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- USPTO offers telework to lawyers from anywhere in the US
- Slowly, slowly, the federal government is moving towards telework. The Washington Post reports that the US Patent and Trademark Office is launching an experimental project in telework. Under the pilot, 10 experienced trademark lawyers with good job-performance ratings will be permitted to move anywhere in the continental United...
- Tags: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, agency, PTO, Deborah Cohn
- Blog posts 2006-10-25
- Politicos ponder patent system changes
- Politicos ponder patent system changesPTO = DoormatThe PTO has been stepped on so many times by activist judges that it has stopped caring.They no longer take it personally when a patentis overturned. When, who has better lawyers, is more important than, who is right, this happens.My 2cents: Software should...
- Tags: U.S. Congress, patent, PTO
- Discussion threads 2006-05-24
- Yes, there will be a BlackBerry injunction
- Yes, there will be a BlackBerry injunctionNo there won't be an Injunction - eBay saved 'em.The NTP v. RIM spectacle that has dominated the press recently is a done deal. It's over....Kaput. And eBay is who put the dagger in the beastly thing - much to the chagrin of NTP...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., PTO, NTP
- Discussion threads 2006-02-23
- BlackBerry expert: shutdown only "10% likely"
- In my previous post entitled Will there be a BlackBerry shutdown? Eight experts tell me, I mentioned that I would be expanding on the comments made by two of the experts I interviewed about the likelihood or lack thereof that BlackBerry service will be suspended in the U.S. as...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., NTP&rsquo, s
- Blog posts 2006-02-23
- Invention intervention--fixing patents
- Invention intervention--fixing patentsAll spam and no hamFor all the rubbish talked about invention and protecting innovation the patents are *zero* use for technical information.If you want to know about any computer science thing, you don't bother looking in the patents database, its worthless for that. Nobody publishes books on "useful...
- Tags: patent office, PTO, patent
- Discussion threads 2005-08-04
- Government to review contested Microsoft patent
- Government to review contested Microsoft patentOke, now let's tackle the double click and todo listThey are even more rediculous and never should have been granted.This is Bad"The FAT file format has become a common means of storing files, not just on computers, but also on removable flash memory cards used...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, PTO, patent, Microsoft Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2004-06-11
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- Patents the new threat to stem cell research
- Patents as pharmacists' friend?"Traditionally patents apply to a way of doing something, or a specific chemical compound. Patents are the pharmacist?s friend. "Where did you draw this conclusion? It's more likely to be "Patents are the big pharmaceutical manufacturer's frend".I don't know of very many individual pharmacists that have...
- Tags: stem-cell, patent, adult stem-cell, pharmacist, cell
- Discussion threads 2009-12-03
- Groklaw suggests Microsoft sue, do over authentication
- Are you in any way trying to legitimize patent trolling?You are well aware that what Microsoft is doing is what we all used to call patent trolling aren't you?My guess...Nothing will happen... this is just MS trying to protect UAC and runas from paten lawsuits.Besides MS would be idiot... well...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, authentication, Groklaw, patent, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcuts
- At least get the right patent document!The issued patent is Number 7,596,609. You linked us to the pre-grant publication of the divisional which was filed late last year and won't be issued for probably a few more.RE: Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcutslol, good luck enforcing it..RE: Israeli...
- Tags: patent, URL shortcut
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Apple's tablet UI patent unearthed
- You really can't be serious...can you?From the looks of the graphic...the "touch screen" is going to be at least SIXTEEN INCHES wide.That makes it REAL convenient to carry around.That looks to beone awfully large tablet. I wonder if they will copy Microsoft's idea, and make a folding tablet?GraphicPatent application graphics...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Inc., tablet, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- OIN suggests patent reform on the fly
- "Bergelt thinks"That does say it all.It would appear that I was right: IBM is a cofounder of OIN, which would indicate that IBM does indeed wish to control Linux thru patents, using the OIN as a front, or "white hat" as it were.This is the game IBM is playing, I...
- Tags: OIN, patent, software patent, Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Microsoft patents XML word processing documents
- Our patent system is brokenI just think the PTO isn't sophisticated enough to understand what is really going on.Property List EditorHow would this patent relate to Apple's already existing Property List Editor application, a Developer Tool for editing "plist files" written in XML (along with any other XML files that...
- Tags: word-processing, OOo, XML, patent, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Could open source have built Silicon Valley?
- Could open source have built Silicon Valley?Silicone Valley?Isn't "Silicone Valley" down in Orange County, where all the plastic surgeons are? ;)By your own admission, it's Constitutional.I think Silicone valley would exist only they would be a lot poorer for it. The turnover rate for companies would be higher. We also...
- Tags: patent, Silicone Valley, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- The month ahead: How the iPhone 3GS is faring
- The month ahead: How the iPhone 3GS is faringI Heard The Zune Phone Is Doing AWESOME!!!Oh wait..there isn't one...BUWAHAHAHAH!!I don't get it? You got paid to write 40 words and link an outside video?Larry - I think you should write this time as PTO and not an earning wage!p.s. iPhone...
- Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3GS
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- Who owns the word "pod?"
- Who owns the word "pod?"And let us not forget "Profit Pod" back in 2005.Though I wonder if Mack Trucks can sue Apple over the use of the name "iMac"?I would laugh if they had to rebrand the line "iMachintosh" :)Bad behaviorOK, so I am a big supporter of Apple. ...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Apple Inc., PROFIT POD
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- TimeClick 10.0.2 (Windows)
- TimeClick is an effective employee time clock software solution for the small to mid-size business. TimeClick installs onto your already existing PC system creating a software to meet your employee time clock needs.Version 10.0.2 features accrue vacation time, sick time, and PTO based on hours worked or pay period worked.
- Tags: Time Clock, Microsoft Windows, Hawkeye Technology, TimeClick, Smb/Sme
- Software downloads 2009-02-17
- Patent wars: EchoStar cheers reexamination of Tivo patent; Tivo scoffs
- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will reexamine the claims of Tivo's "Time Warp" patent--again--at EchoStar’s request. EchoStar, which recently lost a lawsuit against Tivo over the patent, requested the reexamination. Tivo won an injunction against EchoStar and asked the U.S. District Court to hold the satellite...
- Tags: Patent, TiVo Inc., U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, EchoStar Communications Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- Techies choose Obama - by a landslide
- If techies could choose the next President, Obama would win in a landslide. Checking donors from 10 large tech companies, including Apple, Dell, Google and Microsoft, over 90% of the donations support the senator from Illinois. Why does high-tech love Obama? First the numbers The...
- Tags: Landslide, Broadband, Obama, McCain, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
- MyDirectoryMaker 2.31 (Windows)
- Managing the family directory shouldn't be a full time job, but we also know that it is an important community building tool at your school. Designed specifically for schools and the PTO or PTA, MyDirectoryMaker is a complete software system for managing your family directory. Our easy and affordable solution...
- Tags: School, Directory Solutions, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-09-04
- USPTO rains on Dell's app for 'cloud computing' trademark
- The Patent and Trademark Office has officially refused to grant Dell a trademark on the term "cloud computing," as News.com posts. USPTO originally gave a thumbs-up to the trademark but earlier this month it overturned that preliminary decision. The Patent Office declined...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Cloud Computing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
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