One of my secretary’s biggest headaches is taking a pile of patents and from them generating an IDS (PTO-1449). While we use an IP forms program, it isn’t much more “automated” than a fillable PDF form.
The questions is…is there a better way of doing this? Are there other software options, preferably ones [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2007
A question for my readers: filling out 1449 (IDS) forms
Updated links to USPTO & FTC publications on invention promotion companies
Contact the USPTO Before You Get Burned (PDF) [Original] [Local copy]
FTC Consumer Alert: Spotting Sweet-Sounding Promises of Fraudulent Invention Promotion Firms (PDF) [Original] [Local Copy]
FTC Facts for Consumers: Invention Promotion Firms (PDF) [Original] [Local Copy]
Entrepreneur Quotes
An excellent list of quotes from entrepreneurs and/or on entrepreneurship: Top 20 Entrepreneurship Quotes.
New IP Blog of Note – Securing Innovation
The folks at ip.com have ventured into the blogging world, starting the “Securing Innovation” blog. The blog touts itself as covering “managing intellectual property, patents, trademarks and trade secrets.”
A few recent posts of note:
A short guide to defensive publication
Writing technical disclosures
Getting started with technical disclosures
Solving business problems and managing risk with technical dislcosures
Impressive! [...]
Free CLE, ethics, electronic discovery
“Through December 12, 2007, PLI is giving away a free ethics course online that will count for CLE credit. The course is Ethics and Electronic Discovery 2007, which was recorded in August 2007.” See: PLI – Patent Blog–Ethics and Electronic Discovery 2007.
