RETHINK(IP)
February 15, 2007
New FedCirc.us Search Tool Released
The master plan for the FedCirc.us site includes several web features designed to deliver patent caselaw information in a more effective manner. The first - the GimmeTen! feature - has quickly become the most popular page on the site...and for good reason. Not familiar with it? Simply bookmark http://10.fedcirc.us and visit regularly. That page always provides concise summaries of the ten most recently posted case reviews. We're confident you'll quickly be hooked.
Today we announce the second feature in our bag of tricks - 
the travelling FedCirc.us search engine. By following the steps below, you'll be able to search the FedCirc.us site from anywhere on the web.
The best part is the simplicity -- 5 easy steps (4 for most people). Five minutes tops.
1. Make sure you're using either Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 2.0 as your browser. If you're not, download the latest IE here or Firefox here (both are free). For the record, FedCirc.us is optimized for Firefox.
2. Start your browser.
3. Visit FedCirc.us.
4. Pull down the drop-down search box in the upper right hand corner and select "Add FedCirc.us" (in Firefox) or select "FedCirc.us" with the gold star next to it (in IE, see image at right).
5. Surf the web. Whenever you want to search the site, simply enter a search string in the box in the right hand corner, pull down the list, select FedCirc.us, and hit return. 
You can do this from any page on the web...and you'll immediately be transported to a listing of search results from the site.
I've quickly gotten used to searching by party name or full case name as I'm reading on the web. This little trick has changed my surfing habits for the better...it's a wonderfully efficient way to find information quickly. We hope you find it useful as well.
As always, if you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know. You can e-mail Matt directly at jmb @ rtipllc.com.
Enjoy!
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January 31, 2007
The Resolution(tm) -- a new Fedcirc.us Product
FedCirc.us (Matt/Steve/and I) announced earlier today the availability of a free preview issue of The Resolution, the inaugural issue of our quarterly magazine, The FedCirc.us Reader. Download the .pdf here.
According to Matt:
The Resolution will give you a sneak-peak at the features of the magazine. It's jam-packed with all sorts of patent-caselaw goodness, including a 'Trend Spotting' article, a featured case review, prosecution- and litigation-focused digests, chronological and alphabetical listings of cases from last quarter (including summaries), and a fun "Quotables" section that includes some of our favorite quotes from cases issued during last quarter.
For this issue, we've even included a brief note about the story behind the FedCirc.us name and domain.
We think you'll agree that the magazine is an exciting and effective new tool for staying current on patent caselaw developments.
Of course, the free preview issue includes subscription details for the magazine. The site will be ready to accept subscription payments starting tomorrow.
Please download our first copy and let us know what you think.
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January 16, 2007
Recent jobs on LegalMojo
Recent IP jobs (or at least jobs the IP crowd might be interested in) listed on the LegalMojo legal jobs site:
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Director of Federal Government Affairs -- MICRON Washington, DC
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Group Counsel Converted Products - AVERY DENNISON Mentor, Ohio
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Patent Attorney - GPCI Suffern, New York
LegalMojo RSS feed: http://www.legalmojo.com/feedburner.php
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January 02, 2007
A Little Something New - Fedcirc.us
Happy New Year! – and – Happy Birthday PHOSITA!
Wow – it is amazing to think we just stepped into 2007. When we started PHOSITA three long years ago, we had no idea how this little project would turn out or even how long it would stay in existence. Thanks to all of our readers for the great tips, the snarky criticisms and the amazing friendships that have occurred. We are looking forward to our fourth year and we have a couple of new things up our sleeves to trot out down the road.
Speaking of friendships and new things, Matt, Steve and I are happy to announce the launch of FedCirc.us – the patent caselaw portal! Built largely upon Matt’s stellar leadership and insightful writing, we have been tiddying up the tents and getting the main ring ready for y’all to come and explore. A few folks have been testing the lines and unfurling the flags for us, but today…. well, today – WE GO LIVE!
Yes – it lives. FedCirc.us is alive. Visit it at http://www.fedcirc.us (and just because we have a wierd sense of humor, http://www.fedcircus.com will work, too).
Currently, FedCirc.us is a website that allows patent professionals and other patent stakeholders to access, digest and manage patent caselaw information. The site is built on a foundation of timely, accurate, and considered reviews of patent decisions from the Supreme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Check out some of these great features:
- GimmeTen!(tm) - Get concise summaries of the last ten case reviews written...all on one page. Bookmark it at http://10.fedcirc.us.
- Read the Latest Review - Hit this button in the left menu to immediately get the full monty on the last case review written.
- Case Data - Check out the Case Data box that appears in every case review. There's a bunch of goodness in that box, including citation information and a link to download a .pdf of the opinion.
- Case Flags - Red flags. Big red flags. Believe us, you'll known 'em when you see 'em.
- Tags - Navigate the site by keywords. Conduct legal research with your head in the tag cloud.
- Practice Alerts - We issue specific practice alerts when we detect something important. Sign up to receive these alerts, free!
- Feature article - We're working to put together a team of authors that will publish timely and insightful analyses of the latest developments. We'll provide more details on this soon.
- E-mail and RSS subscriptions - A lot of the FedCirc.us content is available without even visiting the website. Go ahead and subscribe.
We're extremely excited about this project, mostly because the website is just the beginning. FedCirc.us is merely the leading edge of the most ambitious and significant RTIP LLC (otherwise known as the Rethink(IP) guys…) project yet. We've got a slate of informational products and services - all built around the FedCirc.us foundation of case reviews - that we'll be announcing over the next several months.
So come on by and stay awhile – we just might buy you some Circus Peanuts!
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October 07, 2006
LegalMojo - Lawyer Job Board
Well… the Rethink(ip) folks have been promising the unveiling of a number of projects this fall … so, without further ado…
World, meet LegalMojo… LegalMojo, meet the World.
Now, y’all play nice!
One of the things that we have really enjoyed in our collaborative efforts is the ability to “matchmake” lawyers and other 
professionals with companies and firms that need their talents. In fact, we have been doing so much “matchmaking” that we decided to offer a professional site and environment where job seekers can meet up with employers.
