Invention Submission Corporation recently lost an appeal of a district court’s dismissal of ISC’s lawsuit against the PTO regarding the PTO’s “invention promotion scams” media campaign.
“In January 2002, the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) launched a media campaign to counter invention promotion scams. The print advertisements featured an inventor named Edward Lewis, along with text [...]
Via an e-mail I just received from the USPTO:
Effective July 1, 2005, the application size fee for electronically filed utility and provisional patent applications will be based on 75% of the number of pages for the paper size equivalent of the specification (including claims) and drawings, and any external tables.
Customers should enter 75% of the [...]
One of the things that is bouncing around the blawg-o-sphere right now is a "musical baton" where you answer some questions about the music you own, and forward it on to five other people…sort of like a blog post chain-letter. [i.e., Ernie].
I’ve received the musical baton at least twice (from Fred Faulkner and from Tom [...]
Check out the Invention Resource Database…
The technical goal of the Invention Resource Database is to provide a medium for people to archive, share, and search for creative projects and resources.
Our overall mission is to increase the efficiency of the creative development process through information management and distribution.
The Invention Resource Database will always provide free [...]
It has been a long time since I’ve done a TGIF post…
Wikipedia has a great page devoted to really odd stuff…“Unusual Articles.” Be prepared to waste a couple hours…
We are working on rethink(ip) podcast #5…an interview with Buzz Bruggeman. Maybe we’ll have to sneak the Wilhelm Scream into it.
The IPO recently presented their National Inventor of the Year Award. The winner? The five scientists who discovered and developed Zetia® (ezetimibe), a cholesterol lowering drug. Congrats to the winners. See the IPO press release for more details.
[by the way: w00t! 700th post!]
Been a while since I fed you some tech tips…
30 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do on the Internet"The Web is learning new tricks every day.
These surprising sites and services will help you solve problems and
save time–and one might even make you a star."
The World Clock Meeting PlannerI do quite a bit of work [...]
Promote the Progress Blog has a copy of the patent reform bill to be introduced later today. I’ll take a look at it and its impact on small entities in the next day (I hope).
Looks like the controversial portions are still there:
Current 35 U.S.C. §283 reads:
35 U.S.C. 283 Injunction.The several courts having jurisdiction of cases under this title may grant injunctions in accordance with the principles of equity to prevent the violation of any right secured by patent, on such terms as the court deems reasonable.
The Draft bill read:
SEC. 7. INJUNCTIONS.Section 283 is amended-(1) by striking [...]
The fourth rethink(ip) podcast is finally up! Download it here. In that podcast I talk about the history of this blog, what I have learned, and the advice I have to other new bloggers.
Here are the “show notes”…links to things we talked about
Rethink(ip) blog
PatentMojo
Stephen M. Nipper
The InventBlog
Buzz Bruggeman at ActiveWords (free trial!!!)
Buzz’s blogs: [...]
