Anyone know of any open IP Manager jobs?

March 31, 2006 on 11:02 am | In IP-Jobs | Comments Off

I need a favor from my readers.  HELP!

I’ve got a close friend who has Fortune 50 IP management experience (including managing the business side of litigation, generating IP, building IT infrastructure inside legal departments, raising the patent ranking (number of issued patents) of said big company by 15 places, etc.) that is looking for a job.  This guy is educated in a very cross-disciplinary set of technical backgrounds.  He is not a JD. 

Does anyone have ideas on who needs a creative mover and shaker to get a corporation’s IP program going? 

Anyone know of open IP manager positions?

Reply to me here if you do:  snipper+job@gmail.com

Thanks in advance!

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PCT Deadline Calculator

March 31, 2006 on 8:20 am | In International | Comments Off

Did you know there is an on-line PCT Time Limit Calculator at the WIPO site?

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RSS Feeds: Do you have my most current?

March 30, 2006 on 9:27 am | In Weblogs | Comments Off

Someone mentioned to me earlier that my RSS feed was showing my old blog name “”Necessity’s Progeny - Nipper’s Blog”  I double checked the feed and determined that the name was right, but he must be using the old feed.  I told him I had discussed this issue recently (but he missed it).  He said I should resend the information again, so… 



If you’ve been reading my blog (The Invent Blog) for a LONG time, you might check to make sure you have my most current RSS feed in your aggregator.  It is actually a pretty easy thing to do.  Try to subscribe to this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheInventBlog. If that is the feed you have in your aggregator, you’re good to go.  If you end up with two Invent Blog feeds…you’ll need to find my original (nip.blogs.com) feed and kill it.


The original feed won’t be around forever (especially if I switch to WordPress sometime)…so please please please doublecheck the above feed.  I’d hate to lose any readers in the eventual shuffle.

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Parole for blogs in my probation folder

March 28, 2006 on 7:12 pm | In Weblogs | 3 Comments

A while ago I blogged on how I use a "probation folder" in my RSS aggregator to control RSS overload.  I still use the system…it works great for me.  That post was actually picked up by a number of big name blogs…as well as other legal bloggers.

Well…seeing that I am now up to 150 blogs in my aggregator (probably 30 of which are actually searches for blog post fodder), I’ve decided to sit down and promote some blogs out of the probation folder (which I will list here), demote some to the probation folder and give the death penalty to others.  To save the hurt feelings of being demoted…I won’t mention who I cut.

To wit, here are the blogs I’ve found in the past few months that are "keepers":

  1. Blawgr.com.  Collaborative blog.  Great idea…slow growth.  Will it catch on?  Time will tell.
  2. Shape Blog.  Another collaborative blog, this time regarding the intellectual property of the shape of things (3D, fabrication, rapid prototyping, trademarks, design patents, etc.)
  3. Patent Prospector.  Great posts!
  4. I <3 Tech.  Adrianna writing some great posts teaching attorneys how to use their computers.
  5. InHouseBlog.  Blog written by an attorney who isn’t currently an inhouse attorney…but the content is really good.
  6. Let the Good Times Roll.  Great posts.  A must read for startups who read blogs.
  7. PDF for Lawyers.  Great resource.
  8. Tips, Tricks and Techy Tidbits.  Very helpful…goes well with Adrianna’s "I Heart Tech" blog.
  9. The Patent Librarian.  WOW.  Great research!

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PCT Alerts: email notices of published PCT Applications

March 28, 2006 on 8:39 am | In International, Patent Searching | Comments Off

Interesting service sent in by a reader:  “PCT Alerts, a free e-mail alerts service for people wanting to keep watch on publication of PCT Patents! Upon registering, you will receive an email alert as soon as the requested PCT Patent is published by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization).” 

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Protecting your photos on the Internet

March 27, 2006 on 6:44 pm | In Copyrights | 1 Comment

Exposure blog on “How Much Can You Protect Your Photographs on the Internet?”

Oddly, filing a copyright application was not mentioned as one of the points.

And why might you want to file a copyright application??? Cutting through the legalese, legal remedies if you don’t file a copyright application before infringement/within 90 days of “publication”: their profit OR your losses (good luck computing that) AND a court order telling them to not do it again. No statutory damages, no attorneys fees, no court costs…ouch. Thus, unless some mega-corporation infringes your copyright it is unlikely you’d ever have damages making it worth your time to hire an attorney and sue.

Thus, if you can afford to do so, it may make sense to timely file copyright applications covering your photographs (so you can get statutory damages/attorneys fees). Consult with an attorney that practices copyright law for more details.

For those of you who want more information (before you consult with an attorney), the Copyright Office has a page…

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Patent Downloads: Esp@cenet

March 27, 2006 on 8:37 am | In Patent Searching | Comments Off

FYI…via a reader:

For some little while now esp@cenet (http://ep.espacenet.com/) has allowed downloading of full patent copies. When you have found the patent you want, click on the ‘original document’ tab, and you get an option ’save full document’ in red.

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FTC vs. Davison & Associates (Davison Design and Development) Decided

March 23, 2006 on 4:17 pm | In Independent Inventors | 44 Comments

Someone just tipped me off on this. I’ve pulled the documents, will review and comment later.*

FEDERAL TRADE COMM v. DAVISON & ASSOCIATES, et al

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. Signed by Judge Gary L. Lancaster on 3/17/06.  Download Davison_Findings.pdf

ORDER for PERMANENT INJUNCTION. Signed by Judge Gary L. Lancaster on 3/17/06. Download Davison_Order_for_Permanent_Inj.pdf

ORDER entering JUDGMENT in the amount of $26 million in favor of plaintiff and against defendants, jointly and severally, with the exception of defendant Miele-Davison, whose liability is limited to $8 million; Monies collected on this judgment shall be deposited by plaintiff into an interest bearing account for distribution pursuant to a disbursement plan to be approved by the court. Signed by Judge Gary L. Lancaster on 3/17/06. Download Davison_Order.pdf

Other mentions of Davison on The Invent Blog here (Google search).

*Update:  I never did get around to commenting, but others have:  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 35 USC blog.

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Patent Downloading Guide Update: Citation Bridge

March 22, 2006 on 4:49 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

My Patent Downloading Guide has been updated with this reference (which I mentioned previously):

Citation Bridge™.  “A free search utility lets you look up forward and backward U.S. Patent Citations (also called U.S. Patent References) on an individual patent and search back and forth through citation generations. Find out who’s citing your patents and whom your patents are citing.”

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USPTO’s new electronic filing system is Mac friendly (unlike previous versions)

March 22, 2006 on 4:31 pm | In Articles, USPTO | Comments Off

One thing I didn’t mention regarding the new EFS-Web system…it is Mac friendly.  I’ve been told that Apple worked with the USPTO to make sure it happened.  That is great news for Mac wielding patent attorneys/agents everywhere.  One cool feature of Mac’s OS-X is that “print to PDF” is built into the operating system…no need to install any additional software and/or purchase Acrobat. 

See also:  MacWorld:  U.S. Patent office launches new Mac compatible e-filing system

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