Via this USPTO pdf:
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (H.R. 4818) is currently pending before Congress. Upon enactment, H.R. 4818 will result in certain changes, including:
Revised patent fees;
A separate fee for filing a patent, searching a patent, and examining a patent (all of which are due on filing); and
An additional fee for any patent application [...]
Matt Homman (the [non]billable hour blog) had a recent series of posts (by guest bloggers) called “Law Student Edition — Five by Five.†Five very interesting posts which are worthy of a read. Of the Five’s blogs, I really enjoy Poon’s blog (he blogs those tasteless things none of us would admit to thinking…). I [...]
Interesting article in the S.F. Chronicle today about 39 patents owned by Commerce One, a bankrupt software company, that are going up for auction next Monday. Rather than have a professional patent plaintiff (someone who speculatively buys patents just to sue big businesses hoping for settlements or billion dollar jury verdicts) buy the patents and risk suit, major industry [...]
I hate the fact that everytime I load QuickTime it gives me a pop-up box asking me whether I want to upgrade to QuickTime Pro. Argh. No means NO!
I recently found that there is a way to make it stop asking!!! [via this Cult of Mac Blog post]
UPDATE: Don’t forget to first shut down [...]
One additional benefit/drawback of the Image File Wrapper system (which allows the public access to the file wrappers of pending patent applications) is §102(e) rejections based on published provisional patent applications. Of course, for there to be a “published provisional patent application” a non-provisional patent application must have been filed claiming priority from the provisional…
Which [...]
The Senate has confirmed Jon Dudas as the new Head of the USPTO.
Interesting articles in the November 2004 WIPO SMEs (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) NEWSLETTER:
20 Steps for Pricing a Patent
The Magic of Patent Information (patent searching, databases)
I know its off topic…but hey, its Monday!!
Here’s a crazy idea I had the other day…track down (easier said than done) people that found a blog by searching for some weird combination of terms in Google and interview them about their story. It could make a very interesting TV show.
Example? I’d love to [...]
American Lawyer Media’s Law.com has started rounding up blawgers, in two different ways I have recently seen:
First, myself (and apparently Matt Buchanan at Promote the Progress Blog) have been asked to be columnists for Law.com, writing on hot topics in IP law. I am sure that there are other blawgers who have likewise been asked…
Second, [...]
Quite easily the best $8.25 I’ve recently spent was a ticket to see a quirky movie called Napoleon Dynamite on Saturday. We had originally wanted to see National Treasure, but the next few shows were already sold out…leaving us with “Plan B.” A number of people I know had mentioned Napoleon Dynamite as a “must see,” so [...]
