FedCirc.us (Matt/Doug/I) announced earlier today the availability of a free preview issue (The Resolution) of our quarterly magazine, The FedCirc.us Reader. Download the .pdf here.
The Resolution will give you a sneak-peak at the features of the magazine. It’s jam-packed with all sorts of patent-caselaw goodness, including a ‘Trend Spotting’ article, a featured case review, prosecution- and [...]
I previously blogged on "Accelerated Examination." Without giving my opinion, it was clear from the post that I had my doubts in the usefulness of the procedure. Those doubts were reinforced when Greg Aharonian’s (in his free newsletter PATNEWS (it is worth subscribing to)) recently printed an email from an anon reader regarding Accelerated Examination. [...]
Link: USPTO Statement on Ceasing Annual Top 10 Patents Holders List
In a Special Report for BusinessWeek.com, Rachel King describes how a lawyer and a professional juggler became a sensation—and led one of the world’s biggest companies to embrace viral marketing.
One November afternoon in 2005, lawyer Stephen Voltz traveled to the tiny town of Buckfield, Me., to watch his friend, professional juggler Fritz Grobe, perform in [...]
TGIF.
Interesting new product…a ceramic toaster that automatically feeds the bread through the toaster. Very cool.
It would have been fun to see the “guess what it is” guesses with a picture sans bread slice.
[Via Ed. via J-Walk]
And we thought patent reform only happen in the US.
An attorney with the Canadian firm of Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP was kind enough to send me a memorandum ( Download forthcoming_changes_in_canadian_patent_practice.pdf) which thoroughly discusses the proposed amendments, including:
Canada’s small entity regime;
harmonization of sequence listing descriptions with the Patent Cooperation Treaty [...]
Via Evan, the History of the Yellow Legal Pad.
Trivia Question: How many secrecy orders were in effect at the end of fiscal year 2006?
49?494?4942?
According to this interesting collection of resources regarding secrecy orders sent to me by a reader, the correct answer is 4942.
It’s a question we all regularly hear from clients: “what foreign countries should I file my patent application in? Add this chart to your list of visual aids for explaining the topic to your clients:
Countries GDP as US States
Keith at IP-Discover sent me a nice email earlier mentioning their newest version of IP-Discover which integrates the new Google Patent Search features. Very cool.
IP-Discover combines the best parts of each of the patent document servers in one convenient package. For example, you can use Google patent search for pre ‘76 US documents, then highlight the search [...]
