Having been on a game show for the Game Show network, I was pretty stoked to play the Death race Jeopardy game in class. The experience as a whole was pretty cool and engaged the entire class.
The game we played today was fun and informative. It gave us a chance to review patent information from out textbook and form teams to compete in the Jeopardy Game. It was tough at times because some people didn’t really ask easy question/answers in their game, so the class as a whole was scrambling to find the correct solution.
As part of critiquing the game, it was somewhat unfair because at the beginning the teams could cheat from each other and simply write down whatever the other teams answer was. We finally got more competitive and started writing small on the board so the other teams couldn’t cheat.
I learned a lot about court cases, like the Graham v. John Deere supreme court case created the guidelines for determining when an invention in “nonobvious”.
Also, GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) is among the most important international trade treaties in our history, thus having a large effect on U.S. patent law.
Patents help to protect our inventions and designs, thus the case of double patents can become tricky. I learned that a double patent is actually not allowed under the patent laws, and actually both patents can be invalidated. Ultimately a lawyer and patent reference books can become your best friends when it comes to protecting your inventions, designs and unique ideas.
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