Two unique patent caselaw RSS feeds now available on Promote the Progress

Posted by J. Matthew Buchanan

December 1, 2008

Over the last several weeks, I’ve been putting the finishing touches on two new RSS feeds for Promote the Progress that will allow patent practitioners to efficiently review the latest caselaw developments. Each of the feeds provides an easy-to-digest overview of every new patent opinion from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (and the Supreme Court) alongside a series of links to pages on the Promote the Progress site that contain additional information about the opinion.

Each feed is used in the same way - if after reading the overview of an opinion you want to delve into it a bit deeper, just click a link to read the full opinion or the Promote the Progress review. You can also click a link to download a .pdf of the opinion and another to listen to the oral argument.

So what’s the difference between the two feeds? The opinion overview in the first feed provides a bibliographic overview of the opinion, including an annotated listing of keywords. In the second feed, the opinion overview is the overview paragraph from the Promote the Progress case review.

Here’s a bit more information on each feed:

1. Bibliographic summaries of patent opinions

I prepare a bibliographic profile of every patent related case from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. The profile includes basic identifying information (case name, court name, docket number, decision date), opinion-related information (panel, opinion author, number of and authors of any supplemental opinions filed), and substantive information (topical keywords).

The Bibliographic Summaries feed delivers all of this information to you, providing an easy way to scan the latest patent caselaw to determine if further review is needed. Trying to keep up to date on a particular patent law topic? This feed lets you easily scan all new patent opinions for your keyword…and gives one click access to a variety of opinion-related tools on Promote the Progress for those you determine warrant further attention.

The following is an example entry from the Bibliographic Summaries feed:

Example entry in the Bibliographic Summaries RSS Feed

2. Summaries of Promote the Progress case reviews

Each casereview on Promote the Progress includes a concise summary paragraph that provides an overview of the major substantive topics addressed in the opinion. The Case Review Summaries feed delivers the summary paragraph to your feed reader or email inbox for each new review posted on the site. Scan this feed for bite-sized topical treatment of the latest patent caselaw…an easy and efficient way to stay up to date.

Each entry in the feed also includes one click access to the opinion-related tools on Promote the Progress, making it easy to explore the reviews you determine warrant more attention.

The following is an example entry from the Case Review Summaries feed:

Example entry in the Case Review Summaries RSS Feed

After much testing and feedback (thanks to all of those who helped!), both of these new feeds are now available for subscription by email or by feed reader.

Head over to the rss feeds page to sign up. The blog feed is there, too, so be sure to subscribe to that as well if you’re not receiving it already.

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