The Importance of Patents in the Sex Tech Industry (XBIZ - Opinion)
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The sex tech industry has achieved a remarkable amount of progress in the last decade. Innovation is occurring everywhere, including in the shapes of vibrators, the way their motors function, incorporation of haptics, and the whole new terrain of VR. The only way for a company to protect its work is to file for patents and understand how to use them to their business’ advantage.
Maxine Lynn is an intellectual property attorney with the law firm of Keohane & D’Alessandro, PLLC, having offices in Chicago and Albany, New York. She focuses her practice on prosecution of patents for technology, trademarks for business brands, and copyrights for creative materials. Through her company, Unzipped Media, Inc., she publishes the UNZIPPED Sex Tech & the Law blog and Sex Tech Patent INDEXXX bulletin at SexTechLaw.com. Lynn is also an inventor, having one issued patent of her own on a sex toy, and several others still pending. Disclaimer: The content of this article constitutes general information and is not legal advice. If you would like legal advice from Maxine Lynn, an attorney-client relationship must be formed by signing a letter of engagement with her law firm.