The site has been up about a week now and we are already ahead of all our projected stats — the number and quality of job postings is amazing and the number of people visiting the site has sky-rocketed.
So – if you are a job seeker, especially an intellectual property professional – head on over to LegalMojo and find something that fits.
If you are a potential employer – get your ad up quick and enjoy premiere placement. Placing an ad is easy and painless and we guarantee you won’t find a better value.
So – get your ‘mojo’ working!
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June 18, 2006
Rethink(IP) Aloud - New Podcast Available at Rethink(IP)
There is a new podcast available over at Rethink(IP):
We are proud to announce that our newest podcast is available for your down loading and listening pleasure – Rethink
(IP) Aloud #6.
The audio is approximately 47 minutes long and the file is a 41.1MB file. If you want to grab the RSS feed and subscribe to the Rethink(IP) Aloud podcast – you can get it via FeedBurner at Rethink(IP) Aloud Podcast.
This podcast is the audio portion of Matt’s lecture on U.S. patent reform in 2006 and covers the efforts happening in the 109th Congress and at the Supreme Court and USPTO. We posted the video of the presentation over at Phosita last week and received many requests for an audio only version. Matt’s PowerPoint slides to go along with the Patent Reform lecture are also available.
The intro and ending music is “Patricia” by Billy May and his Orchestra off the Ultra-Lounge Vol. 11 album.
Happy father’s day!
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June 13, 2006
Rethink(IP) Announcement: New Weekly Newsletter Covering Trademark Litigation
The fine folks over at Rethink(IP) (ok – it is Steve, Matt and I) announce a new service based upon our highly successful “lawsuit filing” email subscription service.
The fact that a lawsuit has been filed can be an incredibly valuable piece of information, especially in the practice of trademark law. To wit, Rethink(IP) has released a new weekly e-mail newsletter. Called Trademark Lawsuit Mojo, the newsletter consists of a list of Federal trademark lawsuits that surfaced in the previous week.
Why is the existence of a lawsuit being filed such a valuable piece of information?
First, the defendant might not know that he/she/it has been sued!
Your company, or your client, might have no idea that a lawsuit has been filed. How can this be? Remember that in the United States, a plaintiff has 120 days from the date of filing to serve a Complaint upon the defendant(s). To reserve a preferred venue/forum, many times a plaintiff will preemptively file the suit and not serve the Complaint, spending up to the next 120 days putting their case together, acquiring additional evidence, and (sometimes) attempting to settle the dispute.
Knowing that your company or client has been sued (but hasn't been served) can be priceless information when counseling them. How's that for a valuable "heads up?"
Second, the filing of a lawsuit can also be a valuable piece of competitive intelligence.
Knowing that competitor X just sued competitor Y may change discussions you're having with competitor X, Y, and/or A! It could also help in decision-making on several issues, such as marketing and product development. Best of all, it may allow you to monitor the case for information that might be helpful in a variety of situations.
As one reader recently put it:
I subscribed last week and already impressed a client yesterday by being aware of a lawsuit filed by one of its competitors.
You can subscribe to Trademark Lawsuit Mojo using one of the below links. Current rates are $99.99 a year or $9.99 a month. The first three weeks are free (free trial). After the free trial expires you can decide whether you would like to continue your subscription.
We don't expect any of us will be quitting our day jobs anytime soon … commercialization of this project (and eventually Copyright and Patent newsletters) is done to fund the “Rethink(IP) Projects Account” and let us provide additional cool tools and services to the legal community. Apparently computer programmers don’t work for free.
Please contact Stephen M. Nipper at steve@rethinkip.com for additional information.
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RETHINK(IP)
May 29, 2006
Recently on Rethink(IP)'s RSS Mojo Blog
- Listings of recently filed IP Lawsuits
- Trademark Lawsuit Filing Update (through May 27, 2006)
- Patent Lawsuit Filing Update (through May 27, 2006)
- Copyright Lawsuit Filing Update (through May 27, 2006)
- Trademark Lawsuit Filing Update (through May 21, 2006)
- Patent Lawsuit Filing Update (through May 21, 2006)
- Copyright Lawsuit Filing Update (through May 21, 2006)
- USPTO Notices:
- Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office (signed 22May2006)
- Notice of Collection of Practitioners’ E-mail Addresses
- Commerce Deputy Under Secretary to Address Midwest Businesses On U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Counterfeiting and Piracy in China
- USPTO Exam Guide for Geographical Indications Used on Wines and Spirits
- Request for Comments on Patents Search Templates (16May2006)
- Commerce Deputy Secretary to Speak at USPTO's Community Day
- U.S. GOVERNMENT BRINGS ANTI-COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY PROGRAM TO OHIO
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RETHINK(IP)
March 13, 2006
a coup at blawg review
Opps… RTIP’rs did it again.
It was Steve, Matt and I’s pleasure to host Blawg Review over at Rethink(IP) this week – and, as usual, we couldn’t just leave things at the status quo. We rebelled against “the man” by actually following the rules – namely, we posted the top three law blog posts of the week – no link whoring (at least not for other people) allowed in this edition. We picked them, we posted them – now let’s hear why we are/are not wrong!
The “honorable mentions” are over at Blawgr – our community blogging portal for legal professionals. So, once you have been over to Rethink(IP), you should wander over to Blawgr and read the remaining links — lots of wholesome goodness awaits you over there as well.
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RETHINK(IP)
March 07, 2006
uspto pdf electronic filing system podcast
If you are interested in patent wonkiness – head on over to Rethink(IP) to listen to an interview/podcast Steve 
Nipper and Matt Buchanan had with Carl Oppedahl on the new electronic patent application filing system being rolled out by the USPTO on March 17, 2006.
According to Carl’s comments (he was a beta tester of the new system), this time the USPTO has gotten it right: easy to use, accountability and reliability.
It’s a long conversation (50 minutes) but well worth the listen!
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November 27, 2005
Blawg Review #34
Here it is, Blawg Review #34 - The Tryptophan Overdose Edition!
