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darcell walker

Attorney Walker is the author of the book “Godly Ideas – Perceiving and Pursuing God-Given Ideas.” He is a practicing attorney specializing in matters related to Intellectual Property (i.e., patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights and product licensing). He has over 20 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property law. In addition, he conducts seminars and workshops at the University of Houston, Small Business Development Center on topic related to perceiving and pursuing ideas.

 Articles by this Author

Are You Pursuing Your God-Given Ideas?

This article discusses reasons why people do not pursue their ideas and the consequences of not pursuing ideas. The article encourages people to be good stewards of what we have.

A DBA is not a trademark

This article explains the difference between a trade name and a trademark. A "dba" formally identifies the name of a business which is a trade name. A trademark protects the name of a product provided by a business.

What Do You Really Lose When You Lose Your Job?

This article encourages people (especially the unemployed) to consider entrepreneurial opportunities instead of just seeking employment. When a person loses a job, that person does not lose their skills and abilities.

Presenting Your Idea to a Company

Several reasons can explain a company’s lack of interest in a product.  One reason is that accepting product proposals from individuals can be risky. 
Many companies develop their own products, which could be similar to the product proposal of an individual. A company wants to avoid the situation where it would have to prove its own knowledge and ownership of a product idea prior to receiving the same or a similar idea from an individual.

Presenting an Idea to a Company

This article discusses reasons a company may not be interested in pursuing an individual's idea. It also gives some suggestions of things an indvidual can do to generate or increase a company's interest in the idea.

What Is A Patent

This article describes the four basic ways one can protect an idea. These forms of protection are patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets.

There Has Got To Be A Better Way

This article encourages people to pursue their ideas. It suggests that when a person says "there has got to be a better way to do this" they have identified a potential idea for a product. Further, if they need the product, other probably need the product as well.

The Myth of the Poor Man's Patent

Everyday people conceive novel ideas for products and services.  However, many of these ideas go undeveloped.  Several factors contribute to people not pursuing their ideas.  In addition to a lack of confidence and the fear of losing the idea to someone else, one main factor that contributes to a person not pursuing his or her idea is a lack of practical knowledge of what to do.  Fueling this lack of knowledge are misconceptions and misinformation.  One example of misinformation is the “Poor Man’s Patent.” 

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