I’ve recently come across a free trademark search site, Trademarkia,  that allows users to search for domain names, logos, trademarks currently published for opposition, brand ideas, and the option to search social media networks for brand names.

LibGuides offer researchers and prior art searchers a way to find resources recommended by experts on a specific topic.

The Intellogist Blog compares how well free summarizing tools and a summarizer tool on PatBase summarize the claims of a patent document. Do you know of any tools for summarizing a patent document?

Where do you usually find the latest news on database updates and new search platform features?

Patent Information Users Group Accepting Applications for the 2012 Brian Stockdale Memorial Award

We wrote up a short post about what the award entails and how you can apply--please pass this on…

Some of the facts behind the patent industry and US patent reform.

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Some great startups in intellectual property field who work with patents, trademarks and…

How has Inspec changed during 2011?  The database has had a busy year, with a new “cited references” field, new coverage, and powerful new search platforms.

On the CHMINF listserv, there was recently an interesting debate over whether single-publisher platforms should really be called "databases."  This topic is particularly important to prior art searchers, since they are looking for resources with the most comprehensive coverage available.  Are all single-publisher search platforms transparent about the limitations…

Conduct a cross-lingual search on PATENTSCOPE with the  Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval (CLIR) facility.  In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I search for chocolate PCTs.

Is it possible to have too much patent information?

The Intellogist Blog examines this question and helps you find answers to the growing deluge of data we face every day.

Here's a quick guide on accessing the free Early Journal Content on JSTOR, a large subscription-based online archive of journal articles.  JSTOR is also soon releasing a "Register and Read" program, where users can gain temporary free access to some articles.

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Are you an attorney with portable business and seeking a lateral move to a law firm?  Below I present 10 factors to consider before an attorney with portable business makes a lateral move to a law firm.  This should act as a guideline to your decision-making process as there are a lot of moving parts in such a move and I cannot cover all the ground.

1. Law firm environment: Never underestimate the…

Invitation to participate in a short IP industry survey. The results will go towards to Global Benchmarking Study of Trends and Success Factors in Intellectual Property, a white paper exploring portfolio management in IP, patents, trademarks and brand.

As a thank you for your time, the organizer, Legal IQ, will send you a complimentary copy of…

Through the free Sobotong search engine, users can enter a single term in English and complete the search in two languages simultaneously.  Users can also filter their results by media type and even document type.  Do you know of any other free bilingual search engines?

I came across this site with some useful patent tools including Patent Term Estimator. One of their interesting tool is the USPTO widget, this online tool searches various USPTO databases to display bibliographic details,…

The USPTO and NSF are accepting open nominations for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI) and National Medal of Science (NMS).

Here are some of the latest updates to Compendex, an important resource for engineering and technological information: a revised thesaurus, author profile pages, and more.