Monthly Archives: June 2006

South Dakota Calling…IP Jobs

I had a wonderful talk (nice lady) with a recruiter (who someone referred to me) yesterday.  She was looking for a patent attorney with bio/chem experience willing to relocate to South Dakota to be in-house patent counsel.  If that interests you, let me know and I’ll pass your information on to her.

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Independent Inventors Conference Set for Chicago July 28-29

Via the USPTO home page:

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Northwestern University School of Law and the National Inventors Hall of Fame will hold a regional Independent Inventors Conference in Chicago on July 28-29.  The conference will be held at the School of Law, 375 E. Chicago Ave.  Top officials of the USPTO, [...]

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Identity of some Anonymous bloggers revealed

Yesterday I posted at Rethink(IP) a “Who is Rethink(IP)” post for the benefit of Carvival of the Capitalists readers who were visiting Rethink(IP) (we hosted CotC yesterday).  In my “who is” post I “outed” two anonymous blogs:

7. IP Funny (no, it is not a blog about urinary problems). Yep…we’re the anonymous bloggers (along with an [...]

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Primer on TTAB Practice

PLI has put one of the chapters of its Course Handbook: Navigating Trademark Practice Before the PTO 2006: From Filing Through the TTAB Hearing on-line for review, namely Chapter 11:  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice (PDF). 

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Acrobat Tips/Tweaks

Acrobat for Legal Professionals Blog has a great post on Acrobat Preferences, including how to make Acrobat faster.

If Acrobat/PDF tips interest you…you might also check out “Ernie the Attorney’s” other blog…PDF for Lawyers.

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Question for my readers: Design patent applications

Can a non-practitioner prepare design patent applications, including the drawings, for third parties?

LegalZoom does.

Thoughts?

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