It’s been a wild ride of a year and it is with mixed emotions that we bring 2008 to a close. With 228 posts and 6 million hits, a lot has gone into Patent Baristas and I hope this only improves next year.
To wrap up the blogging year, I thought I’d just mention a few of the top viewed posts for 2008:
- Brief Highlights Patent Office’s “Suspicious Procedures” [1]
- Best Gifts for Patent Attorneys [2]
- What’s A Reasonable Royalty Rate? [3]
- MedImmune and Genentech Settle, Lawyers Look For New Topic of Discussion [4]
- Brazilian Government Published Bill on Bioprospecting/Biopiracy [5]
- OMB Runs Out the Clock on Appeal Rules. Will the USPTO Force an Overtime? [6]
- WARF Stem Cell Patents Knocked Down in Round One [7]
- Court Declares That Plavix Patent Has Teflon® Non-Stick Coating [8]
- European Patent Office Denies WARF’s Stem Cell Patent [9]
- How Do You Think the Recession will Affect the Legal Profession? [10]
- Biotech Claims Need to be Tied to a “Particular Machine or Apparatus” [11]
- What Will The New Administration Bring to Patents and Technology? [12]
- Brief Highlights Patent Office’s “Suspicious Procedures” [1]
- Seven Questions in Seven Minutes with USPTO Director John LeGuyader [13]
- Does Congress Need A Lesson On Biotechnology or Economics? [14]
- Has the Plaintiff Chooses the Forum Rule Been Eliminated For Patent Holders? [15]
We would also like to acknowledge some of the top referrers to Patent Baristas (not in order). It is with great thanks that I note those that bring many of the visitors to our site:
- IP Newsflash [16]
- Patently-O [17]
- Orange Book Blog [18]
- Patent Docs [19]
- Pharmalot [20]
- 271 Patent Blog [21]
- Securing Innovation [22]
- IP Think Tank [23]
- AIPLA [24]
- IP Outline [25]
- Patent Circle [26]
- Patent Hawk [27]
- Genome Technology Online [28]
- Likelihood of Confusion [29]
- Above the Law [30]
- Cafe Pharma [31]
Here’s wishing you and yours a great year in 2009!