SEE Eoina Bordeaux (same person) These two websites tied through spouse connection for convenience only.
GOVERNMENT: The Piggy v. Puppy Case
Monday, May. 07, 1951
Eoina Nudelman is a Russian-born artist who makes a living illustrating children's books and designing toys. In Chicago three years ago, Artist Nudelman designed a little toy pig that would cling to a cereal bowl, "eat" anything fed to it, and then inconspicuously drop its food back into the bowl. Entranced by Nudelman's gadget, Chicago's Topic Toys sent "Hungry Piggy" off to market and got a patent. But soon the pig had unwanted company.
The newcomer was a similar animal (also patented) called Puppy Tu (because he eats with you) put out by Chicago's Crest Specialty Co. Crying patent infringement, Topic Toys brought suit against Crest Specialty—and won. But Crest fought the case all the way up to the Supreme Court. Last week, the court reversed the judgment, held that neither Piggy nor Puppy could be patented. In so ruling, it referred to another decision which blasted the U.S. Patent Office for patenting a host of thingumabobs that add nothing "to the sum of useful knowledge." Among them: an oval toilet paper roll to facilitate tearing off the sheets; elastic gussets for corsets; a device for stamping initials on a plug of tobacco.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,856804,00.html#ixzz0sWYJ6uuu
ILLINOIS INVENTOR OF THE WEEK
Eoina Nudelman of Chicago is this week's Illinois Inventor of
the Week. On November 23, 1948, Nudelman was granted
Patent Number 2,454,669 by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office for Animated Toy Book . Nudelman, an
avid inventor, assigned it to Whitehall Publishing Company.
The Illinois State Library Patent & Trademark Library is
available to assist you with your patent and trademark
questions at (217) 782-5659.
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/pdfs/enews08.pdf
GOVERNMENT: The Piggy v. Puppy Case
Monday, May. 07, 1951
Eoina Nudelman is a Russian-born artist who makes a living illustrating children's books and designing toys. In Chicago three years ago, Artist Nudelman designed a little toy pig that would cling to a cereal bowl, "eat" anything fed to it, and then inconspicuously drop its food back into the bowl. Entranced by Nudelman's gadget, Chicago's Topic Toys sent "Hungry Piggy" off to market and got a patent. But soon the pig had unwanted company.
The newcomer was a similar animal (also patented) called Puppy Tu (because he eats with you) put out by Chicago's Crest Specialty Co. Crying patent infringement, Topic Toys brought suit against Crest Specialty—and won. But Crest fought the case all the way up to the Supreme Court. Last week, the court reversed the judgment, held that neither Piggy nor Puppy could be patented. In so ruling, it referred to another decision which blasted the U.S. Patent Office for patenting a host of thingumabobs that add nothing "to the sum of useful knowledge." Among them: an oval toilet paper roll to facilitate tearing off the sheets; elastic gussets for corsets; a device for stamping initials on a plug of tobacco.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,856804,00.html#ixzz0sWYJ6uuu
ILLINOIS INVENTOR OF THE WEEK
Eoina Nudelman of Chicago is this week's Illinois Inventor of
the Week. On November 23, 1948, Nudelman was granted
Patent Number 2,454,669 by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office for Animated Toy Book . Nudelman, an
avid inventor, assigned it to Whitehall Publishing Company.
The Illinois State Library Patent & Trademark Library is
available to assist you with your patent and trademark
questions at (217) 782-5659.
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/pdfs/enews08.pdf
SEE Eoina Bordeaux (same person) These two websites tied through spouse connection for convenience only.
GOVERNMENT: The Piggy v. Puppy Case
Monday, May. 07, 1951
Eoina Nudelman is a Russian-born artist who makes a living illustrating children's books and designing toys. In Chicago three years ago, Artist Nudelman designed a little toy pig that would cling to a cereal bowl, "eat" anything fed to it, and then inconspicuously drop its food back into the bowl. Entranced by Nudelman's gadget, Chicago's Topic Toys sent "Hungry Piggy" off to market and got a patent. But soon the pig had unwanted company.
The newcomer was a similar animal (also patented) called Puppy Tu (because he eats with you) put out by Chicago's Crest Specialty Co. Crying patent infringement, Topic Toys brought suit against Crest Specialty—and won. But Crest fought the case all the way up to the Supreme Court. Last week, the court reversed the judgment, held that neither Piggy nor Puppy could be patented. In so ruling, it referred to another decision which blasted the U.S. Patent Office for patenting a host of thingumabobs that add nothing "to the sum of useful knowledge." Among them: an oval toilet paper roll to facilitate tearing off the sheets; elastic gussets for corsets; a device for stamping initials on a plug of tobacco.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,856804,00.html#ixzz0sWYJ6uuu
ILLINOIS INVENTOR OF THE WEEK
Eoina Nudelman of Chicago is this week's Illinois Inventor of
the Week. On November 23, 1948, Nudelman was granted
Patent Number 2,454,669 by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office for Animated Toy Book . Nudelman, an
avid inventor, assigned it to Whitehall Publishing Company.
The Illinois State Library Patent & Trademark Library is
available to assist you with your patent and trademark
questions at (217) 782-5659.
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/pdfs/enews08.pdf
GOVERNMENT: The Piggy v. Puppy Case
Monday, May. 07, 1951
Eoina Nudelman is a Russian-born artist who makes a living illustrating children's books and designing toys. In Chicago three years ago, Artist Nudelman designed a little toy pig that would cling to a cereal bowl, "eat" anything fed to it, and then inconspicuously drop its food back into the bowl. Entranced by Nudelman's gadget, Chicago's Topic Toys sent "Hungry Piggy" off to market and got a patent. But soon the pig had unwanted company.
The newcomer was a similar animal (also patented) called Puppy Tu (because he eats with you) put out by Chicago's Crest Specialty Co. Crying patent infringement, Topic Toys brought suit against Crest Specialty—and won. But Crest fought the case all the way up to the Supreme Court. Last week, the court reversed the judgment, held that neither Piggy nor Puppy could be patented. In so ruling, it referred to another decision which blasted the U.S. Patent Office for patenting a host of thingumabobs that add nothing "to the sum of useful knowledge." Among them: an oval toilet paper roll to facilitate tearing off the sheets; elastic gussets for corsets; a device for stamping initials on a plug of tobacco.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,856804,00.html#ixzz0sWYJ6uuu
ILLINOIS INVENTOR OF THE WEEK
Eoina Nudelman of Chicago is this week's Illinois Inventor of
the Week. On November 23, 1948, Nudelman was granted
Patent Number 2,454,669 by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office for Animated Toy Book . Nudelman, an
avid inventor, assigned it to Whitehall Publishing Company.
The Illinois State Library Patent & Trademark Library is
available to assist you with your patent and trademark
questions at (217) 782-5659.
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/pdfs/enews08.pdf
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