As I was preparing this week's edition of the Blawg Review (while finishing my 180th piece of pumpkin pie), I began reminiscing about all the wonderfully themed editions that have come out these past many months - there was Denise Howell's "spooky" edition and the Patent Baristas "dog gone hot" edition, as well as many fine other creative compilations.
"Self", I said to myself, "we need to come up with a humdinger of a creative angle or we will forever be chased, tarred and feathered by a stink-bomb of a Blawg Review."
So I thought a little bit. I ate some pie. I took a nap. I reorganized my sock drawer. I reorganized my wife's sock drawer. I walked around the yard making mental notes of all the work I will have to do in the Spring. I thought a little bit more and my head hurt. I counted the number of lady bugs on our window screens. I ate some more pie. I took another nap.
"Self," I then said to myself again, "I am just too doggone busy and tired to be able to come up with a creative angle for Blawg Review. What am I gonna do?" And then, to my amazement, the empty pumpkin pie plate spoke to me in a calm and pumpkiny kind of voice....
YOUR CREATIVE ANGLE IS THAT YOU HAVE NO CREATIVE ANGLE!
Brilliant - talking empty pumpkin pie plates always have the best answers to life's little problems - even if their suggestion is spookily similar to a line from the 1990s movie Singles that I was watching the other night. But, ya gotta take inspiration from wherever it comes these days.
So, in deference to the talking empty pumpkin pie plate, here is Blawg Review in a "no creative angle" type of format.
Obligatory Terrorism (or “Terrorism-like” since everything is terrorism, these days) Section
From the annals of expanding employer liability . . . this story (from Rod Satterwhite) of an employer who was sued by an employee who was allegedly abducted and almost killed by terrorists in the Philippines (where the employer had sent the employee for job purposes).
The Rule of Law and Secrecy: CIA Prisons and the Plame Affair - Jerry Monaco comments on one of The Washington Post’s articles on the CIA secret prisons. According to Jerry, the story proves that for the ruling class of the U.S. "the rule of law" and "due process" is applied selectively.
From the Law Practice Management Blog :: Attorney Brian F. Labovick thought his comments posted on the Trial Talk web site, started by the Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Association five years ago, were secure from prying eyes. He was wrong!
I really feel bad about putting the Adam Smith, Esq. blog in the ‘terrorism-like’ section, but since I am a small firm kinda guy, anything that has to do with the AmLaw 100 and especially about the fact that “two tier” partnership firms have lower profits per partner is automatically a “terrorism-like” subject. Sorry, Bruce!
My wife and I are expecting our first child in February, so The Mommy Blawg’s post about C-section rates hitting an all time U.S. high of 29.1% is scary enough to be included in the “terrorism-like” section as well. Of course, who you gonna blame when something is as`screwy as this percentage - the lawyers, of course!
Some may argue that setting legal fees may be “terrorism-like”, so I will include Blog for Business’ post on setting professional service fees. Mind you – I am not necessarily included in “some”.
Sorry for the diversion, there…. Back to real terrorism subjects -- All Deliberate Speed debates whether the government's failure to prosecute Jose Padilla in a timely manner requires that the indictment be dismissed. Grits for Breakfast wonders whether requiring two eyewitnesses might keep the government from convicting and even executing the wrong people?
Listening
The Rethink(IP) guys (well, really just mostly Steve) whine and moan about how terrible the US patent and trademark office website really is - this time, however, the government listened to a complaint and made a change.
Business Pundit points to a great Peter Drucker tribute in Fortune Magazine. I too love the quote dealing with “gurus” and think it is highly applicable to those in the law and legal practice consulting as well.
“That means he was guaranteed fun to talk to on any subject. As it happened, we had something in common, since Drucker had been a journalist as a young man in Germany. He thus had license to be scathing on the topic, as he was also when it came to management consultants who are low on substance but high on marketing pizzazz, of which there are always a few. He had a brilliant line that skewered both groups: “The reason reporters call these people gurus is that they’re not sure how to spell ‘charlatan.”
CCUCEO celebrates failure in a post titled, strangely enough, - Celebrate Failure. Zane agrees with the authors and goes on to say that “it's not that failure happens it's what happens afterwards that counts towards being a success. What do you do? Well...if you're a success you've always got back up and moved forward until your next failure. Again and again until you have it right.”
Common Craft posted on Learning to Listen (Again) – while it is geared for bloggers (not “blawgers”), the advice applies to all and especially those of us in the business of law – listening and writing.
A couple of posts made me long for the Socratic Method… so, y’all lose.
A question: is your firm/practice more like Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?
Follow up: does it matter?
Moreover, do your actions match your words? Do they match your firm’s advertising?
Follow up: does it matter?
Finally, to round out the “listening category” I really really really want to stay in one of these hotels. What if a law firm/practice were to implement some of these techniques – what could your receptionist tell you about your clients? An even better question – what if your receptionist can’t tell you anything about your clients? (… but then again, the [non]billable hour will always know what your clients want…) In a similar vein, Decent Marketing highlights Typepad’s service troubles and asks yet another interesting question: “should you let your customers [(er… clients)] choose their remedy for bad service?”
Really, you are kidding me – only the lawyers “win” in litigation?
Point of Law focuses the spotlight on the recent opinion in Budget Rent A Car System Inc. v. Consolidated Equity wherein the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals wrote:
"The opinion exhibits a fundamental problem with much of the judiciary: a complete lack of understanding of how much litigation actually costs clients. (This problem is exhibited most frequently in discovery disputes, where judges weighing costs and benefits of permitting broad discovery to go forward regularly and consistently underestimate the side of the equation reflecting burdens.)"
I bet the Anonymous Lawyer couldn’t care less about them “wussy” 7th Circuit judges – and at the very least, Jeremy has the first draft of his book out to the editors! The dough should be rolling in soon enough.
While some blogs entertain, some blogs actually try to educate.
Minor Wisdom tries to get lawyers to listen in a post entitled "Contractors teach lesson in marketing". Raymond Ward, a New Orleans lawyer who recently returned home, needed his roof repaired. His business dealings with contractors offer a valuable business lesson for lawyers.
