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		<title>Vermont goes after Scanning Patent Trolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The attorney general of Vermont, Bill Sorrell, has filed suit against the patent trolls who claim to own patents on the technology of scanning and attaching scanned documents to emails via a network.  The press release is here.  These patent trolls &#8230; <a href="http://www.blake-ip.com/vermont-goes-after-scanning-patent-trolls.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do you scan documents?  You may be sued by a patent troll!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently interviewed by NBC Connecticut about Patent Trolls.  The news report is here.  A written article about the story is here.]]></description>
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		<title>PATENT TROLL&#8211;Good, Bad, or Indifferent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yale Law school recently had a panel dicussing Non-practicing Entities (&#8220;Patent Trolls&#8221;).  Arguments for and against specific legislation to stop patent trolls were discussed.  Patently-o-blog has a nice write up.]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdfunding your Invention.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Inventors Association of Connecticut (IACT) is having a meeting on Thursday, May 23, 2013; 7:00 PM at Fairfield University in the Dolan School of Business DINING ROOM (104A). Admission is free. Additional meetting detals are at inventus.org.]]></description>
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		<title>Software Patents just became harder to get!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal circuit case of CLS Bank vs. Alice recently was published.  In general, the court found: &#8220;[T]he animating concern is that claims should not be coextensive with a natural law, natural phenomenon, or abstract idea; a patent-eligible claim must &#8230; <a href="http://www.blake-ip.com/software-patents-just-became-harder-to-get.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Filing a provisional, then a PCT, then the US application?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting post here at patentlyoblog.  The main point is about 3% of all recently issued patents were first filed as a provisional patent application, then one year later, a PCT international applicaiton was filed, then 18 months after that (a &#8230; <a href="http://www.blake-ip.com/filing-a-provisional-then-a-pct-then-the-us-application.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Requirements for Micro-entity status, and 75% off of USPTO Patent Fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The patentlyo blog has a nice write on what is required for a person or entity to qualify for micro-entity status and the resultant 75% off of patent fees.  In general, the applicant needs to answer the following: Does the &#8230; <a href="http://www.blake-ip.com/requirements-for-micro-entity-status-and-75-off-of-uspto-patent-fees.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stamford Innovation Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended an Inventors Association of Connecticut meeting where the presenters were from the Stamford Innovation Center (SIC).  The SIC provides an environment where entrepreneurs and early-stage startups can gather, collaborate, and innovate. According to Peter Propp, the SIC has powerful network &#8230; <a href="http://www.blake-ip.com/stamford-innovation-center.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Call for meal preparation technology inventions!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Bob Oros of Tech-Knowledgy has recently informed me that he is working with a large company looking for devices that offer food safety as well as good taste for storage, ingredient preparation, cooking, serving and storing leftovers. In addition, &#8230; <a href="http://www.blake-ip.com/call-for-meal-preparation-technology-inventions.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do you have a Scanner?  You may be a patent infringer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article at ARS TECHNICA describes how small businesses are being targeted by non-practicing entities (aka Patent Trolls) for patent infringement if they own a scanner that has the capability of scanning a document, then emailing that scanned document to someone.  &#8230; <a href="http://www.blake-ip.com/do-you-have-a-scanner-you-may-be-a-patent-infringer.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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