March 2010 Blog Posts (31)

Top 5 ROI Metrics for Intellectual Property Management Software

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Added by Lecorpio on March 31, 2010 at 3:16pm — No Comments

Proximity Searching for Patents

I wrote a new Intellogist Blog article on the hows and whys of proximity searching for patent documents called"Proximity Mining." Learn why you should try "semantic proximity operators" in your search!

Added by Chris Jagalla on March 31, 2010 at 9:51am — No Comments

We Need a War Room

I am tired of reading all the rants against the protection of intellectual property by the "everything should be free" crowd. Law professors are among the worst offenders here and they write this stuff pretty much to make tenure at their law schools and to have something to say in academic writings.

I am going to establish a website called ipwarroom.com which will be devoted to answering the critics of IP protection.

I hope that some of you might…

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Added by Nils Victor Montan on March 30, 2010 at 1:57pm — 2 Comments

Are your patent search strings confidential?

Hello all,

I just wanted to pop in today to highlight a fascinating discussion that is going on in the Intellogist discussion forum. Our users are discussing the legal implications of using a third party vendor to

conduct patent searching. Specifically, they are discussing who might

be looking at your search strings from the other side of the search

engine.

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Added by Mikk Putk on March 30, 2010 at 5:30am — 3 Comments

How to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day 2010?

On April 26, 2010, WIPO celebrates the 10th anniversary of World Intellectual Property Day.

How about you? Are you going to attend or organize any special event?

Added by Mikk Putk on March 30, 2010 at 2:53am — 1 Comment

Communicate Your Value: Weekly Update

Recently the Intellogist crew has been pondering social media with

relation to what we (and you, gentle reader) do for a living: searching

and analyzing patent data. Everyone who maintains a professional

social media presence knows that the obvious end game is to show your

expertise by participating in the community, thus building relationships

and ultimately, dare I say it, opening a few more doors for yourself in

the process. What’s beautiful about the social… Continue

Added by Kristin Whitman on March 29, 2010 at 2:02pm — 3 Comments

Monetize you IP with Traindom.com !

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Added by Leo Siemann on March 29, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

The UK Pirate Party's published a manifesto

касаещ авторските права и патентите."">The UK Pirate Party's manifesto

published concerning copyrights and patents.…

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Added by Intellectual Property Planet on March 26, 2010 at 7:18am — No Comments

Learn Practical Patent Analysis: A Case Study

Today, based upon some suggestions from readers, I wanted to introduce a case study that I hope to discuss over several blog posts. What’s more, my hope is to get you, the reader, involved in the process by providing my method for you to independently audit. The goal is to use the case study to see what conclusions we can come up with using a variety of search tools. I would also hope readers will post questions they would like answered, based upon the described method.

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Added by Kristin Whitman on March 25, 2010 at 4:11pm — No Comments

Canon wants to have its own top level domain

Slaw.ca reported the news that Canon will ask ICANN for its own top level domain. cannon. This is expected to happen this year, after ICANN has already decided that anyone who wants can register top level domains. However, this will be quite expensive pleasure, about 185 000 dollars.

By Canon believes that this will ensure and protect better their positions in the Internet space and improve communication with online consumers. …

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Added by Intellectual Property Planet on March 25, 2010 at 3:30am — No Comments

Oppertunity for Chinese Prisoners !

This article is also on IPAlly

Its so true that innovations and technology breakthroughs are not bound to

research labs. Its just an idea and it can come to anyone, anywhere,

anytime. We have many examples of children, celebrities who holds the

patent.

But does any prisoner holds a patent ? Never heard of it before.

Recently, China has come up with an idea to give a chance… Continue

Added by Bikramjit Singh on March 25, 2010 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Google’s AdWords do not infringe trade marks!

The ECJ delivered its long awaited ruling on the Google AdWords. The Court thereby decided to follow Advocate General Poiares Maduro's opinion and relieved Google from all "charges". More on http://reguligence.biz

Added by Emil A. Georgiev on March 24, 2010 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Classified Information: Patent Searching by Classification Part 2

Last week I introduced patent classification searching and gave reasons why it is still

relevant in today’s keyword-centric search environment. Think about

patent classification searching as if you were going to a library and

looking for books about Canada’s involvement in World War II. You might

put those words into a computer, or you might use the… Continue

Added by Kristin Whitman on March 24, 2010 at 1:47pm — No Comments

IP Blog Review: new blogs added to Intellectual Property Blogs Search Engine

To search, what IP bloggers are writing about, you can use IP Blogs search here on front page of IPNetwork or use directly the IP Blogs Search Page.

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Added by Mikk Putk on March 22, 2010 at 12:52pm — No Comments

Battle of the Patent Search Systems, Part II

Wow – the ongoing ratings competition between QPAT, PatBase,

TotalPatent, and Thomson Innovation has really turned a lot of heads. Last

week’s Intellogist update post was one of the most popular so far

on this blog, and now the “battle” of the patent search systems is

really heating up!

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Added by Kristin Whitman on March 22, 2010 at 10:47am — No Comments

The NYSD hits the misappropriating theflyonthewall.com

A regular, systematic, and timely taking of claimants’ hot-news and their dissemination through unauthorised channels of electronic distribution represents copyright infringement and state-law misappropriation. More on http://reguligence.biz

Added by Emil A. Georgiev on March 20, 2010 at 4:36pm — No Comments

How to Make a Forum Policy: Developer's Corner

There are four essential parts to a fourm policy: 1. Instruction 2. Limitation 3.Legal protection 4.Input/Discourse Of course, there’s more to it than this..

The first part is instruction. Even though a game maker has seen dozens of forums, for many users they have no idea what is OK or not OK to talk about. The instructions should be fairly clear about the general range of topics allowable in the…

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Added by Jay Moffitt on March 19, 2010 at 10:47am — No Comments

Classification Searching

An overview level blog post about why classification searching is still a necessary tool for any patent searcher. Includes classification finding techniques.

For more information please see Classified Information: Patent Searching by Classification Part 1

Added by Chris Jagalla on March 18, 2010 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Indian Supreme Court reiterates the need for speedy trials of IPR cases

The Supreme Court of India has once again stressed the need for speedy disposal of Intellectual property cases. This need was reiterated by Justice Markandey Katju while disposing off Cadila’s appeal against the ex-parte injunction issued by the Madras HC on a trademark infringement suit brought upon by Sun Pharma, and directed the Madras HC to complete the trial within 3 months. One may recall…

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Added by Patently Yours on March 17, 2010 at 1:04pm — No Comments