C5’s 10th Freedom to Operate Forum on May 15 - May 16, 2013 in Frankfurt brings together eminent in-house counsel from the world’s largest pharma, biotech and chemical companies and their expert advisors from a range of jurisdictions including the US, Europe and Asia. Based on their first-hand experience, the distinguished panel will provide you with…

This paper explains how a company can identify and categorise its inventor community. Any company that is serious about innovation should be able to identify where that innovation comes from, and who are the primary sources of its innovative ideas. There are of course many aspects to this inventor community such as who are they, how do they operate, why is this…

PatentInspiration is a free online patent search & analysis tool, created by CREAX Software NV. Building upon the success of CreationSuite, PatentInspiration takes patent analysis to the next level. Free analyses and powerful visualizations…

USPTO has published four short videos to cover the changes in law to "first-inventor-to-file".

You will learn what is considered prior art and how it's used to determine patentability under the first part of the "novelty" section and what are the exceptions to the prior art.…

I'm looking for IP (including patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, domains) case management system for patent and trademark attornys and small or medium-sized IP law firms to keep all cases and client information in one single system. Other features like time tracking, invoicing, reporting, web-based access, alerts and reminders, etc are essential.

After few hours web search I found several tools. Please share your experiences - what are the pros and cons, how is the support and…

To search, what IP bloggers are writing about, you can use IP Blogs search here http://ipinsiders.com/page/ip-blog-search.

New blogs added to Intellectual Property Blogs Search…

If the entry level into intellectual property becomes less complex, faster and easier individuals will benefit from their IP at the outset, through to and beyond commercialization. 

A collaboration instigated by Creative Barcode, …

Blogpost by Donal O'Connell

Chawton Innovation Services

Intellectual Property (IP) rights are valuable assets for any business, possibly among the most important that it possesses.  It is therefore imperative that whatever IP processes are in use are fit for purpose, and…

Legal IQ will be hosting a free IP webinar on: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM GMT.

Synopsis: Intangible assets have the power to influence competitive advantage, wealth creation and economic prosperity. Intangible assets— a combination of formal research and informal creativity including worker skills and knowledge, information , formal intellectual…

Legal IQ, a web portal offering resources on intellectual property invites you to join its dedicated Twitter and LinkedIn groups, where members can engage in topical discussions on the subject and receive regular, unique postings on what’s going on in Intellectual Property:

 Follow @IP_Series on Twitter here …

The latest PATSCAN Bizarre Patent Calendar is available for free downloading in color or black and white at http://www.patex.ca/html/ip_information/publications.html.

Enjoy!…

PatentJobs.biz is for job seekers and employers in the field of intellectual property (patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs, etc). PatentJobs.biz includes the resume submission option for job seekers and option to submit job offers for employers. It's for…

Lets take a closer look, what's really going on between Apple and Samsung :)

The easy to use Apple vs Samsung guide…

Blogpost by Donal O'Connell

Chawton Innovation Services

Interoperability standards

Interoperability refers to the ability of diverse systems to work together or…

Legal IQ recently conducted an interview with Dave McAllister, Director of Open Source at Adobe Systems about the latest Open Screen developments.

He offers some exclusive reflections on his work with Steve Jobs: “He honestly was one of the most futuristic geniuses I've ever seen, able to figure the directions for the broad-based consumer and the high-end…

Blogpost by Donal O'Connell, Chawton Innovation Services

The purpose of the present post is to inform you about a very interesting research report on IP exchanges, intermediaries and/or middle-men which is now…

Neil Bowering, Project Manager, IP Easy Access, University of Glasgow, joins bloggers Stephen Jenei, of Patent Baristas and Mikk Putk of IP Insiders, to discuss Easy Access IP.

Interview by Mikk Putk of IPInsiders…

Courses and webinars, seminars and conferences that cover the main areas of intellectual property: copyright and related rights, patents, trademarks, unfair competition, licensing etc.

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It's amaizing what kind of information you can find in patent databases. Here is a short summary of some systems and methods that are patented in intellectual property field. These are tools that give to the intellectual property professional the ability to work in all aspects of their practice area.

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Are you looking for an intellectual property professional or looking for a job in intellectual property field? This is the right place!

Here http://ipinsiders.com/page/ip-jobs you can post your IP job offers and find links to thousands of patent, trademark and other intellectual property job opportunities.