7.14.2007

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?: "We are the founders of the Paralegal SuperConferences held throughout the U.S. We offer workshops on Intellectual Property including patents, trademarks and copyrights taught by practicing attorneys, paralegals and educators. We also hold conferences specifically for in-house paralegals. Come and join us!

Posted by: Chere Estrin | Jul 11, 2007 at 10:24 PM

MPEP. Also the best way to prep for the patent bar exam. Best read at a Caribbean beach, between snorkeling sessions.

Posted by: Alan Harrison | Jul 12, 2007 at 08:52 AM

Patent It Yourself by David R. Pressman is absolutely the best prime I have seen to learn patent prosecution. It will be more than sufficient for a paralegal and is terrific for first year associates to learn the basics.

Posted by: Manny Pokotilow | Jul 12, 2007 at 09:24 AM

Related question- does anyone have suggestions for a patent law book for financial analysts? I'm in a corporate finance group supporting our patent attorneys from a finance perspective.

Thanks!

Posted by: Anne | Jul 12, 2007 at 01:14 PM

Of course, I think my book Patent Application Practice, published by West and regularly updated, to be the best one volume book to introduce one to the topic, and to guide them through all the many problems that can arise. Jim Hawes"

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?: "or beginners, Patent It Yourself (www.nolo.com) is probably as good a place as any to start. From there you can build to other books such as Sheldon's or Schwartz's. I would also recommend the PLI Patent Bootcamp course and the PLI Advanced Prosecution course."

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?: "Patent Law and Practice 4th ed. by Herbert Schwartz covers the basics without too great of detail. It's very easy to read and a good quick reference material."

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?: "I send my paralegals to a paralegal seminar by PLI (i believe). It is Paralegal specific, which is nice.

There are a lot of books out there, but ultimately just read the MPEP.

Posted by: ip-esq | Jul 11, 2007 at 11:49 AM

Steve Shear does an excellent set of workshops that focus on the nitty-gritty aspects of patent law. His company is Silicon Valley Seminars. http://patentseminars.com/ The workbooks have excellent examples of all the forms, templates, letters, etc. that you will see during prosecution. They are excellent references for what a type of letter or form should look like.

Many of his seminars are directed toward paralegals and newbie attorneys/agents."

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?

Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Best Book for Learning Patent Law Practice?: "I am a legal assistant working with an IP attorney in a bio-tech company. I can't recommend a book but I would suggest taking advantage of all the free tutorials and recorded web seminars that are available on the USPTO's website especially if you do any on-line filing."

Confessions Of A Serial Entrepreneur: A Conversation With Alfred E. Mann -- Coye 25 (3): w104 -- Health Affairs

Confessions Of A Serial Entrepreneur: A Conversation With Alfred E. Mann -- Coye 25 (3): w104 -- Health Affairs: "INTERVIEW
Confessions Of A Serial Entrepreneur: A Conversation With Alfred E. Mann
Molly Joel Coye

In this wide-ranging interview, Alfred Mann describes the activities of several medical technology enterprises with which he is engaged. Several of them are companies that he formed; one is a nonprofit foundation, the Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering, founded to establish research-oriented institutes on a dozen university campuses and support their work in developing marketable innovations. Mann discusses the need to consider the cost implications of technology, in the context of U.S. health system reform, and describes several important innovations that have emerged from his companies over the years."

Amazon.com: The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law: Books: Ward Farnsworth

Amazon.com: The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law: Books: Ward Farnsworth: "Book Description
There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more interesting and useful than the rules, they tend to be neglected in favor of other aspects of the curriculum. In The Legal Analyst, Ward Farnsworth brings together in one place all of the most powerful of those tools for thinking about law.

From classic ideas in game theory such as the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” and the “Stag Hunt” to psychological principles such as hindsight bias and framing effects, from ideas in jurisprudence such as the slippery slope to more than two dozen other such principles, Farnsworth’s guide leads readers through the fascinating world of legal thought. Each chapter introduces a single tool and shows how it can be used to solve different types of problems. The explanations are written in clear, lively language and illustrated with a wide range of examples.

The Legal Analyst is an indispensable user’s manual for law students, experienced practitioners seeking a one-stop guide to legal principles, or anyone else with an interest in the law.
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Small business - Small Business and Intellectual Property - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - USPTO Stopfakes.gov

Small business - Small Business and Intellectual Property - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - USPTO Stopfakes.gov: "Success in a global economy depends more and more on intellectual property (IP) assets. In fact, IP-based businesses and entrepreneurs drive more economic growth in the United States than any other single sector.

Unfortunately, intellectual property has captured the attention of pirates and organized crime. Today, piracy, counterfeiting and the theft of intellectual property pose a serious threat to all U.S. businesses. Industry estimates of the cost of such theft range from $250 billion to 750,000 jobs per year. These threats to ongoing invention and innovation make it important to consider securing IP protection, whether you're a major multinational firm or a 1-person home business."

Small businesses. Big questions.
While every IP-based business is vulnerable to piracy and counterfeiting, small businesses can be at a particular disadvantage because they lack the resources and expertise available to larger corporations. Small businesses may also often lack the familiarity with the process of protecting intellectual property: research conducted in the spring of 2005 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) indicates that only 15 percent of small businesses that do business overseas know that that a U.S. patent or trademark provides protection only in the United States.

It has never been more essential for you to consider patenting your idea or registering your name as a trademark, especially if you are a small business owner or are starting a small business.

The USPTO has created this Web site to help small businesses consider the benefits of strong IP protection - both in the United States and overseas - and decide whether it is right for them.

This site includes important information on whether and when to file for intellectual property protection, what type of protection to file for, where to file, and how to go about it.

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Biothreat detector developed

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Biothreat detector developed: "The portable detector is intended for laboratory, first-responder and field-based operations, the company said. The prototypes will be distributed to military laboratories for government testing."

How Do I ... Get a Patent - Small Business

How Do I ... Get a Patent - Small Business: "'A patent application is a complex legal document, best prepared by one trained to prepare such documents' and searching for already-patented items is a 'learned skill' and 'you should seek out experts.'"