The Invent Blog
Tech tips, intellectual property law and law practice information.
Author: Stephen M. Nipper is patent lawyer. He is a partner at Dykas, Shaver & Nipper in Boise, Idaho.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Patent Law • Science & Technology Law
Recent Posts from The Invent Blog
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Firefox extension for cut/paste Westlaw/Lexis citations
I rarely use Westlaw/Lexis, but the CiteGenie FireFox extension could be really useful for those of you whom do. As their website points out: Cutting and pasting when doing legal research using your browser is…
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Google adds free legal case law research
Via this article: Free Legal Research by Google & What It Means : My Shingle, Google has released the ability to search case law for free, including state case law. UNREAL. To test it out,…
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Wikis and Law Firms
Some useful articles/posts on wikis and law firms: Law Practice Today :: Using Wiki Technology to Streamline Information Sharing and Document Management Tasks Slaw: Wikis and KM at Law Firms CNNMoney.com::Boosting teamwork with wikis Wikis…
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Tech Tips from the Idaho Practical Skills Seminar
Here’s a link to my law practice management article in the November/December issue of The Advocate (the official publication of the Idaho State Bar) on “Technology Tips from the Idaho Practical Skills Seminar.” Related posts:Idaho,…
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My favorite quote from the Bilski v Kappos SCOTUS oral arguments
Most of the other patent blogs have been covering the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Bilski v. Kappos case. [e.g., Patently-O] My favorite quote from the case comes from Justice Scalia (page 16 of…
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USPTO Director Kappos’ Blog
David Kappos, Director of the USPTO is now publicly blogging! See: http://www.uspto.gov/blog/. I look forward to reading his posts. The fact that USPTO.gov has RSS feeds (for the blog) now is VERY exciting. Now, if…
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Podcast recommendation: Grammar Girl
As science majors, patent attorneys/agents aren’t typically thought of as being masters of the English language, particularly with respect to using correct grammar. Solution: start taking short grammar lessons by listening to the Grammar Girl…
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Google Wave Tips and Tricks
A group of my local (Boise) geek friends have been using Google Wave to share Google Wave tips and tricks with one another was we each kick Wave’s tires. Here are some of the most…
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Patenting Schrödinger’s cat
Not quite Schrödinger’s cat, but close. I won’t spoil it for you…see the 12:01 Tuesday patent blog post Be All You Can’t Be: Army Patent Ambushed by Friendly Fire for the story. Related posts:Patenting Legal…
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To Staple, or Not to Staple?
My office is slowing going paperless, doing a number of things including scanning all paper files to PDF when we close them. One little insight that those of you whom are not yet paperless should…