About PatentBlurb
A note on DokuWiki
I use DokuWiki with the ”monobook” template, which attempts to provide an interface consistent with Wikipedia). The first thing you may notice is that the syntax differs from MediaWiki syntax, but it should be easy enough to figure out the correct syntax using the graphical toolbar above the edit window. I like the interface, but I don't like the idea of duplicating MediaWiki's style. I will eventually develop a custom-built style sheet that that is based on monobook, but is graphically different enough to give a unique feel to this site.
There's a lot of stuff on the Internet related to patent law… There are blogs. There are court decisions and PTO announcements. There are magazine and newspaper articles. A lot of times, a blog will address the same event or aspect of patent law as another blog. If you read very many blogs, you will have noticed that, when the same event, e.g., court decision, is summarized or analyzed by multiple blogs, completely different aspects of the decision are discussed in each blog entry. Furthermore, some blogs will address some types of decisions and other blogs will address other types of decisions, so if you only read one blog, you may miss an important decision you may want to learn about. Even if you do read a blog entry that is of interest to you, it can disappear and be hard to find after a few days, when you forgot which blog you read the entry in.
This web site is created to fill 2 needs that I see with respect to the online world of patent practitioners:
- A centralized index of patent-related legal resources, and
- a centralized index of patent-related news.
My goal is not to provide comprehensive index to every blog entry of every Federal Circuit opinion. The main purpose is to collect links of interest to me and hopefully other patent practitioners, provide easy access to the links, and to provide short blurbs relating to the stories linked by the links.
I created this as a wiki to encourage interested individuals to contribute. Any individual can create and edit pages. As a preparation and prosecution patent attorney, my interests run toward court cases and PTO-related news that affect patent prosecution. Of course, if you are a litigator, you may be interested in a wider range of court cases, particularly ones related to procedural issues. Please feel free to add blurbs in any patent-related area, including patent litigation procedure. If you have a product or service you wish to advertise, please see the Rules on Advertising. Spam is not allowed.
This website a personal project of its creator. Any person can contribute to this website. Any opinions expressed here or in linked documents are those of the authors and not necessarily that of PatentBlurb's creator, his employer, or his clients. Please feel free to send comments or suggestions my way. Thanks
Future Features
I am working on a plug-in that will automatically generate a table of contents on the main page. I am actually modifying an existing plug-in. The idea is that blurbs can be added to the category pages, and the plug-in will automatically display recent blurbs from each of the pages. If anyone is interested in assisting me in this, I would be very grateful, as I am still in the learning stages, having never programmed in PHP before.
Statistics
PatentBlurb averages between 100 and 150 unique visits a day. Thanks for visiting, and I hope this site is as useful and informative to you as it has been for me.
