Patent Baristas

Jeff Kuester, a technology attorney with Taylor | English in Atlanta, Georgia, has started AwakenIP, a web site devoted to intellectual property law.  As noted on the site:
This website is an attempt to help reignite broader recognition of the full value of intellectual property. Much criticism has been levied against the usefulness of intellectual property [...]

The ABA Journal has released third annual Blawg 100 – the best legal blogs as selected by the Journal’s editors.  This year’s list includes 40 blawgs that are new to the list.
In general, I’m uncomfortable in trying to put blogs into any kind of subjective ranking since many are narrowly tailored and have different priorities [...]

While I wait for the buzz of local activity and excitement that comes with Spring, what could be better fun that partaking in the blawgosphere carnival, the Blawg Review? It’s perfect for my predicament. A fun celebration, globally shared in a space where it feels like it is always Spring.  ~IP Think Tank

Blawg Review #222 is out [...]

Gene Quinn, at IPWatchdog, has been working on developing a list of the top 50 patent blogs based on a combination of objective and subjective criteria.
These are all great blogs and trying to put them in any kind of “ranking” makes little sense since many are narrowly tailored and have different emphasis and audiences.  I [...]

After Autogenomics sued Oxford Gene Technology in U.S. District Court for a declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement of claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,054,270, the court dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction. On appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed because the district court had neither general nor specific [...]

Gene Quinn over at IP Watchdog is doing a survey to see what sites people think are the top patent blogs.  We’re not sure if there can ever be a list of top blogs given the differences in focus but it is a way to discover some new patent blogs, so take a look.
The survey [...]

The Apple iPhone has really converted me to a podcast listener.  While I had an iPod and listened to a few podcasts before, I rarely had it with me.  Now, with the iPhone as my podcast player, I always have it with me.  This past week, I got an up-close encounter with a new podcast, [...]

Since posting a list of the top patent blogs you should be reading, I got some inquiries about the top business blogs, particularly venture money blogs. In using the same pseudo-scientific methods of the earlier list, I reviewed what are the most cited VC blogs.
This list is not meant to be definitive given the [...]