Pretty thin news week.
Pittsburgh is a hotbed for invention promotion companies. [Sadly, that is about all the article says of interest] http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pittsburgh/s_293703.html
Monthly Archives: January 2005
This week’s inventor news…
IP Bloggers at ABA TechShow
As Matt Buchanan previously mentioned…I am planning on going to the ABA TECHSHOW in March/April. Dennis Crouch has also promised to go (he should…it’s in Chicago (he has no excuse)).
Other blawgers I’ve seen mentioned as “going†include: Robert Ambrogi, Buzz Bruggeman, Dennis Kennedy, Ernest Svenson (Ernie the Attorney), Matt Homann, Rick Klau, Sabrina Pacifici, [...]
Tech Tip Thursday
I come across a handful of interesting tech tidbits every week…why not jump on Heller’s "Belly up to the Bar" bandwagon with my own pile o’ links? [a second purpose is so I can find these links again...]
Well…here’s this week’s Tech Tips.
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 loads considerably faster than 6.0. Know why? Adobe loads 30+MB [...]
Old Prior Art…Google this time
Via this site, reference to prior art to Google’s new patent on highlighting the search term in the results:
The USPTO kicked off 2005 by awarding Google a new patent for highlighting the search term in a retrieved document by changing at least one of a color, font, style, effect, and size. But more than a [...]
Ken Burns and patents
Last night I noticed that my TiVo was recording a new Ken Burns PBS documentary called "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson." [I love how you can set your TiVo to automatically record programs for you...in this case a "wishlist" for "Ken Burns" resulted in having the program automatically recorded.]
According to the [...]
Patent drafting software
Via Pierce Law IP News Blog: LexisNexis has a new product called the PatentOptimizer® which is for use by corporate counsel and patent attorneys in drafting patent applications. Some features listed in this LexisNexis press release:
Patent Citation automatically looks up the title, inventor, country and issue date of patent numbers in the document, as well [...]
New IP Kid on the Blawgk
The Patentability Blog — A Focused Look at Utility, Novelty, and Nonobviousness by "A Patent Lawyer" in Chicago, IL.
Stupid ‘net trick
I’ve noticed that if you go to the address bar of your browser and type in:
“patent” and hit enter…you are taken to http://www.uspto.gov
“trademark” and hit enter…you are taken to http://www.uspto.gov
“copyright” and hit enter…you are taken to http://www.copyright.gov
It apparently works in IE on my PC and FireFox on my Mac, but not on Safari (Mac’s browser). [...]
Podcasting and state tape recording laws
Being paranoid attorneys…I doubt it would happen in a blawgcast, but one should remember that if you are creating a podcast with a guest…make sure the guest gives you permission to record the conversation.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press have a link to state by state breakdown of state tape recording laws: [...]
The blog posts and news of last week which I found most relevant to inventors
Bob Shaver (Patent Pending Blog) on "Inventors Need to be Flexible"http://patentpending.blogs.com/patent_pending_blog/2005/01/inventors_need_.html
Anthony Cerminaro (BizzBangBuzz Blog) on Home Office Deduction Basicshttp://bizzbangbuzz.blogspot.com/2005/01/home-office-deduction-basics.html
Doug Miller (Small Business IP Protection and Management blog) on the three steps an inventor needs to take:http://jdmesq.typepad.com/small_business_intellectu/2005/01/inventors_third.html
Doug Miller again: "Press release tool for small companies and individual inventors"http://jdmesq.typepad.com/small_business_intellectu/2005/01/press_release_t.html
