Google Launches Patent Starter Program

Search engine giant Google has launched the new Patent Starter Program, as a part of its ongoing patent licensing initiative, inviting 50 tech startups to license patents from its vast portfolio in order to protect their businesses from lawsuits. More on the program after the break!

Update from PIUG 2011

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Well my first full day at PIUG 2011 in Cincinnati, OH is done.  Although I spent a good part of it eating Graeter’s ice cream, the news I learned is so interesting that I just have to share it.

I have fresh-off-the-press updates about Dialog, Innography, WIPO PATENTSCOPE®, PatBase, Derwent World Patents Index and more, so read on!

Innography: a source for international litigation data

[tweetmeme source=”Intellogist” only_single=false]A few months ago I was asked to recommend sources for searching patent litigation in various European jurisdictions. I was able to scrape some country-specific sources together, but for the most part patent litigation data is fragmented and scattered.  It would have been easier if I could have consulted a global search service combining litigation data from multiple national jurisdictions. So I was quite interested to read that Innography is releasing a new add-on data package to their product that will include international patent litigation data.

Items of interest: STN, Innography, and Fairview’s Alexandria

[tweetmeme source=”Intellogist” only_single=false]There are three interesting topics I am pursuing this week.  There’s so much to write about I can’t keep up! I wanted to do a quick round-up to keep you all informed of the big happenings with STN, Innography, and Alexandria (a new product from Fairview Research).

Spring Into Action! Intellogist Weekly Update

Spring is finally here in the Washington DC area and the cherry blossoms are in bloom. But that’s not the only reason the Intellogist team has to be happy this week! Thanks to your efforts, community participation continues to grow on Intellogist.