Online Guide to Mediation made me rethink (sorry, shameless link) some of my inaccurate assumptions about conflict resolution -- Test of Character: Using instruments to probe conflict styles and moral intuition
Observers of human behavior are intrigued by the ways in which people respond to interpersonal challenges or moral dilemmas-those times when we are in conflict with others or with ourselves. The choices we make reveal much about who we are. Researchers have developed instruments to help us survey our inner landscapes and to make sense of the contours and borders of the moral and social self. Let us consider two such instrumentsone that illuminates conflict styles and another that measures moral intuition.
My Shingle has a great post about the fact that big companies are starting to “pin point” smaller firms for more and more legal work. It is another great example of insourcing being applied to the practice of law.
If you give it, they will come in droves… Legal SEO Blog pointed the way to free Web Statistics with Google’s new analytics service. Unfortunately, too many people followed the advice and the service is currently closed for new users – Google be a fickle lover – she giveth and she taketh.
Finally, Professor Bainbridge asks an interesting question - Why not shareholder activism?
Maybe Darwin really was right?
F/K/A - David Giacalone never ceases to amaze me with the stories he finds, and this is a gem.
"During a traffic stop on various violations, [the motorist] told an officer that there was a gun on the back seat of his vehicle, but it didn't work and he was repairing it for a friend. Tests showed that the gun was inoperable, and thus could not be the basis for a charge of criminal possession of a weapon. However, the innovative Assistant Schenectady County District Attorney, Martin Burke, decided to seek an indictment based on [the motorist's] intent to repair the weapon and thus make it operable."
Can you lose a customer (er… client) by using only two words? Holly Buchanan at the Marketing to Women Online blog offers some lessons that attorneys can also use to overcome the little things that undercut marketing and client development efforts.
I knew pumpkin pie was the answer to everything, rather than chocolate – and now it is confirmed by May It Please The Court:
"Earlier this month, the USEPA declared a new enemy in its fight against air pollution: chocolate. That's right: the sweet smell of chocolate can apparently lodge particles in your lungs, supposedly to your detriment. Blommer Chocolate Co. has been targeted by the USEPA in response to a singular complaint, and has instituted installation of abatement equipment to eliminate the chocolate (dare I say?) odor."
At CrimLaw, Ken Lammers sarcastically mentions the EU's recent experiment with the federalization of criminal law. I wonder how long it will take for the EU to institute “trois grèves”.
How crazy are your customers (er… clients) – and how does it apply to you? Check out Seth’s Blog and the post The inanity of the American consumer:
“It seems as though we've marketed ourselves into a corner, where the only way to grow is to find increasingly narrow niches of decreasing utility. The consumer portion of our economy is now dependent on a four-week long debt-fueled race to buy the useless.”
B.L. Ochman points to Media Law Resource Center's online list of libel and related lawsuits against bloggers. In the “this is absurd” category, the case of Ohio v. Baumgartner is highlighted wherein two bloggers were held on charges of intimidation, retaliation and possession of criminal tools (i.e. a computer).
Over at the Signal vs Noise Blog there is a great story entitled Citibank Horrors: How hard is everyday banking? What do you make your customers (er… clients) do to work with you? Does your practice have the same horrors as Citibank? You may be surprised at the lessons you can learn at Citibank’s expense.
‘Wait until the Markman hearing hits em, then see what happens.’ PI attorneys are filing patent infringement cases in light of Texas’s limits on pain and suffering awards. What’s next – patent attorneys filing slip and fall cases? (hat tip Chris Rush Cohen)
Beyond Management Blog -- How Entrepreneurs Should Choose Investors – Play a little game with this entry, substitute the word “lawyer” for entrepreneur and “client” for the investors. Pretty spooky.
“The investor-entrepreneur relationship is vital to the success of a budding company that has acquired private equity capital. The relationship - as any other relationship - must be based on trust, honesty and integrity.”
White Bread Leftovers
IdeaFlow told us this week what customers (er… clients) want for Thanksgiving. Reid My Blog! helpfully provides the 2005 Holiday Gift Guide for Lawyers.
“Reid has been spanning the globe to find the best gifts for lawyers. Practical gifts, fun gifts, outrageous gifts, and more. Whether you are buying for your partners and associates, or are looking for ideas for your favorite lawyer, here are 10 recommendations that will please even the most discerning barrister.”
Meanwhile, the Servant Leadership Blog reminds us that Thanksgiving is not only about pumpkin pie, it’s also about reflection and introspection. Similarly, George M. Wallace of "a fool in the forest" is Still Thankful After All These Years.
Amazingly enough, Ernie is thankful for Hurricane Katrina.
Grand Rounds, affectionately known as "the Carnival of the Caregivers" and leading weekly medical blogosphere roundup, has some news. Medscape.com will be featuring each week's Grand Rounds host in a column to run on their site, called "Pre Rounds" (in the hospital, pre-rounding is what med students and interns do before formally rounding on patients...) The column will feature the best posts from each host, the story of their blog, some anecdotes, and a link to that week's edition of Grand Rounds. The "Pre Rounds" column (registration required -- there's the rub) is up and there's more on the Medscape collaboration here.
It is the beginning of seminar season planning and Jason Womack is on the case for us with an article entitled Seminar-ing for success.
“Attending a seminar differs from other kinds of learning, such as: group discussion, computer-based-trainings, or reading. Asking questions, listening carefully, imagining and visualizing yourself experimenting with the information back in the real world are great methods to enhance your learning experience. Here are several ways to maximize the time you spend in seminars.”
Dennis Crouch at Patently-O: Patent Law Blog, points to some of the patents and trademarks related to Thanksgiving Day that are recognized by the USPTO.
Diane Pfadenhauer, at Strategic HR Lawyer, wonders if anyone will be working on "Black Monday", the day after the Thanksgiving long weekend. Also, known as "Cyber Monday," it has become the biggest shopping day of the year - online.
