This month’s WIPO SMEs NEWSLETTER (November 2005) has the following articles of interest to inventors: Enhancing Value of a Patent [PDF] A Practical Guide to Managing Intellectual Property
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Wikipedia on Patent Attorney
Did you know that Wikipedia has a category called “patent attorney?” It even includes a sub-category called “Notable patent attorneys,” which includes the Patently-O Blog’s Dennis Crouch. Very cool!Other patent attorneys listed include: Alfred Ely Beach, inventor Ralph Beier, editor of “Intellectual Property Links” Sharon Bowles, British MEP Arnoud [...]
From RSS Feeds on Probation to Applications on Death Row
A few weeks ago I blogged over at Rethink(IP) about how I manage my RSS aggregator by putting RSS Feeds on Probation. Michael Hyatt (Working Smart) takes a similar approch with the applications on his computer, blogging on how he has a Death Row folder where he moves programs/program shortcuts. If they don’t get used [...]
Invent Blog Maintenance
I brought back a stack of blog improvements (to-dos) from BlawgThink. One of my to-dos was the task of creating more subscription options for my readers. The theory being that you should make it as easy as possible for readers to subscribe.
If you take a look at my current front page, you’d see the [...]
Submitting your invention to a company
I frequently receive requests from existing clients to review invention submission/invention disclosure forms that they were given by a corporation they tried to submit their invention to. The agreements are typically one sided, sometimes eggregious, but they are just trying to protect themselves…
For instance, Apple’s policy says:
TERMS OF IDEA SUBMISSION
You agree that: (1) your ideas [...]
The Inventor’s Handbook
Independent inventor resource of the week: Lemelson-Mit Program’s "Inventor’s Handbook":
This handbook was created by the Lemelson-MIT Program to address the independent inventor’s and aspiring entrepreneur’s most frequently asked questions regarding United States patents. We hope that this handbook will provide some helpful information on the patenting and commercialization processes.
Chapter 1: What Is Intellectual Property?
Chapter 2: [...]
Tech Tip: Die Quicktime Die
The latest installation of iTunes/QuickTime seems to have killed my installation of AlternaTiff (my preferred Tiff viewer for USPTO patent images). Reinstalling AlternaTiff didn’t work. QuickTime was still taking over. Argh.
Then I found instructions on AlternaTiff’s website regarding how to beat QuickTime into submission.
Update (2005.12.09): My problems came back (in FireFox). Deleting npqtplugin6.dll from "C:\Program [...]
Downloading PDF Patents…Guide Updated
The Guide to Downloading PDF Patent Copies has been updated:
BrainDex Patent Downloader.
Gives you the ability to "right-click" on a patent number and download
the corresponding PDF patent copy. $39.95. Free trial available.
Got Mac?
For those of you reading this who are attorneys and who use Macs…make sure you check out attorney Randy B. Singer’s MacAttorney website. The website is an excellent resource for all things Mac+Attorney and includes instructions on how to get on his e-mail newsletter list (highly recommended).
Update: Randy fired me an email with [...]
Amazon One-Click Prior Art
The writer of this blog (igdmlgd.blogspot.com) sent me an email earlier today mentioning his post telling his personal experience with finding prior art to the Amazon One-Click patent and submitting it to the USPTO. Interesting story.
Keywords: Amazon’s “One-Click†patent (US Patent 5,960,411), Kingman DigiCash patent (US Patent 5,729,594)
