New Federal Register Notice of note: Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (28 Feb 2007).
SUMMARY: In December 2003, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) proposed amendments to, inter alia, the rules governing disciplinary proceedings for attorneys and agents who practice before the Office, principally rules 11.2, [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Can a Patent Agent Prepare a Patent License or an Assignment?
Copyright Graphical Flowchart
This is worth checking out…a very interesting visual explanation of U.S Copyright Law.
Copyright Navigator
A Digital Annotated Concept Map of the Fundamentals of U.S. Copyright Law
by Lionel S. Sobel
Professor, Southwestern University School of Law
Editor, Entertainment Law Reporter
Blame it on the Continu-rain…
A year ago, the Patent Office published (in the CFR) proposed rules entitled Changes To Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, which among other things pointed the finger of blame regarding patent pendency squarely upon “continuation abuse.”
Professor Crouch (sporting a new blog design) did some research [...]
Patent Attorney Crunches the Numbers Regarding InventHelp & Davison Success Rates
Only 0.23% of all clients who paid money to InventHelp between 2003 and 2005 actually made more money than they paid…
Davison….a whooping 0.03% success rate…
Kurt Leyendecker on Inventhelp and Davison – the truth behind the polish
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Wikipedia on Invention Promotion Firms
There’s a Wikipedia entry for everything…including invention promotion firms.
Web 2.0 for Attorneys
In a month (March 22-24) I’ll be speaking in Chicago at the American Bar Association’s TechShow on a couple of topics. First, speaking with Rick Klau on “Collaborating with Clients and Colleagues: Google Docs, Wikis, and Other Web Tools,” and second with Matt Homann on “Web 2.0: The Next Generation of Internet Tools.”
To me, [...]
Federal Circuit Summaries, Practice Alerts
Want to follow Federal Circuit caselaw but don’t have time to read lengthy case summaries? FedCirc.us has an RSS/e-mail feed for you.
1. Case Review Summaries (provides summaries of the ten most recent case reviews)
RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/fedcircus_summaries
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2. Practice alerts (provides all FedCirc.us Practice Alerts)
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