Injunction Issues! USPTO Rule Changes Put On Hold

Christmas in October!  PLI Patent Blog reporting “Glaxo Wins!  Injunction Issues!” and that the USPTO continuation/claims rule changes (some of which would have kicked in tomorrow) have been put on hold.

Makes you wonder how many RCEs were filed in the past few days needlessly (wasting fees and adding to backlog).

[update: Via a post on Oklahoma patent blog PHOSITA, a copy of the court’s order [click here for the pdf]].

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Does the USPTO’s Rulemaking Authority Trump Congress’ Legislative Authority?

Does the USPTO have the authority to repeal a statute? Matt Buchanan questions whether or not the new continuation rules essentially repeal 35 U.S.C. §120: Promote the Progress® ::: Halloween 2007 - RIP 35 U.S.C. s.120

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PatentFizz bubbles up a screencast — how to download patent .pdfs

If only more websites gave you walkthroughs on how to use them.  In this movie, Matt Buchanan at PatentFizz walks you through how to download a pdf patent.  Sure it’s basic, but I’ve seen some of the things he’s working on…future screencasts will definitely be worth watching (you’ll want to subscribe to his feature announcements blog:  Fizzure).

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Tech Tip of the Day — Archive.org and FireFox Extension

Many of us use www.archive.org’s “Internet Archive Wayback Machine” for competitive analysis (e.g., researching when an alleged infringer created the infringing web page in question).

Did you know there is a FireFox extension that allows you to right click and select “Find archived page,” thereby being sent to archive.org’s list of cached copies of the current page you are viewing?  See the FireFox extension:  404 : Page is Not Found ? Now it will be!

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IP Docketing Software

I’m working on a new page for this blog listing popular IP docketing programs. Here’s my initial list. Any others you all can think of?

• PatentTerm.com — online patent term extension calculator (yes it isn’t “docketing” software per se)
• O P Solutions’ PATTSY
• Computer Packages Inc.’s Patent and Trademark Systems
• LegalStar’s IP LegalDock
• MAG Systems’ Docket Wizard
• FlexTrac’s IP/CTS
• IPPO’s WebTMS trademark management, docketing and record keeping software
• Anaqua’s Anaqua 5
• Edital’s WorldMark Plus/Worldsuite
• GSI’s WinPat (German)
• IPSS’ IPSSdotnet
• Patrix’s Patricia
• Thomson’s IP Manager (legacy MDC IP Master successor)
• Unycom’s IPMS
• Pro Delta Systems’ Progressor
• CompuLaw Vision - patent litigation docketing
• CPA Memotech - “allows corporate IP departments to automate, monitor and achieve total control over the complicated IP management process.”
• CPA FoundationIP - “a web-based intellectual property management system for attorney firms and corporations”
• CPA Inprotech Software - “full IP and practice management” (includes time/billing, etc.)
• IPDAS - automated document preparation tool for IP firms.

[Update: IP Menu beat me to the punch. See IP Menu - Intellectual Property Software.

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Thomas Edison and the USPTO Rule Changes….food for thought

PLI - Patent Blog on “How The New PTO Rules Would Have Impacted Thomas Edison.”

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Did they pay the maintenance fees? Expired?

It’s about time someone started doing this in an easy manner. Matt Buchanan at PatentFizz has added a new script that tags expired patents as….expired. Sweet! My new favorite way to download PDF patents just got even better!

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freePat is back…free international PDF patent copies

Peter Eliopoulos had a great patent downloading tool called freePat a few years ago, based upon the pat2pdf script.  At some point freePat stopped working and Peter stopped blogging.

It turns out that freePat stopped working because the program was checking in with Peter’s website (probably checking to see if an updated version exists).  When Peter’s website went down…freePat broke.

Fellow Canadian patent blogger Sander Gelsing figured this out and registered Peter’s lapsed domain (solely for the purpose of fixing the issue with freePat).  Now, freePat works again.  Thanks Sander!  His blog is Now, Why Didn’t I Think of That?

What’s great about freePat is that it allows you do download PDFs from around the world for free.   Definitely worth checking out.

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Interested in Patent Writing???

Request from a reader:

Oxford University Press is expanding its U.S. law publishing program—with a particular focus on IP—and we are looking for qualified authors. In general, we envision a series of titles/monographs that will go into much greater depth than an article/chapter, but with a narrower and more strategic focus than a traditional treatise. If you (or any of your readers that you know of) has an interest in writing, please … feel free to contact our acquisitions editor directly at matt.gallaway@oup.com.

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A crash course in web tools for IP litigators

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