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Peer to Patent one year on

13 hours ago ago from The IPKat - supporting prudent IP use

A press release informs the IPKat that Peer-to-Patent has released a report on the results of its one-year pilot project. The idea of the project was to improve patent quality in the United States by connecting the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to an open network of scientific and technical experts to enhance the patent examination process. Right: Peers of the realm - but can they review the prior art? Says the press ...

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R&D spend, patent licensing revenue and the law department as profit center

1 hour, 13 minutes ago ago from Law Department Management

The Harvard Bus. Rev., Vol. 87, Dec. 2009 at 72, mentions Royal Philips Electronics and that it is “capitalizing on the more than 60,000 patents in its portfolio to earn hundreds of millions of euros annually from licensing.” I have...

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Law Technology News Announces 6th Annual Law Firm Chief …

1 day ago ago from Noya Khobor

NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) ALM's Law Technology News today announced plans for its 6th annual Law Firm Chief Information & Technology Officers' Forum, to take place February 2-3, Read the original here: Law Technology News Announces 6th Annual Law Firm Chief

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Get ‘Em Girl of the Week: Midwin Charles

23 hours ago ago from Get 'Em Girls

" width="344" height="243" /> Last night my fellow WEEN Committee member, Midwin Charles was featured on CNN's Showbiz Tonight ! weighing in on the Tiger Woods scandal. Midwin is a woman of many talents with a knack for making them shine. As a lawyer, Midwin provides incisive, critical analysis on issues of the day through a variety of media outlets. She provides commentary for the Nancy Grace Show on CNN Headline News and when ...

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A Brief History of the Patent Law of the United States

18 hours ago ago from Worldwide Story

Public perception of the patent system has swung widely over the years from highs, such as those in the late nineteenth century when Mark Twain could write “a country without a patent office and good patent laws was just a crab and couldn’t travel anyway but sideways or backwards”  to lows in the mid twentieth century when it could be written “the only patent that is valid is one which this (the Supreme) Court has not yet been able to get its ...

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Paterson: 'New York Has Run Out Of Cash'

14 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

ALBANY, N.Y. Gov. David Paterson said Wednesday that New York has run out of cash and he's directing budget officials to reduce state aid payments to schools, local governments and nonprofit service providers until things improve. Speaking at the Museum of American Finance in Manhattan, Paterson said he'll probably get sued, but he won't let the state run out of money on his watch. "I am directing the Division of the Budget to limit ...

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New LexisNexis Survey Reveals Legal Community Deeply Divided on Business Issues, Impact of Economic Downturn, Future of the Industry

21 hours ago ago from FanHouse

A new national survey reveals deep divisions between corporate counsel and private practice attorneys over the current state of the legal industry, the impact of the economic downturn and what the future holds for the law firm business model. The just-released State of the Legal Industry Survey was commissioned by LexisNexis, a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions. It is the first of its depth and breadth to be ...

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Legal Heavies Tackle the First-Year Associate Dilemma - Law Blog - WSJ

15 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

By Ashby Jones Last Thursday, we had the occasion to attend a dinner here in NYC sponsored by LexisNexis at which, for about an hour, a panel of legal heavyweights kicked around their thoughts on The Future of the Law Firm Business Model. Participating on the panel were Rich Baer , the GC of Qwest; Peter Kalis (pictured), the chair of K&L Gates; Michael Walsh , the president and CEO of U.S. Legal Markets at LexisNexis; Michael Helfer, the ...

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Eleven Pennsylvania Public Schools Receive More Than $150,000 in Verizon Foundation Grants for 21st Century Teaching and Learning Initiatives

21 hours ago ago from Good News Now

HERSHEY, Pa., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Teams of teachers in 11 school districts across the state will have access to an array of new educational resources to help them develop mathematics and literacy courses, thanks to $150,000 in grants from the Verizon Foundation. As part of the grants, the teams will receive training on Pennsylvania's new Standards Aligned System (SAS) Ed Portal and the use of Verizon Thinkfinity ( www.thinkfinity.org ), ...

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