MAKE: Blog: Public domain donor
Funny concept…intellectual property meets organ donor cards.
Adventures in $40 eyeglasses | 43 Folders
While patent outsourcing is a joke (IMO), outsourcing things like having eye glasses made is a hot topic on the Internet right now. $40 eyeglasses, thousands of frames to select from? Definitely [...]
According to Alan Kasper, the First Vice President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), more than I expected. In recent testimony before Congress, Mr. Kasper noted that:
…the preparation and filing of an original application of minimal complexity (10 page specification, 10 claims) on average by a firm having my firm’s size is [...]
Intellectual Property Today: 5 Reasons You Should No Longer Bother Getting U.S. Patents
Ending the Paper Chase | ABA Journal – Law News Now — article on law firms having smaller eco-footprints
ABA: Going Green at Work by Kibert–baby steps lawyers can take to be a greener law firm
Tech Law Advisor noting that Blawgr is back. This time reskinned as “the online community of legal bloggers (powered by Pligg).” Unless I’m mistaken, Pligg is an open source knock-off of Digg (http://digg.com/), making Blawgr essentially Digg for Lawyers. I’m looking forward to seeing where this one goes…
IP Newsflash Relaunch
Rolf Claessen has relaunched IP Newsflash with a brand new design and new features, including a free class monitor for EP publications.
Boosting teamwork with wikis
It’s not just for online encyclopedias: smart business owners (including law firms) use the new wiki software to encourage collaboration and save money.
Adam Wright. – How Outlook keeps me organized
How to use Outlook filters and flags to automate your inbox.
Add this to my to do list! Law Department Management blog on “Uses of flow charts and short summaries, including to explain choices to clients.”
Reminds me of: Erik J. Heels’ “Drawing that Explains Copyright Law,” or Bromberg-Sunstein’s “Flowchart for determining when U.S. copyrights in fixed works expire.”
Know of any others out there? [...]
According to the Patent Librarian’s Notebook, Google Patents now includes published applications. A quick search confirms!
Free the cases! http://bulk.rsource.org is a project where they are creating a free database of federal case law decisions. Bob Ambrogi notes it already has 1,800,000 pages of case law. Cases you can download for free:
F2d (The Federal Reporter, 2nd Edition)
F3d (The Federal Reporter, 3rd Edition)
US (US Reports)
Patentably Defined Blog on “Improper Final [...]
The Idaho State Bar has recently started webcasting many of their CLEs. So far, it seems that many lawyers are opting to watch the presentation from their desk, rather than attend in person. Of note to my readers might be this upcoming CLE: Ten Things Every Lawyer Should Know About Patent Licensing by Steven Johnson from [...]
