Awareness of Foreign Filing Requirements For Inventions Originating Outside the United States Can Prevent Adverse Consequences [pdf]. By Aaron Wininger and Marc Sockol (Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP). [Via PLI's Lawyer's Toolbox Vol. 4.4, RSS feed]
Monthly Archives: January 2006
Patent Lawsuit Filing Update (2006.01.23)
One of the things I do every week (almost) for Rethink(IP) is create a list of the patent lawsuits that were recently filed. Subscription information (if you are interested) can be found here: http://www.rethinkip.com/archives/rss_email_patent_lawsuit_filing_notices.html This week’s notice included an interesting case. The USPTO being sued for patent infringement by a pro se litigant. Sadly, no electronic [...]
Comment Policy for this Blog
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While I do try to filter out all of the ads for on-line poker, pr0n, Viagra® and [...]
Another Invention Promotion Company Story
I just got off the phone with a friend of mine. He talked to me a couple weeks ago about a buddy who was about to send a $9,000 check to one of the invention promotion companies. I referred him to my earlier post on Independent Inventors and Invention Promotion Companies for further reading regarding [...]
Pupa, larva and other life stages of inventors
OK…so pupa and larva aren’t two of them, but Bill Meade of BasicIP has the beginnings of an excellent post series up at Rethink(IP). Entitled "The Six Life Stages of Inventors," it (thusfar) is a fascinating read (Life Stage #1, Life Stage #2). The series should be required reading for every corporate patent committee. I [...]
Dial Corp., independent inventors and contests
According to this press release, Dial Corp. recently announced the winners of its “Submit and Win” Sweepstakes (yes, the winning inventions were drawn from a hat). The winners:
E. Caelson (Disposable Glove) USPN 6,748,603? (Schmitt and Carlson)
Kris Colburn (Personal Smoke Repeller), USPN 6,464,468
Marion Taite (Scented Air Filter), US20050103880
It is neat to see Dial promoting inventorship. They [...]
Tech Tip — Do Not Call List & Cell Phones
I received an email earlier regarding how cell phone companies, starting this week, can sell your cell phone numbers to telemarketers. Turns out that it isn’t true. BUT, you can add your cell number to the National Do Not Call Registry. Takes a whopping minute to do so. Why not….
Determining PCT Deadlines – Pipers’ solution
Pipers (www.piperpat.com) has a new (PCT Reminder service) for keeping track of all those important event dates in filing, prosecuting and Nationalizing PCT (and Patent Convention Applications). The service is Free and has been enthusiastically received by many in the IP community."
It includes a calculator for determining PCT deadlines:
Update: fixed broken links. 2006.01.11 [...]
The Invent Blog Turns Two
Happy Birthday to The Invent Blog. Two years old today.
Coming up on 800 posts. Wow.
On with the terrible twos!
[Image source: Birthday Cake Candle Extinguisher (U.S. Patent No. 3,150,831) via CrazyPatents.com]
A coming collaborative discussion community for attorneys???
Something I posted over at the Rethink(IP) blog this morning that The Invent Blog readers might find interesting… What’s Rethink(IP) Up To? Posting on our Rethink(IP) blog has been light. One of us changing firms, one of us preparing to be a first time father, all of us [...]
