Archive for December, 2008
Patent Statistics for 2008 – a variety
A variety of issued patent related statistics for 2008
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )5 things to ponder for your company as you enter 2009
These five points will help you start down a path for building valuable IP assets. Don’t put them off, you cannot make up for lost time – there is no cramming in the development of an IP portfolio.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I am not a troll, so get off of my bridge!
It is a weird feeling to sit their explaining what you love to do for a living, while your audience is blinking like toads in a hail storm. But nothing caps the chilling effect of someone concluding “oh, you’re a patent troll”. I generally follow up trying to explain the difference between a patent troll [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )When does it make sense to file for foreign patent protection?
I have to address this issue with almost every client, and on a quite frequent basis. It is a difficult decision for many to make. It can result in significant cost to you or your company. Over the years, my advice regarding this issue has pretty much been the same, but I am getting better [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Should you conduct a patentability search before filing a patent?
I get this question all of the time and I always answer with the information I am providing below. However, by posting it in this blog, it may result in some really negative feedback from those that perform patentability searches for a living (assuming anyone actually reads this site which, in my own heart I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Bad Economy Benefits your IP portfolio
You pay tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop great technology, why not spend a few more thousand to make sure it is protected – especially when dollars are cheap?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My web pages
You can check out my “about”, but if you want to know more about me personally and professional, you can check out the following websites: Follow this link to our family website updated by my incredible wife Follow this link to my company’s website Follow this link to my firm’s website And follow this link [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Software Patents and Bliski
Okay, once again let me make it clear that I know I am not the smartest kid in the class, I don’t understand the allure of opera and I don’t like to read. In summary, I am no intellectual. But, just like all of the “world shattering” cases before it, I breezed through the Bilski [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )
