility patents, design patents (also called “registered designs”) protect the way all or part of a product looks rather than how it works. This is why the claim here refers to the “ornamental design” for the electronic instrument “as shown”. This design patent appears to relate to Artiphon’s INSTRUMENT 1 product, which, according to their website: “is a single device that can be played […]

Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D594,855 S Filed: 29 September 2008 In the name of: Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics, LLC Title: Microphone What’s claimed: “We claim the ornamental design for a microphone, as shown and described.” Why this (design) patent rocks: Unlike utility patents, design patents (also called “registered designs”) protect the way all or part of a product looks rather than how it works. This is why the claim here refers to the “ornamental design” for the microphone “as shown”. This design patent appears to relate to Blue Microphones’ Mikey Digital product which, according to their website: “is an ultra-compact stereo condenser microphone that turns […]

Figure 1 of this patent “is a high level block diagram of a live sound mixing console and a digital audio workstation connected by an audio connection and a computer network connection” Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 8,886,344 Filed: 8 September 2010 In the name of: Avid Technology, Inc. (Assignee) Title: Exchange Of Metadata Between A Live Sound Mixing Console And A Digital Audio Workstation What’s claimed: “A system for processing digital audio, the system comprising: an audio mixing console; a digital audio workstation; a high bandwidth connection between the audio mixing console and the digital audio workstation for transferring audio information; and a network connection between the audio […]

Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D759,152 S Filed: 3 April 2015 In the name of: Will-Chen-Zqui Design, LLC Title: Guitar Headstock What’s claimed: “The ornamental design for a guitar headstock, as shown and described.” Why this (design) patent rocks: Unlike utility patents, design patents (also called “registered designs”) protect the way all or part of a product looks rather than how it works. This is why the claim here refers to the “ornamental design” for the guitar headstock “as shown”. Note that this design patent focuses on the design the headstock (and part of the neck), rather than that of and entire guitar. If you’re […]

Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D759,746 S Filed: 3 October 2014 In the name of: Ingenious Designs, LLC Title: Control Panel For A Musical Instrument What’s claimed: “The ornamental design for a control patent for a musical instrument, as shown and described.” Why this (design) patent rocks: Unlike utility patents, design patents (also called “registered designs”) protect the way all or part of a product looks rather than how it works. This is why the claim here refers to the “ornamental design” for the control panel for a musical instrument “as shown”. The inventor/designer indicated on this patent is Joy Mangano who, according to her Wikipedia […]

Figure 5 of this patent “is a perspective view of an illustrative system for communicating infrared data in accordance with one embodiment of the invention” Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 8,848,059 Filed: 2 December 2009 In the name of: Apple, Inc (Assignee) Title: Systems and Methods for Receiving Infrared Data with a Camera Designed to Detect Images Based on Visible Light What’s claimed: “A method for controlling the operation of a device based on infrared data received with a camera of the device, the method comprising: detecting with the camera an image of at least one object based on visible light, wherein the detected image comprises an […]