it's here.... the rethink(ip) aloud podcast

Have we teased you enough?  It wasn’t that bad — was it?  OK, ok – enough is enough.

So - without further ado — we give you the RETHINK(IP) ALOUD podcast. (MP3 format)

I hope you have as much fun listening to this as we had making it. While we each had been thinking about doing our own podcast – in the end we decided that the concept of three competitors, from three very different locations and with three different backgrounds would be more interesting to the listeners and would be more satisfying a process for ourselves. 

It was for us and we hope it comes through this first of many joint podcasts.

So what else is in store for us RETHINK(IP)’rs…. for that, you will just have to wait a bit longer…. we promise the wait will be worthwhile.

Nipper and Buchanan’s Annoucements.  

Send any comments and/or suggestions (and praise, lots of praise) you have regarding the podcast to rethinkip@gmail.com.

And now, the necessities ::: Here are the show notes……

Matt Buchanan’s Show Notes — Patent Law Reform

• For more background information, see my Patent Reform Primer on Promote the Progress

• Report of the National Academies of Science STEP Board - A Patent System for the 21st Century
• Four page summary .pdf document available at Promote the Progress
• Report of the Federal Trade Commission - To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy
• Responses of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) -

• to the NAS report - here
• to the FTC report - here

The Nipper’s (Steve Nipper) Show Notes — Knorr-Bremse

• Copy of the case (Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GMBH v. Dana Corporation, et al. (Fed. Cir. en banc September 13, 2004) http://fedcir.gov/opinions/01-1357.doc
• Invent Blog Knorr-Bremse summary (with interesting comments left by readers) http://nip.blogs.com/patent/2004/09/knorrbremse_sys.html
• Patently-O Blog post on Knorr-Bremse
  http://patentlaw.typepad.com/patent/2004/09/patent_case_lan.html
• Foley & Lardner article "Knorr-Bremse: The Federal Circuit Changes the Law on Opinion of Counsel" http://www.foley.com/publications/pub_detail.aspx?pubid=2396
• Requirements for a Competent In-House Opinion (includes an excellent discussion of willfulness...in follow up to Doug's question re: does Knorr-Bremse neuter willfulness)http://www.pli.edu/emktg/toolbox/Req_Comp11.htm
• Definition of rule against perpetuities http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/p033.htm

Douglas Sorocco’s rant notes!

• Patent Press Release Overreaching
• Patent Press Release Nonsense
• An accurate patent press release
• All the patent press releases you could ever want via Pubsub RSS

Wondering about the music?

• Today's music is 'Hastings Street' by Blind Blake and Charlie Spand (public domain .mp3 here).

• Info on Blind Blake, the 'King of Ragtime Guitar', here.
• Denise Howell’s musings (and even more musings via podcast) on the confusing ASCAP podcasting license.