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USPTO Releases Annual List of Top 10 Organizations Receiving Most U.S. Patents

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Press release: “The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today the 2005 top 10 global private sector patent recipients. Listed…are the 10 corporations receiving the most U.S. patents for inventions in 2005, along with their 2004 ranking.” IBM, Canon and HP rank 12, 3 respectively. Continue Reading

Trademark and Copyright Lawsuit Focuses on Google Search Rank

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From The Nutritional and Dietary Supplement Law Blog: “In a complaint filed last week in federal court in California, Salu, Inc., the owner of the popular cosmeceutical site SkinStore.com has sued the owners of competitor NewSkinSpa.com for trademark and copyright infringement accusing them of copying the SkinStore.com html code and using it to create the… Continue Reading

Online Open Source Patent Library Launched

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Press release: “The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux®, today announced the launch of its online patent commons reference library, the foundation of its Patent Commons Project. The Project’s goal is to provide greater confidence for developers and customers of all open source software. The site,… Continue Reading

USPTO Announces New Trademark Official Gazette Search Line In TESS

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Press release: “The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is pleased to announce that the on-line Trademark Electronic Search System, TESS, now features a new Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) ‘search line.’ By entering the publication date of a particular TMOG into the new search line, users can generate a list of all marks published… Continue Reading

Panel Recommends Congress Create A U.S. Patent and Trademark Corporation

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From the National Academy of Public Administration: “…an Academy Panel examined USPTO’s organization structure and its work processes to help ensure that USPTO is making progress in meeting workload challenges and implementing its strategic plan. The Panel found that without the ability to adjust its resources to workload, USPTO cannot efficiently respond to higher volumes… Continue Reading

Eighth Edition of International Patent Classification Published on the Web

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“The Strasbourg Agreement (of 1971) concerning the International Patent Classification provides for a common classification for patents for invention including published patent applications, utility models and utility certificates. The International Patent Classification (IPC) is a hierarchical system in which the whole area of technology is divided into a range of sections, classes, subclasses and groups.… Continue Reading

Law Professor Proposes Innovative Use of P2P Technology for Patent Review

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Peer to Patent (PtoP): A Modest Proposal, by Beth Simone Noveck The patent system is broken…This modest proposal harnesses social reputation and collaborative filtering technology to create a peer review system of scientific experts ruling on innovation. The idea of blue ribbon panels or advisory committees is not new. But the suggestion to use social… Continue Reading