Bold Client Spotlight: Steve Hoover of Homestrong Fitness

J.D. and Matt co-hosted a show dedicated to fitness! We had a special guest, a Bold client inventor and business owner, Steve Hoover of Homestrong Fitness. Steve walked our audience through his journey of innovation starting in COVID with no way to get to the gym, and solving the problem by creating a revolutionary resistance training device that is affordable and full-body. 

Steve confessed that he filed his own patent application with the help of the patent office help desk, who could only offer basic information, as they cannot provide legal advice. Unfortunately, he faced several rejections from the USPTO examiner, but found BOLD and our attorneys were able to help resolve the issues and get his patent to grant! 

Steve went on to talk about going to market, lining up a manufacturer and designer to get the product just right. He's on the cusp of going live with his product with online sales at $999. We're cheering him on!!! 

We then all did a critique of fitness product Terra Core which is more of a device than a system (which Steve has) and we went through the pros and cons of their patented product. The major difference, as JD went through was that they only had a design patent to protect their shape/appearance, and how that wasn't as strong as Steve's utility patent, which covers the functionality. 

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