Via a tip a reader, an interesting article at NJ.com on pharmaceuticals and patenting. The article talks about a Princeton neuropsychiatrist who obtained a patent (USPN 6,323,242) covering the use of a drug (Meridia–USPN 4,746,680, USPN 4,929,629, USPN 5,436,272) manufactured by Abbott Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, fibromyalgia and Tourettes syndrome and [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2005
New (to me) IP Kids on the Blawgk
Stephen Albainy-Jenei and Karlyn Schnapp, patent attorneys at Frost Brown Todd LLC in Cincinatti, serving up the "Patent Baristas" blog.
This Week’s Inventor News Recap
PHOSITA Blog on: Caveat emptor! Invention Promotion Companies
Lexington Herald-Leader on: Some Inventors Like Them; Others Say They’re Rip-Offs[Article mentions Advent Product Development]
Tech Tip Thursday (late)
Ooops…I forgot to give you a tech tip yesterday.
I recently received an update from the guys at ActiveWords about a revision they had made to their Google word base (if you have never tried ActiveWords…download it (free trial) and give it a try. It is one of the most useful programs on my computer. [...]
New IP Kid on the Blawgk: Now Why Didn’t I Think Of That?
The patent and trademark blog of Canadian IP attorney Sander Gelsing titled Now Why Didn’t I Think Of That? is one of the more creatively named new IP blogs in a while. [XML/RSS]
The only other Canadian IP blog I can think of is Peter Eliopoulos‘ blog. If there are others…leave a comment below.
IP Memes!
I just fired next week’s IP Memes off to the publisher.
The new issue will be e-mailed out on Monday and in it I cover: copyrighting public places–Beans and Francs, the 2006 USPTO budget, how to win millions of dollars in a drug store, the Eternal Sunshine of the CREATE Act Mind Map, and Totally [...]
The Guide…has been updated
I’ve updated the Guide to downloading patent copies off the Internet with a couple new resources.
I. PatentGrabber [Mac Classic, Mac OS X and Windows]. Shareware ($20). PDF or TIFF. U.S. patents and published applications, European patents and published applications, and PCT published applications. [Via 271patent]
j. The BTCI Patent Toolbar Version 2.0. A plug-in for both [...]
Wow…
50? Holy Cow!!! Let me know via snipper@gmail.com if you want one…
Black American Inventors…can you help?
I received the following inquiry last week via e-mail. The e-mailer (author) is looking for information on:
…Black American inventors who have not been credited with their inventions. This wrong could have occurred for any of several reasons, such as that the inventors were (1) slaves who had no legal standing in America; (2) robbed of [...]
This Week’s Inventor News Roundup
Market assessment for inventors
"A common problem confronting small businesses and individual inventors is that of determining whether a market exists for an invention. A common approach for many is to succumb to the advertisements of so called invention promotion companies. While some of these companies provide a legitimate and valuable service, many do not." (click [...]