If you aren’t shopping on Monday, here are a couple of online diversions for you to enjoy :: Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground has links to "Lawyer, Lawyer" a well-done animated film by Kahye Hwang of the Vancouver Film School; Andrew Raff, at IPTAblog, has an interesting post about Fair Use, Films and the First Amendment; Ross Dannenberg, at Patent Arcade, has news about intellectual property sales in Entropia (an online game); John Lambert across the pond – writes about Branding for the Bar; Brandy Karl at bk! tackles the idea of a Blue Thanksgiving; A Fool in the Forest is Still Thankful After All These Years; and Patent Baristas explore “What's A Reasonable Royalty Rate?”
Ok – I threw in that last one just to see if you were still paying attention.
InHouse Blog (among others including Jim Calloway) points to Cornell Law School’s open source legal wiki - Wex. You never know where wikis are going to pop up in 2006.
While I must confess a love of pumpkin pie, others in my family would rather sing the praises of Stove Top Stuffing – that is why we must say our respects to Ruth M. Siems, the first-named inventor on U.S. patent 3,870,803 and also one of the creators of Stove Top stuffing which was introduced in 1972. Thanks go to PatentHawk for bringing this to our culinary attention.
That’s All Folks! If anyone is interested, I am always “thankful” for home made pumpkin pies. Please send them to my work address – my wife would surely not approve.
Next week’s Blawg Review will be hosted by Colin Samuels over at the Infamy or Praise blog. According to Colin, Thanksgiving is the best of times and the worst of times… if you are a turkey, that is.
Blawg Review has information about next week's host, and instructions on how to get your blawg posts reviewed in upcoming issues. So head on over!
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November 14, 2005
fashionably late to the blawgthink ball
Well it seems that I am destined to be fashionably late to all things BlawgThink these days.
Day 1 – the newest member of DCR (more about that later) and I arrive late due to a very informative and interesting client breakfast.
Day 2 – all the RTIP guys arrive late because of a defective alarm clock : defective in the sense that it didn’t realize it was supposed to go off again even though one of us decided to turn it off when it went off at 5am.
Afterwards – everyone in the blog-o-sphere seems to have already posted their experiences and recollections. See e.g. Almost Cool, Blogads Weblog, BK!, Knowledge Jolt, and Dave! of Preaching to the Perverted, among many many others.
It was another one of those events where you just gotta sit down and think about it for a couple of weeks. I got a chance to decompress for all of 12 hours before I was off on a client trip – so I haven’t had much time to really get my ideas and impressions organized – they are spread across a number of folded and crumbled pieces of paper and I need to get them into some sort of order before posting about them here.
I promise I will – however, I have said it before and I will say it again – if it can’t be done in MindManager (using Gyronix’s Results Manager) it ain’t worth doing.
I will say this: there are some tremendous thinkers in the small corner of the blog-o-sphere where us lawyers hang out. If I could find a way to corral all of these folks into one innovative and forward thinking organization, the world would never be the same from a client service point of view. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to see more collaboration and innovation occurring sooner rather than later — the legal services industry is about to be shaken up.
And it goes without saying, Matt Homann and Dennis Kennedy are two of the most genuine and innovative folks out there – if you ever get the chance to spend some time with either of them, do not hesitate to take advantage of the opportunity.
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October 26, 2005
what is your 'invisibias' - proactive invention management
1. Big Assumption: We don't know who the most prolific inventors should be.
2. Big Assumption: We don't know when an inventor will come up with an idea.
3. Big Assumption: We don't know what field an inventor will invent in.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 10:16 AM.
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October 16, 2005
BlawgThink 2005 - Mandatory Cool Thing To Do
Join leading legal bloggers in Chicago on November 11 and 12 for BlawgThink 2005: a bold new approach to learning about legal blogging. This first of its kind two-day has been organized by friend Matt Homann, a lawyer, futurist and author of the the [non]billable hour blog. The event brings together the largest group of legal bloggers ever assembled for two days of education, innovation, fellowship and fun.The first day of BlawgThink will feature structured educational sessions led by top legal bloggers covering basic and advanced topics, including blogging how-to, blogging tools, marketing tips, content strategies, RSS and ethics. Each session will have ample time for questions, demonstrations, and hands-on practice.
The second day of BlawgThink, in true LexThink! fashion, belongs to the attendees. Though there will be some planned activities, much of the agenda will be determined by the audience. By combining collaborative brainstorming techniques with small group discussion groups, BlawgThink give you an unparalleled opportunity to meet, learn from, and interact with the best and most innovative legal bloggers in the country.
Matt encourages you bring your ideas, enthusiasm, and creative energy and the program organizers will come up with cool ideas to improve your blog, increase your blogging "ROI" and change the legal blogging landscape.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 10:49 AM.
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September 07, 2005
ip memes' newest members
IP Memes will include a couple of new contributors in the next issue due out on September 26 - namely, Matt Buchanan of the Promote the Progress blog and myself.
If you're not familiar with The TechnoLawyer Community...you should be. TechnoLawyer provides a number of great newsletters (including IP Memes), and a forum where "technolawyers" can ask one another questions about technology (i.e., "has anyone every used _______ and what did you think about it?"). It is an excellent resource for all tech attorneys, and has an archive which I have searched from time to time with questions (what scanner to purchase, whether I should upgrade to the latest version of __________, etc.). The best part? It is free. Try it, if you don't agree you can easily unsubscribe.
Over the past year Steve Nipper of The Invent Blog has been writing the IP Memes newsletter. IP Memes is described as “a weekly newsletter that explores emerging technology-related intellectual property issues — or “memes” as we call them. Think of it as your coal-mine canary for intellectual property issues.”
Steve has been doing a solid job this past year - Matt and I are both thrilled to be asked to join him to continue IP Memes' tradition of excellence and join some of the IP community's finest commentators and thinkers - including Dennis Kennedy, Denise Howell, Gail Standish, Kevin Grierson and Kurt Calia - all of whom, are IP Memes alumni.
Click the image above to be taken to the signup form for IP Memes and yes, it is just another example of the collaboration taking place over at Rethink(IP). You never know where we might "pop up" next.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 08:06 PM.
