Monthly Archives: September 2005

Don’t tell my wife…she’ll want to go.

Patent Law CLE at the Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, September 16th.

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Rethinking the Carnival

I had the privilege (with fellow rethinkers Sorocco and Buchanan) to compile this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists (COTC).  What is COTC?  It is a traveling blog post highlighting some of the best business blog posts of the previous week.
There are some real gems in there…great practice tips and ideas.  Check it out.  [My [...]

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Recycling Patent Infringement

I’ve noticed that more and more companies are popping up here locally whose entire business model revolves around refilling spent printer cartridges.   Pretty soon they may outnumber the "payday loan" stores.
I remember buying a refill kit years and years ago…it was a messy process that yielded iffy results…but apparently, they’ve perfected the process.  There [...]

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Hurricane Katrina—USPTO help, reader help

If it wasn’t for rethink(ip)’s RSS feed of USPTO News and Notices (which you can subscribe to via email), I would have probably missed this news item:  Contact Information for USPTO Customers Affected by Hurricane Katrina.
If you aren’t a “customer affected”…why not consider giving the American Red Cross (or another charity) a donation to help [...]

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