tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post7586600865596282181..comments2023-11-05T10:53:07.638+00:00Comments on Patently Rubbish: Much Ado About Nothingpatentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-43703308094847139622009-11-27T08:51:13.631+00:002009-11-27T08:51:13.631+00:00Gah! And the website too, no doubt!Gah! And the website too, no doubt!patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-59698529171896350752009-11-26T20:55:19.119+00:002009-11-26T20:55:19.119+00:00I think you've just about got it, but you miss...I think you've just about got it, but you missed out the bit about the glossy brochures.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-19812315475674641942009-11-26T16:19:52.779+00:002009-11-26T16:19:52.779+00:00Deregulation, eh, Patently?
It usually results i...Deregulation, eh, Patently? <br /><br />It usually results in a two tier market, with a bespoke, ridiculously expensive, service at the top end and a cheaper, typically packaged, product at the bottom end. Marketing comes to the fore as the market becomes more competitive. Stay in touch with customers, invest in a good web design and negotiate a schedule of ads in the trade magazines now, but only pay for them when they appear once a year. <br /><br />It is the smaller firms in the middle market that suffer horrible lingering deaths. Great for the customer, but less so for the practitioner. I reckon you will contend with the change admirably, P. <br /><br />(I honestly do not know much about David Lammy so I won't reply to @JuliaM's comment.)measuredhttp://twitter.com/measurednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-79472278676883810532009-11-26T16:01:08.337+00:002009-11-26T16:01:08.337+00:00Anyone else find it extremely amusing that David L...Anyone else find it extremely amusing that David Lammy, of all people, occupies a post with the word 'Intellectual' in the title...?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-17252949704559326862009-11-26T14:46:43.094+00:002009-11-26T14:46:43.094+00:00M, we already have that. The IPO is deliberately ...M, we already have that. The IPO is deliberately growing its "direct client" base, and encouraging people to file stuff themselves. And yes, we do make a tidy sum in two ways. First, there is the work in patching and mending when asked to by the applicant. Then, when someone asks us to reply to the patentee's angry letter, we get to explain why their patent is a waste of paper.<br /><br />We had a good client for a while; they realised that filing a trade mark application was easy - one form, one fee. So they stopped asking us to do it, and only referred the applications to us when they received an odd letter that looked worrying. We ended up charging more than if we had filed them initially. Using a trade mark agent to prepare your application properly before you submit it really does help, you see!<br /><br />In the end, though, applicants get less protection than they are entitled to, but pay more. It may be good for us in the short term, but it is bad for the IP system in the long term.patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-14463009638419364032009-11-26T14:12:20.605+00:002009-11-26T14:12:20.605+00:00Doesn't it just drive you crazy?
What also g...Doesn't it just drive you crazy? <br /><br />What also gets to me is how tokenism* of heralding one success, which was the only one they chose to nurture, will be repeatedly cited to justify their existence and effectiveness! <br /><br />As in wills and landlord and tenant agreements, do you think WH Smith should start to sell DIY packs of "Do Your Own Copyright & Patents"? This may be extreme, but unravelling it all in the future could create work. ;-) <br /><br />* the practice of making only a token effort or doing no more than the minimum; I am unable to think of a more accurate description.measuredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11281134269555074558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-84770779822297614002009-11-26T13:55:34.385+00:002009-11-26T13:55:34.385+00:00Nothing wrong with Quangos.
I have four.Nothing wrong with Quangos.<br />I have four.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.com