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September 06, 2005
Carnival of the Capitalists is up at rethink(ip)
Carnival of the Capitalists is up and hosted by Rethink(IP) this week - so stop on over and have a look. It is pretty darn good, if I may say so myself.
While you are at it - the Blawg Review is hanging out over at Blawg Wisdom It is well worth the look as well.
Enjoy all the carnival goodness out there!
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 08:13 AM.
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August 29, 2005
USPTO News and Notices Available via Email - Rethink(IP)
Responding to an overwhelming number of requests for an email subscription option, Rethink(IP) launched an email subscription feed over the weekend.
Powered by FeedBlitz (a great new RSS to email solution : tip of the hat to Matt Homann) – you can sign up over at the Rethink(IP) site or simply add your email address below:
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August 23, 2005
RSS at the USPTO: Even a Blind Squirrel...
Down here in the South we have a fondness for “sayings” – “Fast as a duck on a june bug” and so forth.
One of my favorites, however, is “Even a blind squirrel will find a nut once in awhile.”
Unfortunately, that saying just doesn’t hold true for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Rethink(IP) team (me, Matt, and Steve) just didn’t think it was right that the USPTO only provided official news and notices via a clunky and antiquated website.
We ranted…. we pleaded… finally, we just acted.
So – this morning we launched the first ever RSS feeds for all the USPTO official news and notices. As per the Rethink(IP) site:
Today we launch the following four RSS feeds that mimic the categories used by the Office:
Official Gazette and Federal Register Announcements (feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RethinkIP_USPTO_OG )
General news items (feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RethinkIP_USPTO_GEN )
Patent news items (feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RethinkIP_USPTO_PAT )
Trademark news items (feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RethinkIP_USPTO_TM )
A fifth feed includes ALL items for each of the four categories listed above (feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RethinkIP_USPTO_ALL )
Go ahead and subscribe. Who knows, you might find yourself actually reading PTO news and notices on a regular basis!We believe this Rethink(ip) project is a great example of a practical application of RSS technology and we hope it will expand the use of RSS throughout the IP community. We also hope it will grab the attention of decision-makers at the PTO and encourage them to take a serious look at RSS.
Go on over and have a look, subscribe to a feed… learn more… and more importantly, to the USPTO, please don’t continue to be a blind squirrel.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 09:22 AM.
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August 22, 2005
Bigger, Better, Newer - The 'Promote the Progress' Blog Returns
I am heartened to see that my Rethink(IP) comrade, Matt Buchanan, over at the Promote the Progress blog has returned.
Matt had been contemplating the direction of his blog these past couple of months and I am glad to see that he has settled on what I consider to be his core strengths: worldwide intellectual property legislation and policy.
According to Matt, his priorities will be first and foremost no "reblogging" thereafter followed by his commitment to the global reach and scope of intellectual property law.
Welcome back Matt!
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 01:50 PM.
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August 19, 2005
Microsoft Patents Apple - Don't Believe the Hype
I love mainstream media reporters and the bloggers who foam at the mouth whenever Microsoft and Apple are named in the same sentence as the word "patent."
This past week has proven once again, that everyone has an opinion on the value and relative merits of the patent system, but that no one really ever takes the time to understand what the issues are and the legal ramifications.
As they say, opinions are like... and everyone truly does have one.
Denise Howell, over at Between Lawyers, linked to the most recent "supposed" controvery between Apple and Microsoft regarding patents and asked that someone, anyone, make some sense of the whole mess. It was a challenge - so, since I am like everyone else - here is my take.
I thought my previous Rethink(IP) rants (Rethink(IP) podcast #1) on this subject or Matt Buchanan's post last year would have settled these issues already - but alas, it just ain't so.
The main stream press informed its readers that Miscrosoft was attempting to patent (depending on whom you read):
1. The iPod itself.
2. The iPod's clickwheel interface
3. Steve Jobs' first born child
4. The sun, moon, earth and everything in between.
Believe it or not - it isn't any of the above. Imagine that - the main stream press and the foaming blogger mouths (FBMs) got it wrong.
The facts: Microsoft filed U.S. Patent Serial No. 10/158,674 on May 30, 2002 (the '674 Application). The application is directed to a method of auto generating a playlist using multiple seed songs. The application and claims have been allowed by the US Patent Office (see the history here) and currently the patent is about to issue with 46 claims.
Now for you non-patent geeks out there -- the claims control.
The best way to think of claims are that they define the scope of your protection -- just like the metes and bounds of a deed to land or property. The claims in a patent precisely set forth the boundaries of protection similar to real property -- instead of saying you own a piece of land 150x300' as the crow flies, patent claims say that you own something that has four wheels, runs on gas etc. You can keep someone out of your property and you can keep someone from making a four wheeled vehicle that runs on gas. If they have three wheels, however, they are outside the "boundaries" and you cannot prevent them from making it.
So the claims control.
Really they do - they control everything, if the claim doesn't cover it - you don't infringe and, generally, if the prior art doesn't fall within the scope of the claims, the claims are not invalid. Any discussion of a patent should always start and end with the claims.
Given this - why are there the FBMs out there?
Well, first - they don't understand that the claims control or, if they do, they conveniently choose to ignore it in order to whip up interest for their blog posts. Second, it is really easy to read the background and disclosure of the patent application and latch onto something that the inventor may have mentioned as being included.
For example, I have one inventor who always puts into his applications "I love my kids Timmy, Johnny and Kimmy" (names changed to protect the innocent). I highly doubt that this inventor intends to "claim" his kids [interesting tactic] - he just puts it in there because he can. Likewise, inventors and patent attorneys will often put in wild, broad and clearly unpatentable statements in an attempt to provide support in case there is a possibility that broad claims are allowable. Once again, since the claims control - it doesn't matter what the background/specification states: if the claim doesn't cover it, it doesn't infringe.
