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Elmar Meyer zu Bexten, Master of Science in Computer Science, is a German as well as European Patent, Trademark, and Design Attorney. His affiliations include the German bar association, Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, and International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys. Elmar has been designated as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute, awarded the Master’s Certificate in Project Management by George Washington University, D.C., and recognized World’s Greatest Dad in a representative survey comprising his then nine-year-old son.

Through ten years of service as a software engineer and inventor with IBM and five more as Intellectual Property Corporate Counsel for Bell Labs, Elmar feels at home in R&D just as much as in legal practice. Upon security clearance by the domestic intelligence service, he has been authorized to access information classified as NATO RESTRICTED, CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET, or equivalent. Rest assured your sensitive technology is safe with this guy.

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Italian painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, mechanician, engineer, (gasp) and natural philosopher Leonardo da Vinci is considered one of the greatest polymaths of all time. Being a sensitive artist, he started early on to record thoughts and feelings in notebooks he called codici. These logs suggest his being unsatisfied with an imitation of what was familiar, all the more striving to create something novel, seeing himself as a student of nature.

As a technician, Leonardo may well be called a pioneer far ahead of his time. His knowledge of natural forces, which he chose to utilize for the collective good, enabled him to invent apparatus like the flying machine incorporated in the emblem you see in the background. Following his calling, Leonardo never allowed himself to get discouraged by setback—such as the multiple bone fractures his assistant suffered during a test flight—or lack of financial resources. He pictured himself an aficionado of conception rather than of implementation.

For composing texts and commentary, the uomo universale had adopted a unique mirror script. Prevailing hypothesis states this was because he intended to protect his ideas from imitation. Intellectual property rights akin to today’s patents were unavailable to Leonardo and his contemporaries. For lack of judicial protection, clandestine guilds and secret societies passed down their knowledge from master to apprentice.

Let this image instill some inspiration and spark your creative ambition. Envision your substantial edge over Leonardo: The present-day legal framework allows you to capitalize on your mental achievement. All the same, there is no longer a need to deprive the public of your contribution to the state of the art. As a consequence, any invention of yours is bound to enrich not only yourself but also technology and, ultimately, society at large. If you’ll allow, I may guide you on this journey.

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