On the Radar: September 2008

I am fresh off my panel appearance at the Center for American and International Law's 46th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law in Plano, Texas.  The panel "All the News That's Fit to Blawg" was moderated by Bruce Sostek of Thompson & Knight (Dallas) and included:

Stephen R. Albainy-Jenei • Patent Baristas, Frost Brown Todd (Cincinnati)
Kyle B. Fleming • PATracer, Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar (Cleveland)
Joe Mullin • The Prior Art, IP Law & Business Magazine (San Francisco)
Michael Smith • EDTexweblog, Siebman, Reynolds, Burg, Phillips & Smith (Marshall)
Peter Zura • The 271 Patent Blog, Katten Muchin Rosenman (Chicago).

Although I could not stay for the entire conference, the first day was outstanding (not even including my panel!), with Michael Smith providing on-site coverage.  I had a great time, really enjoyed talking to the other bloggers, and hope to get invited back (hint to Bruce).

Anyway, with Josh über busy I thought I would sub-in and get the September edition of On the Radar published.  New writer, same old story:  overall filings were down again and the usual suspects remain atop the leader board. 

I am fresh off my panel appearance at the Center for American and International Law's 46th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law in Plano, Texas.  The panel "All the News That's Fit to Blawg" was moderated by Bruce Sostek of Thompson & Knight (Dallas) and included:

Stephen R. Albainy-Jenei • Patent Baristas, Frost Brown Todd (Cincinnati)
Kyle B. Fleming • PATracer, Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar (Cleveland)
Joe Mullin • The Prior Art, IP Law & Business Magazine (San Francisco)
Michael Smith • EDTexweblog, Siebman, Reynolds, Burg, Phillips & Smith (Marshall)
Peter Zura • The 271 Patent Blog, Katten Muchin Rosenman (Chicago).

Although I could not stay for the entire conference, the first day was outstanding (not even including my panel!), with Michael Smith providing on-site coverage.  I had a great time, really enjoyed talking to the other bloggers, and hope to get invited back (hint to Bruce).

Anyway, with Josh über busy I thought I would sub-in and get the September edition of On the Radar published.  New writer, same old story:  overall filings were down again and the usual suspects remain atop the leader board. 

September 2008

Total patent cases filed:  200 (241 in July, 218 in August)

Total districts receiving new patent filings:  46 (Top 8 districts have ~ 50% of cases)

You can download my spreadsheet with the cases here.