So where are we - I have no comment on what the Microsoft patent covers or whether the iPod infringes or whether the Microsoft patent is invalid in light of the iPod. What I do know, however, is that folks need to do their research and understand the issues. If the claims don't cover it - it doesn't infringe. If the claims don't cover the prior art (i.e. what others have done before) - the prior art doesn't render the claims invalid.
If you like more information I suggest the following links:
- Vnunet.com's article entitled "The Real Deal on Microsoft's Playlist Patent"
- Mac News Networks' post entitled "A Different Take on the Microsoft, Apple Patent Issue"
- Macworld: "Inside Apple's iPod Patent Problems"
- Google News Search (in case you can't get enough)
Photo provided via Creative Commons license by Jan Tik.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 03:09 PM.
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June 20, 2005
another winner in the legal profession
Add another entry into the “too dumb to be practicing” archives. Found via the Advice Goddess blog:
An e-mail exchange between a law firm executive and a secretary over a ketchup stain has set London's legal world buzzing.
The details were forwarded across the city after Richard Phillips, a senior associate at Baker & McKenzie, sent a message to secretary Jenny Amner.
The exchange appears to refer to her spilling ketchup on Phillips' trousers and who should pay the cleaning bill, UK's Press Association reported.
The first e-mail, which Phillips sent on May 25, said: "Hi Jenny. I went to a dry cleaners at lunch and they said it would cost £4 to remove the ketchup stains. If you cd let me have the cash today, that wd be much appreciated."
On June 3, Amner replied: "With reference to the e-mail below, I must apologize for not getting back to you straight away but due to my mother's sudden illness, death and funeral I have had more pressing issues than your £4.
"I apologize again for accidentally getting a few splashes of ketchup on your trousers. Obviously your financial need as a senior associate is greater than mine as a mere secretary."
She wrote that she had told various partners, lawyers and trainees about his e-mail and they had offered to "do a collection" to raise the cash.
"I however declined their kind offer but should you feel the urgent need for the £4, it will be on my desk this afternoon."
Amy Alkon (aka ‘The Advice Goddess’) called it “classy” – I would just call it what it is – “sleazy”. When CNN runs a story like this – it makes you realize that what your Mom told you growing up really does hold water:
Don’t do or say anything you wouldn’t want to see on the front page of the newspaper.
Jenny Amner (the secretary), let me know if you can’t raise the 4 pounds. I would be happy to send it to you.
UPDATE: Looks like I will be spared sending Ms. Amner 4 pounds – thanks to the “anonymous Editor” over at Blawg Review for pointing to this follow-up article from The Telegraph.
Clean means Heinz, lawyer told
By Elizabeth Day
The manufacturers of Heinz tomato ketchup have offered to pay the £4 dry cleaning bill of a City lawyer who claimed that a secretary spilt the condiment over his trousers.
Richard Phillips, 36, who is reputed to earn £85,000 a year as a senior associate with the world's fifth largest law firm, Baker & McKenzie, was embarrassed last week by the leaking of an e-mail correspondence in which he asked his secretary, Jenny Amner, to reimburse him for spilling ketchup on his trousers.
Mrs Amner, who earns about £25,000 a year, was on compassionate leave attending her mother's funeral at the time.
Michael Mullen, the director of European Corporate Affairs for Heinz Europe, said that the company - which sells 120 million bottles of tomato ketchup a year in Britain - would be more than willing to ensure that Mr Phillips's trousers were free of unsightly stains.
"Vinegar diluted with water is a quick and easy home remedy for removing ketchup," Mr Mullen told The Sunday Telegraph informatively, "but we are happy to pay Mr Phillips' dry cleaning bill instead.
"After all, why should Ms Amner pay the price for enjoying the world's favourite ketchup?"
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 11:36 AM.
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May 28, 2005
The Age of Innovation
According to an article in the Sunday Times, 29 is the optimal age for innovations to emerge:
Researchers investigating the achievements of thousands of innovators have established that 29 is the age at which you are most likely to have your first big, original idea.
The age represents the optimum combination of education and energy levels required for great ideas to emerge, according to the study.
The findings show that for an individual to dream up a new idea, they first have to assimilate far more information than previous generations in order to add to what is already known.
I guess I am a little old for the whole rethinking thing.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 08:51 PM.
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May 12, 2005
Mythical Mac Tablet - Debunking the Hype
I gotta do a little debunking here on the latest craze sweeping our nation (or at least the geeky blog-o-sphere): a Mac Tablet computer.
What has caused the stir? Well none other than the …
A HORRIBLE EVIL DESIGN PATENT THAT APPLE SHOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN IN THE FIRST PLACE IF IT WASN’T FOR ALL THOSE IGNORAMUSES IN THE PATENT OFFICE WHO DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND, OH, BY THE WAY – WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO ISSUE MY PATENT?
… people. (Whew, thought I was going to pass out for a minute or two there).
Well, as usual, it isn’t what the headlines are making it out to be (see e.g. “Imaginary Tablet Could be Apple’s Next Big Hit”) – it’s just a design patent on a proposed design that Apple filed a design patent
on a couple years ago.
Here is what I wrote on this issue over at the Tablet PC Buzz forums:
OK folks - time to get a grip on the patent issues. Apple received a design patent that has very narrow focus and scope. It truly is only to the design shown in the drawings and doesn't have much scope beyond the literal line by line drawings shown.
Patents, in general, end with claims. It is this claim that controls the scope of the patent protection. I could say in the background (written part of the patent) that I was planning on patenting "the world" but the claim only covered "a grain of sand that was found by a guy named Moe on the third Tuesday of February, 2002 while he was wearing a green hat backwards" - the claim would be very narrow and that is what I would be limited to keep others from doing. In other words, it doesn't matter what I say in the written part, the claims control. For those of you who own property - the claims are just like the metes and bounds on your land title - if it doesn't fall within those metes and bounds, you don't own it.
With respect to design patents - they claim the "ornamental design shown in Figs X" - if it isn't the design shown in Fig. X, it doesn't infringe. In certain cases you could simply change one little line or design element and it wouldn't infringe. Since design patents provide so little additional coverage (i.e. they only cover what is literally shown in the drawings), they are not as valuable and tend not to be sought that frequently. If you want to keep someone from exactly copying your design, you file a design patent. If you want to keep someone from copying your functional implementation of an idea, you file a regular US utility application.
