Securing Innovation

Corporate Counsel magazine is presenting its 6TH ANNUAL IP COUNSEL FORUM. This event will bring together over 130 members of the Intellectual Property Community representing leading corporations from a variety of industries.   Senior In House Counsel repressentingl Align Technologies, Cisco, Coverity, eBay Inc., Google, JDS Uniphase, Microsoft, Whirlpool, Palm, Sony Corporation...

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"Who would have thought that an online community of patent researchers would even take off?" writes Oscar Bruce on the Patent Quality Review Blog. "For many people, patents are too dense to understand. They are filled with legal and technical jargon that no layman can probably digest. Yet, the diverse...

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Happy New Year, to our friends and colleagues in China.     Born in the year of the Tiger, this is, apparently, my year. Already this year, I have fallen down while attempting to overspend in a shoe store, gashing my forehead. I'm really looking forward to that promotion. Chinese New Year 2010: The...

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At the LegalTech NY 2010 Conference in New York, Jason R. Baron and Ralph Losey presented a stunning 6 minute music video that took them as many months to research and put together. They've now posted it on YouTube and encouraged those who enjoyed the presentation to share the video...

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In recognition of the enormous contribution inventors make to the nation and the world, the Congress designated February 11, the anniversary of the birth of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison who had over 1,000 patents, as National Inventors' Day. Last year, I wrote about Thomas Edison and National Inventors' Day in...

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John Earnhardt noted on The Platform, the blog of Opinions and Insights from Cisco, that this is the 5th anniversary of Cisco's first blog post. This auspicious occasion was marked, today, with this tweet. Click on the image above to read the entire post, but here's an excerpt. This first blog...

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Don't miss this Special Report from BusinessWeek. Tech Giants' New Way to Thwart Patent Suits Frustrated by litigation costs, Microsoft, Sony, and Nokia are paying third-party patent acquirers such as RPX to fend off patent lawsuits Slide Show: Patent Trolls' Top Targets Apple, Sony, Dell, and Microsoft are the companies most frequently sued by...

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Is there a likelihood of confusion between IP.com Inc. and IPCom GmbH & Co. KG, a German non-practicing entity, or NPE, that is sometimes called a patent troll? The Register, a British online journal, apparently sees the potential for confusion with the similarity of names and tries to keep its readers...

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Kent Displays recently announced forming Improv Electronics, a new business unit focused on development and sales of consumer electronic products. The products will utilize Kent Displays revolutionary Reflex™ no power LCD technology. The first product sold under the Improv Electronics name, the Boogie Board LCD Writing Tablet, is now available. This...

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Entrepreneur, Twitter star, and former Apple software evangelist Guy Kawasaki highlights advice for creating meaning, innovation, and...revenue. We follow @GuyKawasaki from our Twitter account @ipdotcom and read his blogs, How to Change the World and Holy Kaw! Guy Kawasaki has thoughtfully included IP.com's blog, Securing Innovation on his Alltop pages for Patents...

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IP.com Inc. has released a new Global Patent Search system for you to test. IP.com's GPS is a free international database of full-text patent and patent-related publications. IP.com's goal is to encourage worldwide access to resources where innovators can explore and understand patents, technologies, and related art. In this preliminary version, the...

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 IPO Education Foundation's 37th National Inventor of the Year Award presents an opportunity for you to obtain recognition for a deserving employee, client, or colleague as one of America's most outstanding inventors. Nominations can be made here on the website of the Intellectual Property Owners Association. The deadline for nominations is...

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In a recent discussion on Twitter about defensive publishing, an article I wrote for publication in Machine Design, an online journal by engineers, for engineers, was linked. It's not a new article but, as noted by the IP professionals discussing it on Twitter, the advice is still good. We thought...

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Dan Ballard of Sequoia Counsel, who's on Twitter @Ballard_IP was quick to pick up on a tweet by @nishantmodak pointing to an oldie but goodie -- an article in Machine Design written by IP.com's CEO, Tom Colson, in 2001 titled "Defensive publishing: Protect your intellectual property". We don't know what's more...

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  Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Stockings were hung by the chimney with care, as the microwaves' thrum was filling the air. Creative by AKQA     The Amazing Grace Christmas House. Designed and programmed by Richard Holdman in Pleasant Grove, Utah. You can find out more information...

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Who knew that on this day in 1903 the Wright brothers made aviation history with the first flight of a powered airplane? Science IP, a service of CAS and a division of the American Chemical Society on Twitter @science_ip tweeted about this historic achievement today. It's really difficult, a century later,...

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On a recent business trip to China to speak at the China Intellectual Property Business Conference, I took the opportunity to meet with the father of our Chinese exchange student who's living with our family in the United States for a year and helping my three girls learn to speak...

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Our cell phones and MP3 players will soon have personalized display skins, thanks to innovative technology by Kent Displays in Ohio. These electronic skins allow users to change the color of their electronic device to match an individual's mood or clothing choice without using battery life. Kent Displays develops and manufactures...

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Researchers have been able to build thin, flexible silicon electronics on silk substrates that almost completely dissolve inside the body. Does this mean we might be looking at LED tattoos in the future? A recent article in Technology Review, published by MIT, brings to mind this Philips Design Probe from a...

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Interesting observation by patent attorney J. Matthew Buchanan that, until he mentioned it, Google found no results for "shortest patent claims", in quotes. We expect that may not be so true in the near future. Buchanan Intellectual Property Office is online at bipo and we're following Matt on Twitter @jmattbuchanan...

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