Title: Cases and Materials on Patent Law
Description: Reading notes from the full text of Cases and Materials on Patent Law, 1st Ed. (Adelman, Rader, Thomas, and Wegner).
Version: 1.0 - written Friday, May 13, 2005.
Title: Copyright, Patent, Trademark, and Related Doctrines
Description: Reading notes from the full text of Copyright, Patent, Trademark, and Related Doctrines, 4th Ed. (Goldstein).
Version: 1.0 - written Sunday, March 06, 2005.
Title: Electronic and Software Patents - Law and Practice
Description: Reading notes from the full text of Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice, 1st Ed. (Lundberg, Durant).
Version: 1.0 - written Thursday, August 25, 2005.
Title: How to Write a Patent Application
Description: Reading notes from the full text of How to Write a Patent Application, 1st Ed. (Sheldon).
Version: 1.0 - written Sunday, August 07, 2005.
Title: Landis on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting
Description: Reading notes from the full text of Landis on How to Write a Patent Application, 5th Ed. (Faber).
Version: 1.0 - written Sunday, July 31, 2005.
Title: Software Patents
Description: Reading notes from the full text of Software Patents, 2nd Ed. (Stobbs).
Version: 1.0 - written Thursday, December 29, 2005.
Title: History of Patents and the Basis of Claim Construction
Description: A review of the history of patents and the U.S. Patent Act, with emphasis on the claims requirement.
Note: The pagination of this document is a little skewed, because it was originally written in Corel WordPerfect and later converted to Microsoft Word.
Version: 1.0 - written Friday, May 26, 2000.
Title: Patent Practice Guide
Description: An outline-style set of study notes from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. Written in preparation for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office bar examination in October, 2000.
Note: Some of the substantive law has changed since this document was written - e.g., the American Inventor's Protection Act of 1999 - and some of this material is now incorrect. This document may be updated in the near future.
Version: 1.0 - written Sunday, October 29, 2000.
Title: Software Patents: Problems and Solutions
Description: A study of the history of software patent treatment by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and an argument for allowing patents for software.
Note: This document was written to satisfy a law school writing requirement in Intellectual Property Law.
Version: 1.0 - written Wednesday, April 25, 2001.
Title: Software Patent Data
Description: An auto-generated set of graphs (updated daily) demonstrating trends in software patents by keywords, large software developers, and USPTO patent class.
Contents: Web-deployed application (source code in C# not yet available)
Version: 1.2 - last updated Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Title: USPTO Classifier (online version)
Description: A set of software utilities for exploring the hierarchical patent classification system of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Contents: Executable (Windows), Web Application (ASP.NET), Source Code (C#), Database (.mdb), Class Library (.dll)
Version: 1.0 - last updated Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Title: USPTO Proxy
Description: A software component that serves as a proxy for querying the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office patent and patent application databases.
Contents: Executable (Windows), Class Library (.dll), Source Code (C#)
Version: 1.1 - last updated Sunday, November 04, 2007
Title: USPTO Toolbar
Description: An Internet Explorer browser plug-in for facilitating access to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office patent database.
Contents: Executable (Windows/Internet Explorer)
Version: 1.1 - last updated Thursday, June 09, 2005
Title: ABA Spring 2006 IP Conference (local copy of program)
Location: Washington, DC
Dates: April 5 to 8, 2006
Host: American Bar Association
Description: The Spring conference of the Intellectual Property Law section of the American Bar Association.
Title: AIPLA 2005 Annual Meeting (local copy of program)
Location: Washington, DC
Dates: October 27 to 29, 2005
Host: American Intellectual Property Law Association
Description: The annual meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, featuring a discussion of developments in all aspects of intellectual property law in the preceding year.
Title: AIPLA 2006 Annual Meeting (local copy of program)
Location: Washington, DC
Dates: October 19 to 21, 2006
Host: American Intellectual Property Law Association
Description: The annual meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, featuring a discussion of developments in all aspects of intellectual property law in the preceding year.
Title: AIPLA 2007 Annual Meeting (local copy of program)
Location: Washington, DC
Dates: October 18 to 20, 2007
Host: American Intellectual Property Law Association
Description: The annual meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, featuring a discussion of developments in all aspects of intellectual property law in the preceding year.
Title: Contracting and Negotiating Clinical Trials (local copy of program)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dates: May 23 to 25, 2005
Host: SR Institute
Description: An in-depth conference on all aspects of clinical trial arrangements, featuring a presentation session on the ramifications of intellectual property development and typical disposition plans.
Title: Fundamentals of Grants Administration (local copy of program)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Date: May 16, 2005
Host: SRA International
Description: A seminar on the administration of clinical trials, including federal regulations on the ownership and disposition of intellectual property.
Title: NCURA 2005 Annual Meeting (local copy of program)
Location: Washington, DC
Dates: October 30 to November 2, 2005
Host: National Council of University Research Administrators
Description: The annual meeting of the National Council of University Research Administrators, including discussions of a wide range of academic/technology transfer intellectual property issues.
Title: NCURA Pre-Award Research Administration Conference (local copy of program)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Dates: August 20 to 22, 2006
Host: National Council of University Research Administrators
Description: Training seminar in pre-award research administration, hosted by the National Council of University Research Administrators, including discussions of a wide range of academic/technology transfer intellectual property issues.
Title: Practical Patent Prosecution Training for New Lawyers (local copy of program)
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Dates: August 10 to 12, 2005
Host: American Intellectual Property Law Association
Description: A full overview of patent preparation and prosecution, featuring a full day workshop on claim drafting in the electrical and software arts.
Title: Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy (local copy of program)
Location: Akron, Ohio
Date: March 13, 2006
Host: University of Akron School of Law
Description: A full-day symposium on developments in patent, copyright, and trademark law.
Title: American Bar Association - Intellectual Property Law Section
Description: The intellectual property law section of the American Bar Association. Publisher of the IPL Newsletter, an industry trade journal.
Title: American Intellectual Property Law Association
Description: The premier professional organization for intellectual property law practitioners. Publisher of the AIPLA Quarterly Journal, which features academic articles about the current state and trends of intellectual property law.
Title: Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office Society
Description: A professional journal associated with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The monthly publication features academic articles about the history, state, and trends of intellectual property law.
Title: Ohio State Bar Association - Intellectual Property Law Section
Description: The intellectual property law section of the Ohio State Bar Association.
Title: Patently-O: Patent Law Blog
Description: Another patent attorney weblog, managed by Dennis Crouch, Esq. of the firm McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP. Focuses on intellectual property news and anecdotes.
Title: rethink(ip)
Description: A joint weblog managed by several practicing patent attorneys. Focuses on problems in the current state of intellectual property law and potential remedies.
Title: The Invent Blog
Description: A patent attorney weblog, managed by Stephen M. Nipper, Esq. of the firm Dykas, Shaver & Nipper LLP. Focuses on intellectual property news and anecdotes.
Title: The Patent Prospector
Description: An intellectual property news outlet.