Le petit Musée des Marques (The small Museum of the Marks)
Author Frédéric Glaize tells me: “I publish trademarks (or news related to TMs) I came across, which have some striking features in the sense that they are owned by famous people, or really weird (names that sound stupid, vulgar, or even that manage to be plain [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2004
New Kid on the European Blawgk
Guide to downloading patent copies update
The Guide has been updated with this:
h. Asitri (M.I.T.) [NEW]. Search for a patent by patent number, get web page with said patent’s abstract and basic information, along with abstract and basic information of its references, all with links to download copies of said patents by PDFs. Interesting site. Cost: FREE. [via Navigating the Patent Maze blog]
Patent bulletin board (forum)
patents | oncloud8 has a forum for everything related to patenting, inventing and getting a product to market. It doesn’t look like the forums have had much use yet, but have potential to be quite a resource for inventors.
On another note, I see that they have dropped the price of their patent downloads to [...]
Software Game Patents
Via an e-mail from Charlie Cleveland (creator of my favorite computer game (gasp…yes, I occassionally play computer games)), mention of a blog post by game designer Greg Costikian including a link to an interesting “Master Thesis in Informatics” called “Game Design Patents – Protecting the Internal Mechanisms of Video Games“ [1.7 MB pdf] by Ola Davidsson.
Canadian Patent Office on how to write a patent application
The CIPO has an interesting web site called “Writing a patent application.” Obviously, Canadian patent law differs from US patent law, but the article has some good points, especially these:
Professional help may be of benefit to ensure maximum protection for your invention.
As the claims are key to receiving complete protection for your invention, you may [...]
Help Wanted?
US Jobless Rate Drops in October as bloggers Homann and Heller both recently posted “help wanted” ads on their blogs…Matt Homann is looking for an “Innovation Assistant” to be his right hand man (woman) to do all those To Dos that keep stacking up (read his post…it is a fascinating concept I look forward to hearing [...]
Blawger Bowl Update…Invent Blog continues to roll
Here is the latest update…
Next week I’ll be Patently Obliterated by Crouch’s team. My streak was fun while it lasted.
October IP Memes
My latest IP Memes (October 18, 2004) issue is out (copy below). It is a weekly newsletter which you can obtain a free subscription for at http://www.technolawyer.com. If you aren’t signed up for the TechnoLawyer newsletters…you should be. [You can also find a PDF copy of all of my IP Memes on my "about" page.]
POCKET BLOGSAre blogs [...]
Update to my list of patent downloading resources on the Interent
Thanks to an e-mail from Matt at the Promote the Progress Blog, I have added a new web based resource to my Guide to Downloading Patent Copies on the Internet.
Fed Cir Blog on Post-Pfaff Fed Cir Decisions
I stumbled ona great post from the Fed Cir Blog detailing “every post-Pfaff decision by the Fed Cir that analyzes the on-sale bar.”
In the Pfaff case (PFAFF V. WELLS ELECTRONICS, INC. (97-1130) 525 U.S. 55 (1998), 124 F.3d 1429, affirmed), the Supreme Court held that the on-sale bar applies when two conditions are satisfied before the critical [...]
