I rarely use Westlaw/Lexis, but the CiteGenie FireFox extension could be really useful for those of you whom do.
As their website points out:
Cutting and pasting when doing legal research using your browser is simple. But having to construct the citation for what you pasted is not so simple. This is especially true with legal citations [...]
Category Archives: Lawsuits/Laws/Rules
Firefox extension for cut/paste Westlaw/Lexis citations
Google adds free legal case law research
Via this article: Free Legal Research by Google & What It Means : My Shingle, Google has released the ability to search case law for free, including state case law. UNREAL.
To test it out, use this URL: http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search?hl=en&as_sdt=2000. Scroll towards the bottom to select “Legal opinions and journals.”
This day was probably something the “other” case [...]
My favorite quote from the Bilski v Kappos SCOTUS oral arguments
Most of the other patent blogs have been covering the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Bilski v. Kappos case. [e.g., Patently-O]
My favorite quote from the case comes from Justice Scalia (page 16 of the pdf):
You know, you mention that there are all these — these new areas that didn’t exist in the past because [...]
New USPTO.gov out of beta
It looks like the USPTO’s website’s redesign is out of beta: http://uspto.gov.
The News page still doesn’t have an RSS feed or “subscribe by email” function (unlike the Copyright Office’s News Page (RSS)). Sad…but true.
Open Sourcing PACER Documents via a FireFox Extension
If you use PACER often, you might really like the “RECAP” FireFox extension (plug-in). As you download court documents in PACER, RECAP sends a copy of them to the Internet Archive (making them available for free to the world. RECAP also alerts you when one of the PACER documents you are about to download is [...]
Audio from my appearance of This Week in Law – Patent Edition
You can now listen to the audio (podcast) from my appearance on last week’s “This Week in Law” wherein we discussed Twitter being sued from patent infringement, VoloMedia’s patent that allegedly covers podcasting, getting the USPTO to join “web 2.0,” patent trolls, and Michael Jackson’s patent. See: TWiL 28: Watching The Watchers with [...]
This Week in Law Podcast – patents
I’m going to be a guest on this week’s TWiL (This Week in Law) podcast, discussing patents with host Denise Howell and patent lawyers Adam Bagwell and Matt Buchanan. Topics on the slate include Volumedia’s “podcasting patent,” patent reform, “Web 2.0 and uspto.gov,” and Peer-to-Patent. Per Denise’s blog:
This Friday, August 7, this WEEK in LAW [...]
LegalZoom and Unauthorized Practice of Law in North Carolina
Elawyering blog on LegalZoom Challenged by North Carolina Bar. [hat tip GAL]
Reminds me of Gene Quinn’s post on LegalZoom’s actions as they relate to filing trademarks and patents on behalf of clients.
Should LegalZoom be allowed to do what patent agents can’t? What do you think…
USPTO to get bailout money?
See: National Journal Online — Tech Daily Dose — Leahy Offers Patent Office Bailout Bill.
The $10,000 question is whether the precipitous drope in USPTO revenue was caused by the economy, or by the previous administration’s policies that dropped allowance rates from near 80% to near 40% (which itself results in less issue fee revenue, less [...]
Sullivan’s: IP Law Outline & Analysis
Resource of the day: Sullivan’s IP Law Outline.
The mission of Sullivan’s IP Law Outline & Analysis™ is to provide: 1) an additional resource for finding Federal Circuit cases relevant to one’s own case or interest, and 2) a concise Analysis of the issues in the current Federal Circuit cases, as enhanced by and with citation [...]
