I just received a nice email from Todd Mayover at the IP Counsel Blog…a blog I hadn’t seen before. I’m sure he’ll be a regular in my aggregator with great posts like this:
Register U.S. Trademarks with the U.S. Customs Service
Use Trademarks Correctly To Avoid Generocide
Practice Tips For Selecting Outside Counsel
Monitoring Intellectual Property Infringers
Backlog At [...]
Via WIPO SMEs NEWSLETTER (July 2005), a link to an article called “Six easy steps to highly effective patent searching.” The article discussing do it yourself (DIY) patent searching at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Once you find the patents you are looking for, you can use my “Guide to Downloading Patent Copies [...]
I was talking to another IP blogger yesterday…someone who would have no reason to receive correspondence from the USPTO. He received an email from the USPTO at the exact same time I did regarding their Stop Fakes project (which I previously blogged about here: USPTO on Small Business). Interesting…the USPTO apparently sent the email to [...]
My car’s A/C has been going downhill gradually for years. I mentioned needing to take it to the shop (but being too busy to do so) to my Dad. In typical Dad fashion, he said “what’s a matter with you, go to the parts store and get a can of the refill stuff.†“You can [...]
A frequent question I hear from inventors is “How long will it be until the Patent Office will look at my patent application?”
The answer? “It depends.” It depends on a number of factors, including but not limited to the number of applications in line in front of you AND how complex applications like yours are.
Following up [...]
For years the USPTO has had resources targeted at independent inventors, but it wasn’t until recently that they decided to custom tailor resources for small businesses as well. Kudos to the USPTO!
From http://www.uspto.gov/smallbusiness/pdfs/USPTOSmallBusinessCampaignFactsheet.pdf:
The USPTO Small Business Education Campaign:
A Campaign Against Piracy, Counterfeiting and IP Theft
Piracy, counterfeiting and the theft of intellectual property pose [...]
Via: http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASupcoming.html#TEASPlus
On July 18, 2005, the USPTO introduced a new version of the application for a Trademark/Servicemark, Principal Register. The TEAS Plus form has a lower filing fee of $275 per class of goods and/or services (the TEAS form fee is $325 per class of goods and/or services), but has stricter requirements than the [...]
Been a while since I’ve seen Patent Reform news of note, but I did find an email solicitation I received earlier today from a provider of Japanese patent searching services interesting. The email mentions that more patent applications are filed in Japan than in the US, and gives the following reasons (and I quote…):
Japan [...]
I taught a CLE on "Blawgs 101" a couple of days ago at our Idaho State Bar’s Annual Meeting…sorry for the light posting lately.
One nifty tool that caught my eye is part of the new WindowsXP PowerToys. It is called "ClearType Tuner" and it…"lets you use ClearType technology to make it easier to read [...]
I don’t usually post on personal things…but today I’ll make an exception. Bob Shaver, my brother Brandon and myself went hiking this last weekend in the White Cloud Mountains of central Idaho (Washington Lake, Fourth of July Lake and a secret lake you have to go off trail to find).
Here’s the link to the photos…WARNING: [...]
