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Ten unexpected inventions that add up to a portrait of Apple's CEO.

Peer-to-Patent allows members of the public to pool their knowledge and locate potential prior art to share with the examiner and inventor. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is running a two-year pilot program to see if peer review can support, in a cost effective manner, timely, accurate decisions about what inventions merit a U.S. patent.

There has always been significant migration among video game industry employees, but this is especially true in today's economic climate. Unfortunately, this trend heightens the risk that a company's trade secrets will be misappropriated. This risk is exemplified by a recently-filed lawsuit involving a wellknown video game company. Ober|Kaler's Kyle Conklin explains.

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R. David Donoghue at the Chicago IP Litigation Blog says "thank you" to the men and women who have given their lives in service to our country, and to those protecting us around the world today.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking nominations for the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement. The USPTO administers the NMTI program on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce. The deadline for nominations is May 29, 2009.

Big companies like General Electric and I.B.M. that employ scientists in many disciplines typically have the skills and scale to tackle such projects. Their advantage is in “being able to integrate innovations across these complex systems,” said James E. Spohrer, a scientist at I.B.M.’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif.

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has introduced a scheme through which parties applying for UK patent protection for an invention relating to green or environmentally friendly technology can request fast tracking of their patent application.

Jim Greenwood told the 12,000 to 15,000 attendees of the BIO International Convention in Atlanta that, though the past year has been challenging from an economic and policy perspective, he remains optimistic about the future. Download and view the video podcast at the blue link above.

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"It's Getting Better All The Time...." reports Dan Harris on China Law Blog.

SIPO recently issued the Whitepaper on IPR Protection in China in 2008, systematically introduces the information of patent, trademark and copyright protection in 2008 with a large number of accurate figures and facts, providing important reference for the effective launch of China's IPR protection in the next stage.

IAM Magazine 's Joff Wild has a very interesting blog about it called 'China and UK to fast-track green patent applications, according to British IP Minister'.

The International Trademark Association’s 131st Annual Meeting in Seattle, May 16-20 is set to be the best yet. INTA, founded in 1878, is a worldwide not-for-profit membership association of more than 5,500 member companies and firms from more than 190 countries. INTA is dedicated to the support and advancement of trademarks and related intellectual property. Click on the blue link above for details.

The technology industry has historically been dominated by men, but the Seattle region is home to an impressive group of women making their mark as computer scientists, researchers, engineers, social media gurus, tech entrepreneurs and executives.

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The University of Arizona (UA) hopes to create more spinoff companies following a deal with The University Funds, a Bellevue, WA-based seed-stage venture development firm. The University Funds will license UA’s IP and build companies around UA innovations, according to Pat Murphy, the company’s co-founder and CEO. The University Funds is being structured as both a venture fund and an incubator that intends to build portfolio companies around the IP coming out of universities.

One of India’s most credible and popular legal blogs, SpicyIP, with "A Petition Pleading for Greater Transparency and More Access to Patent Information" is actively campaigning to ‘engage’ the Indian Patent Office to serve the best interests of the Indian public.

Taylor Wessing released its second annual Global Intellectual Property Index Tuesday, which assessed 24 countries across the planet as the best and worst jurisdictions to obtain, exploit, enforce and attack particular types of IP. For the report, the law firm surveyed 495 global industry leaders. Sixty percent of respondents said their organizations spend more time on IP matters now than three years ago.

In August 2008, BusinessWeek reported on 18 chief executives who use the microblogging application Twitter to clue customers in on new services, help them with questions about their products, and generally get a little bit personal with customers, business associates, and the public. Not even a year later, BW highlights nearly 50 CEOs who find tweeting a personal and professional delight. Twitter's growth has been astounding.

The China Intellectual Property Summer Institute at Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing which started in 2002, is a natural extension of the Intellectual Property Summer Institute which has been held at Franklin Pierce Law Center every summer since 1987. The Pierce-Tsinghua study abroad attracts law students (both JD and LLM), and practicing attorneys from the United States and a number of foreign jurisdictions. The curriculum is designed to introduce major themes and issues in intellectual property law and practice in China and their relationships to international trade, and to provide a deeper understanding of the dynamic changes taking place in China's information economy.

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Public Domain Ideas (PDI) is a place where ideas and inventions can be submitted to the public domain. It's like open-source software, but for ideas instead of code

"With copyright, you're automatically given a copyright on creative works. Obviously, that's not the case with patents," writes Mike Masnick at techdirt. "However, people have wondered how they can put their invention in the public domain, such that (a) others can benefit from it and (b) it prevents others from patenting it at a later date." Discussion continues in the comments to Mikes post.

California jury awarded $17.5 million to a former employee in his lawsuit against his former employer for breaking into a laptop owned by the employee.

Two sets of benchmarks have been released indicating the patent strength and research prowess at top U.S. universities. Despite the struggling economy, innovation is not suffering if you measure it by patent output.