IP sector is best in legal blogs; here’s how to start reading the top IP blogs in less than five minutes

The intellectual property community is blessed to have several high quality blogs to read that are focused on this area of law. Dennis Kennedy recently named the intellectual property blogs, collectively, as the Best Legal Blog Sector in his first, and hopefully annual, Legal Blogging Awards (affectionately nicknamed the “Blawggies” by Dennis).

Interested in reading all of the top IP blogs every day but not sure how to get started? Want a gimme New Year’s resolution that will reward you many times over? Follow the steps below, and in less than five minutes you’ll be set up to read the top blogs in this award-winning sector of the blogosphere.

1. Download and install a news reader/aggregator. Make sure the program can import OPML files. I use and recommend FeedDemon from Bradbury Software.

2. Download this OPML file (save target as…). Make sure you preserve the .opml file extension (your browser may want to save it as a pure .xml file — change this in the “save as…” dialog).

NOTE: As an alternative to downloading this file, you can simply point your reader/aggregator to the following URL during the importation process: http://www.promotetheprogress.com/ptpfiles/IPBlogs.opml

3. Import the OPML file into your reader/aggregator. In FeedDemon, choose File | Import OPML File…. Follow the importation instructions for your software. You’ll either need to navigate to the downloaded file, or enter the URL above.

4. Begin reading.

Welcome to IP Blawging!