Monthly Archives: March 2005

TechShow update, The Guide update

Live from TechShow…Matt Homann talking about "portable FireFox" for USB thumb drives (which reminds me of Jeremy Wagstaff’s article on "A Directory of Programs Designed for USB Drives"…all while I am updating The Guide with this:
III.   Related Guides:
a.    Robert Ambrogi’s article on on-line patent and trademark searching resources.
b.    Dennis Crouch’s article on how [...]

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Off to TechShow

Well, I’m on my way to Chicago, for BlawgConnect 2005, TechShow, and LexThink! Chicago…sitting on an airplane jotting some notes in a neat little wiki program for the Mac called VoodooPad.  I don’t usually use VoodooPad for composing blog posts…long story, I was reading a book Matt Homann recommended (Clients for Life) and was inspired [...]

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rethink(ip) aloud podcast #2…my interview with Promote the Progress Blog’s J. Matthew Buchanan

Whew…finishing up my to do list before TechShow.  Last thing on my list is "get the next rethink(ip) podcast up."  Well, it’s up.  Here’s the direct link to the .mp3 as well as an RSS feed for your aggregator/podcast player (I.e., ipodder)
This "rethink(ip) aloud" podcast is the first in my series of "IP Blogger" [...]

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Pro se litigant wins trademark dispute

BoingBoing has a link to an interesting tale of an enterprising web page developer who had set up a fan page for a local mall.  The mall developer sued to shut him down, he registered a number of *sucks.com sites (including one directed at the developer’s attorneys) and represented himself pro se in the litigation [...]

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Inventor Roundup

Neil F. Martin of Gordon & Rees LLP on “When and How to Search Trademarks and How to Interpret Search Results“
Dispatches Weblog on Venture Capitalists “Saying No to Entrepreneurs and Inventors.”  [Via BizzBangBuzz]

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Tech Tip Thursday: patently del.icio.us

Sorocco started it…now both Buchanan and I are becoming converts.  What is it?  Del.icio.us.
What in the world is del.icio.us?  When first asked, I told Buchanan (in the most unhelpful way) that it is "social bookmarking."  I think he was worried it was some disease his high school home economics teacher warned the class about.  While [...]

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One Feed to rule them all…

Couple things on my mind this morning…
Rethink(ip) Podcast #2

Our next rethink(ip) aloud podcast should be up in the next few days (early next week at the latest).  Stay tuned.

“One Feed to rule them all, One Feed to find them, One Feed to bring them all and in the darkness bind them”

Wouldn’t it be great if [...]

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Today’s Dilbert

Today’s (3/23/05) Dilbert has a “copyright” theme.  FYI.

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Quote of the week

"Remember, you do not need a pod to listen to a podcast."  — Martin Schwimmer, Trademark Blog.

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Need a copy of a patent…the Guide has been updated

My "Guide to Downloading Patent Copies on the Internet" has been updated with the following info:
n.  "PatentVue (www.nfovea.com) is a USPTO/EPO Patent Search and Download application.  It offers an enhanced keyword search (boolean, multiple terms, date-based, etc), bulk patent number search/download, saved searches, delta-searches (patents and applications since the last time a search was run), [...]

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