patent law
Google Patents
Patent Geeks will be interested in the new search product from Google, Google Patents. Google Patents allows searching patents available through the Google interface. It’s actually kind of fun even if you aren’t a patent geek. My personal favorite - the lawsuit board game. Check out the real deal in all it’s glory.
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Required reading for Patent Geeks
NYU law prof. Beth Simone Noveck has an excellent idea in the Peer to Patent proposal. The idea, as I understand it, is for the Patent office to allow peer review of patent applications in order to cope with the overload and provide a way for knowledgeable individuals to provide evidence of prior art, etc, […]
Supreme Court Rethinks Obviousness
The Patently-O Patent Law Blog has a great analysis on the concept of obviousness that will be central in a patent case SCOTUS just agreed to hear - KSR v. Teleflex (Supreme Court 2006)
The doctrine of nonobviousness ensures that patent rights are not granted on inventions that are simply throw-away modifications of prior technology. […]