Every year IP Today magazine (a great resource) surveys IP firms to determine how many patents/trademarks the various IP firms had issued/registered. Their website contains links to the 2003 stats: The 2003 Top Patent Firms, The 2003 Top Trademark Firms and The 2003 Corporate Patent Scorecard.
They are currently soliciting information on The 2004 Top Patent [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2005
IP Today survey of Top Patent Firms
Apple patent in the Spotlight
Apple’s latest operating system, code-named "Tiger," is slated for release in the coming months. One of the new features this release will add is a "desktop search" program called Spotlight.
Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system, code-named "Longhorn" was likewise rumored to have such an integral desktop search program, but in September MS pulled the program (WinFS) [...]
This week’s “News for Inventors”
I/P Updates talking about the "FreePatentAuction.com" website: http://feeds.feedburner.com/IntellectualPropertyUpdates?m=1221
"Promotion firms need to be vetted"[mentions invention promotion company: Advent Product Development]http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20950~2668439,00.html
IPNewsBlog: "Debunking a myth: The Poor Man’s Copyright, or, why 37 cents won’t get you the same protection as the Copyright Office."http://feeds.feedburner.com/IpNewsBlog-Ipnewsblogcom?m=557
"Company entices inventors but has multiple complaints"http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=81005&ran=161170This is one of the better newspaper pieces on invention [...]
The Guide to Downloading Patent Copies has been updated
FINALLY!!! A new update to the Guide (if you know of any sites/programs to add…please let me know)
PatentMatic. Free. Enter patent number and it gives you a summary page with abstract and related patents and a link to download a PDF copy of the patent. Coverage: "European (EP), United States (US), ‘World’ (PCT/WO) and Japanese [...]
Tech Tip Thursday
Oops…almost forgot the crazy tech tips o’ the week.
A couple of years ago we picked up a FREE Xerox color printer for the office. It prints not with a laser but with a wax. Quality is as good as a color laser…for free. The only catch is that you have to buy ink directly from [...]
Trademark File Wrappers now available
The USPTO has finally provided public access to trademark application file wrappers!!! See: http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow
New Kid on the IP Blawgk
Lee’s Blog: Views on life and the intellectual property (legal) profession and life in Pittsburgh, PA from a patent attorney at Cohen & Grigsby.
Tesla
From the files of "One of these things is not like the other":
I can’t explain why…but this just cracks me up.
Five Things Corporate Counsel Need to Know About Patents
My first article for law.com is available online (subscription required). It is entitled "Five Things Corporate Counsel Need to Know About Patents."
I frequently come across corporate counsel with questions about intellectual property. They are the legal "jack of all trades," but often aren’t regularly enough exposed to patent law to be able to effectively spot [...]
USPTO To Hold Live On-Line for Independent Inventors
According to the main page at USPTO.gov:
Senior officials of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as a representative from the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program, will be available live on-line next Tuesday, January 25, from 2 to 3 pm (EDT). They will be answering questions and offering tips for independent inventors. [...]