So, don’t believe the hype… it is, afterall, only a design patent.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 03:09 PM.
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April 28, 2005
news "magazines" publish patent nonsense as well
Continuing in PHOSITA’s tradition of ranting on patent press release nonsense, Matt Buchanan of the Promote the Progress blog “rants” on the
failure of C|Net to appropriately fact check a story on the patent reform discussions taking place.
Opps. Fact check when it comes to technology and patents? What fun would that be?
Matt is doing a fantastic job collecting, collating and commenting on the draft legislation and hearings taking place. Well worth a visit through his archives.
I dare a senator or congressman to say during the next wave of hearings that we are going to start printing patents on lamb skins again.
If we are really lucky, we might get to see an article in a Sheep Farming magazine speak out on the driving need for such reform and the contrary opinion from PETA. Maybe the pulp industry could then get in on the action and make their opinion known as well.
Mark my words – it will happen.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 12:32 PM.
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April 11, 2005
rethink(ip) aloud podcast #3 available
The third installment in the Rethink(ip) Aloud series is available over at Rethink(ip).
In this installment, Steve Nipper interviews me about the PHOSITA blog, reading blogs outside my “comfort zone” and the frustrations of losing my “Google juice”.
Have fun and drop us your feedback — we are always looking to improve!
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 02:03 PM.
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April 09, 2005
rethink(ip) launched -- leading a revolution
Ready for a little revolution?
I am a bit late to the party due to some client visits and airline snafus, but if you haven’t heard – Matt Buchanan (Promote the Progress), Stephen Nipper (The Invent Blog) and myself launched the rethink(ip) blog this morning.
The RSS feed for the blog is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/rethinkip and the RSS feed for the podcast can be found at http://feeds.feedburner.com/rethinkipaloud
Let me tell you – the last four-six months have been crazy.
As Steve put it – a zillion emails have been traded, a thousand lines of IM messages have been typed, as well as three dozen late night conference calls and, finally, drinks around a table at the Chicago Sheraton during TechShow last week. As Matt said — we have some ambitious plans and we envision rethink(ip) as the starting point for a revolution in how intellectual property services are delivered and developed.
Its ambitious as all hell – but you gotta dream big…
What started as a crazy idea is finally coming together and I hope y’all will enjoy the ride as much as we have in getting to this point — I am extremely proud to be part of this group and have nothing but the utmost respect for both Steve and Matt. I already think of them both as two of my closest friends, advisors and confidants.
As Matt Homann mentioned, to see us at TechShow you would have thought we had known each other for our entire lives — but it was the first time we had met in person. When an idea gels – it is amazing to see how fast it can become something beyond what you had ever dreamed.
Rethink(ip) is not going to supplant our current blogs – it is intended to be another avenue for a broader discussion of issues relating to the practice of intellectual property law and the client-centric model. PHOSITA is and will always be a Dunlap Codding & Rogers blog and Melody Wirz has been adding some incredible posts lately. I am looking forward to Melody continuing the discussions she has begun (especially about the role and increasing numbers of women in intellectual property law) and I think you will see other voices emerging from DCR as well.
This medium is changing the way we interact and relate to one another – and it is time we harnessed it to promote a new way of doing things. A saner way of conducting our practice. A more ‘embedded’ way of looking at a client. Whatever you want to call it – it all boils down to the same thing: service and commitment.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 12:51 AM.
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March 29, 2005
Rethink(ip) Aloud Podcast #2 Available
The Rethink(ip) Aloud Podcast #2 is now available for your listening pleasure. (11MB — Listen via the Web or Subscribe to the Feedburner Feed in your software of choice, such as iPodder).
This second podcast by the Rethink(ip) crew (i.e. Buchanan, Nipper and Sorocco) is the first in a three part round-robin interview among the three of us.
This particular podcast is an “interview” of Matt Buchanan about his Promote the Progress blog by Steve Nipper. Of particular interest is Buchanan’s answer to the question of his fascination with electric hand dryers.
This podcast is a little more “relaxed” and free-ranging in style. Let us know your comments at rethinkip@gmail.com — they are greatly appreciated!
The Rethink(ip) Aloud Podcast #3 will be Nipper’s questions to me and Buchanan and I will have the pleasure of grilling Nipper in Rethink(ip) Aloud Podcast #4 — both of which will be available next week after TechShow.
Show Notes:
- The Invent Blog post on how we create our podcasts
- Conference Calls Unlimited
- J. Matthew Buchanan's Promote the Progress Blog
- Dennis Kennedy Blog
- PTP on "PTO fee bill and the 'Primary Keyword and Additional
Entries...' section lists other PTP posts relating to the bill." - Dennis Kennedy Blog on -- All Request Tuesday - What Are the Most Common Mistakes a New Legal Blogger Makes?
- Doug Sorocco's PHOSITA blog
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 03:14 PM.
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March 18, 2005
ipodder link for rethink(ip) aloud podcasts
Well, call us slow – but don’t call us stupid. We finally figured out how to do a valid XML feed with enclosures for the Rethink(IP) Aloud podcasts.
The url is http://feeds.feedburner.com/RethinkipAloud
Simply add this feed to your podcast software of choice (such as iPodder) and the Rethink(IP) Aloud podcasts will be effortlessly streamed for your listening pleasure.
Thanks for all the great feedback – we have been furiously taking notes and promise that Rethink(IP) Aloud Podcast #2 will be even better.
For those of you wondering about the Rethink(IP) moniker —– all good things come to those who wait.
Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 08:53 AM.
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March 17, 2005
it's here.... the rethink(ip) aloud podcast
Have we teased you enough? It wasn’t that bad — was it? OK, ok – enough is enough.
So - without further ado — we give you the RETHINK(IP) ALOUD podcast. (MP3 format)
I hope you have as much fun listening to this as we had making it. While we each ha