Happy Holidays

Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah or just a long weekend, I hope you are enjoying the holiday season.  I plan to spend Christmas and the weekend building toys for the kids, watching bowl games and enjoying food and cheer with family and friends.  I hope that the holidays find you happy, healthy and looking forward to an exciting 2009.

Merry Christmas

As usual, on a holiday I take a break from posting about cases and bring you a holiday-themed patent.  U.S. Patent No. 7,175,302 covers a string of LED lights with selectable colors so that you can string lights once and use them for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July or to support your favorite sports teams --  sadly, no need for Super Bowl lights this year Bears fans.

Merry Christmas.  I hope the holiday finds you enjoying time with family and not writing briefs or preparing for trial.

Merry Christmas

U.S. Patent No. 5,855,705 is to an artificial Christmas tree with attached, or automatically wound, lights.  While the drawings depict a Charlie Brown-type tree, I am sure that was just for ease of drafting and clarity of the specification.

Merry Christmas.