Improper final rejections, Blawg Review redux and open source caselaw
1. An Italian parliamentarian opposes The Patent Reform Act of 2007 because Indian pharmaceutical firms love it so much.
2. Nipper takes me back to the good ‘ole days of blogging by hosting Blawg Review #146. Besides presenting a great issue, he gently reminded me that we’re quickly approaching the 100th issue since our attempt to rethink blawg review (which, um, was slightly less than well-received).
3. Bret Trout - the blogger behind BlawgIT - has a great summary of the brewing perfect storm that’s making life tough for patentees. The nutshell - it all started with overreaching patent trolls, and it’s not too late to prevent the greatest damage from being done:
“Contact your Senator. Tell them not to support the new Patent Reform legislation. Tell them you want them to support inventors, support growth, support jobs and support the United States remaining a world leader in innovation. Tell them in no uncertain terms. Tell them before it is too late.”
4. Patentably Defined has a wonderful summary of situations in which final rejection by the USPTO is improper. Michael Kondoudis is certainly living up to his site’s tagline - “A practical patent prosecution blog” - the post includes tips for pre-empting improper final rejections.
5. Bob Ambrogi points us to public.resource.org, which recently made 1.8M pages of caselaw freely available (free, and free of copyright restrictions). The treasure trove includes Supreme Court opinions and the F.2d and F.3d series.
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