Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 12:06PM I’m tracking public announcements about the transition to the Obama administration and the emerging role for digital media and technology in the public sector.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 12:55PM Last night I attended the monthly meeting of DC CopyNight at a bar within walking distance of the Gallery Place Chinatown Metro stop in Washington DC. Here’s the official description of the group:
Friday, October 20, 2006 at 02:57PM The Peer to Patent Project has published a series of technical documents that describe requirements for the test system that is under development to expand "public participation" in the patent prior art research. Chief among these documents is the Use Case Model. This describes a series of actions that need to be supported by the new system.
Monday, October 2, 2006 at 12:29PM Reading IBM’s Building a New IP Marketplace report, based on a wiki developed by several dozen international patent and technology experts during the Spring of 2006, helps explain why IBM recently announced it will be going public with its patent filings.
Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 10:59AM Perhaps one of the main drivers in IBM's decision to go public with the patent filling process is the acknowledgement that competitive advantage is generated not only by technological innovation but also by all the other ancillary systems and processes that must be orchestrated in bringing a new product or service to market.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 09:16AM
Updated on Friday, July 14, 2006 at 02:31PM by
Dennis D. McDonald
Wendy Piersall is one of many bloggers commenting about Friendster's being granted a patent by the US Patent & Trademark Office for an implementation of social networking. The Friendster patent claim was originally filed in 2003. The patent was issued in late June of this year. There are many interesting views floating around in the blogosphere about this, for example: * This is what happens when the patent examination process takes so long. * This will stifle innovation. * This will stimulate innovation. * Friendster's fortunes are in decline so it will have to take up suing people to make money. * Networking services like Linkedin will end up paying huge license fees and will have to shut down free subscriptions. * Some attorneys are going to make a lot of money over this.
Friday, June 16, 2006 at 09:27AM I recently wrote here about using social networking and information technology to improve access to expert knowledge within the enterprise. Luis Suarez has also commented about the "knowledge management" aspects of this idea. An interesting experiment incorporating some of these ideas is already underway here in the United States -- the Peer to Patent Project.
Friday, April 14, 2006 at 11:33AM Thanks to a scan of my Netvibes feed page I ran across a very interesting item called Are Software Patents Evil? by Paul Graham. This is not one of those brief stream-of-consciousness blog entries, this is a serious piece that reviews and comments on the serious issues surrounding patents, software patents in particular.
Friday, March 24, 2006 at 02:35PM A progress report on the Peer to Patent Project has been published in the form of a useful PowerPoint presentation available here. The presentation, by Professor Beth S. Noveck of the New York Law School, was scheduled for presentation on March 23, 2006 at the University of Michigan.
Monday, January 23, 2006 at 11:02AM
Updated on Monday, January 23, 2006 at 01:52PM by
Dennis D. McDonald
While there is nothing new about the concept of peer review this project is a very serious use of "web 2.0" technologies in service of a very important societal function, i.e., patent review.