Matt Buchanan’s new blog on “Friday fun – Edison’s mark” (referring to terms and conditions Edison used on a marking plate for his Amberola Phonograph).
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Did you know that most books published between 1923 and 1963 are in the public domain?
At least that is what Google, in reviewing Copyright renewals is finding. See Google Book Search Blog on US copyright renewal records available for download.
Google’s latest announcement (the topic of that post) was scraping together a 56MB XML file (zipped) containing a list of the books that were not renewed.
The [...]
Where lawyers don’t eat
Above the Law has a post up on “Where the Lawyers Eat Out” which contains a list of “recommendations for restaurants in various Biglaw cities.”
Something tells me that ‘if’ Boise was a “Biglaw city” that this local restaurant would probably not make the list: The Crescent “NO LAWYERS” Bar & Grill. [...]
“Doah” of the week
Techdirt: Expensive Patent Attorneys Know How To Cut & Paste, But Not Search & Replace
Remember when the practice of patent law was “fun”?
It isn’t anymore…hasn’t been for a few years. My fellow practitioners know exactly what I mean.
Then, I read this:
…The SPE indicated that it was the policy in his Art Group not to issue
any patents any more. In fact, some examiners in this unidentified Art
Group have not issued a single patent in over 2 [...]
Why a Patent Firm Should Consider Outsourcing…Speed
Three years ago I wrote a post on the ReThink(IP) blog on “Insourcing Patent Work” where I talked about “insourcing,” namely rather than sending patent work overseas, instead sending it inland (US) to smaller metropolitan areas where hourly rates and costs in general are less. [note: I apparently misuse the word “insourcing” in [...]
Foreign clients — Billing and Collecting
Excellent article for practitioners (and their bookkeepers) doing work for foreign clients — ABA Law Practice Magazine on Dollars to Dinars: Billing and Collecting in a Global Market
The world is flat. Thomas Friedman made the case for it in his best-seller of that title, and every day the news brings more evidence that the global [...]
For Doug…
I’ve really enjoyed my friendship with fellow patent attorney Doug Sorocco (PHOSITA blog) over the past few years…particularly how we rib one another about where we live (me – Idaho, him – Oklahoma). In that he is on vacation while the rest of us are at work….Doug, this one is for you:
New PDF Patent downloaders
Rolf Claessen’s new patent pdf download tool. http://www.ipnewsflash.com/get_pdf.php
PatentRetriever. http://www.patentretriever.com/
New UPSTO Notices
Notice of Town Hall Meeting on the Protection of Industrial Designs [signed 28 May 2008] [PDF] (29May2008)
USPTO Welcomes New Member to Management Team (28May2008)
