Archive for May, 2004
Some patent attorneys blog, others play poker
Link (pdf): Greg Waymer, a patent attorney from Connecticut, won the World Series of Poker Championship this week. Waymer collected a $5 million prize for his efforts.
We’ll be able to watch Raymer and the rest of the field during July, August, and September on ESPN.
I’m loving Nipper’s TGIF posts
Nipper has started posted a humor article on Fridays. I love it. This morning, I found myself anxious to see today’s post.
Software coders go grass-roots in EU to oppose software patent directive
Link: Patents may become a big issue for the upcoming elections in Europe. European software coders are apparently making the software patent directive an election issue. The transnational election for the European Parliament is in the fall.
Interpol highlights link between counterfitting and terrorism
Link: The Secretary General of Interpol, the international police network, stated that Interpol believes there is a significant link between couterfitting and funding of terrorism. The Secretary expressed suprise that no one has asked him what Interpol is doing to fight the problem.
“What I find absolutely amazing is that there is this multi-billion-dollar [...]
Patent applications continue decline in Japan
Link: The Japan Patent Office recently posted a table showing the number of applications and registrations in various categories over the last decade (patents, utility models, trademarks, etc). The number of patent applications has actually declined each of the last three years, going from a peak of 439,175 in 2001 to 413,092 in [...]
Draft UK patent bill would allow the Patent Office to issue non-binding opinions on patent validity and infringement
Link: A proposed patent bill in the UK, designed to “update and modernise” the patent law, includes measures to help those trying to resolve patent disputes. The bill includes provisions that would allow the Patent Office to issue non-binding opinions on validity and infringement, apparently as a mechanism to avoid litigation.
Link: The [...]
An interesting patent marking
I noticed this marking on a product over the weekend. This has got to be the broadest possible patent marking you could place on a product.
Iraq’s copyright law
Link: Lessig has an interesting post on the copyright law of Iraq
Jamie Knox sent along Iraq’s newly amended copyright law (as if THIS was where we needed to worry about rule of law in Iraq). I’ve just begun going through it, but there are favorite tidbits so far: collections of data can be [...]
Bill Gates endorses blogs and business bogging
Link: In a speech highlighting technology trends for businesses, Bill Gates described the benefits of blogs and their potential as a business tool.
News Forge summary of developments in EU software patent issue
Link: The linked article is a good summary of the recent developments in the battle for software patents in the European Union. Mary Harney, the Irish Minister for Trade and Enterprise, has made patents a priority in Ireland, and apparently played a key role in getting agreement on the current draft directive. [...]
