Archive for the 'Patents' Category

Patents… Why file, how, and how much does it cost?

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

We’re trying to build up a good library of unbiased, useful information to entrepreneurs and the local technology community with our Startup section. To that end, we’ve just posted a good primer on patents from Steve Sereboff, Mark Goldstein, and Michael Harris at SoCal IP Law Group to our contributed article section.

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The Patent Office’s new reviewer: you

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Here’s an interesting item I just ran across: the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has just launched a new program that allows anyone evaluate software patents. The new site, at www.peertopatent.org allow anyone to join and review and discuss patent applications, including suggesting prior art, annotation of applications, and interacting with the USPTO. More details on the idea behind the program (via the IEEE Spectrum).

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