Chicago IP Attorney & Lawyer : R. David Donoghue : Chicago IP Litigation Blog

Australian Trademarks Law Blog*

Canadian Trademark Blog

Delaware IP Law Blog

E. D. Texas Blog

Florida IP Blog*

Georgia Patent Law Blog (N.D. Georgia)

Illinois Trial Pratice Weblog (okay, it is not IP specific, but it is regional and provides excellent content)

IP Dragon(China) 

IP Legal Lounge

Las Vegas Trademark Attorney

Los Angeles Intellectual Property Trademark Attorney Blog

Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog*

Patent Trademark Blog(some Orange County focus) 

Seattle Trademark Lawyer Blog

Tech Law Forum Blog (N.D. Cal.)

Washington State Patent Law Blog

[UPDATE]:  I was quickly reminded that I forgot the excellent Washington State Patent Law Blog, which has been added to this post, and in that process I discovered the Georgia Patent Law Blog, also added, thanks to Mark Walter's (Washington State Patent Law Blog) blog roll.

If you know of other regional IP blogs, post a comment or send me an email and I will add them to the list.  A hat tip to Mike Atkins for pointing out the new blog at his Seattle Trademark Lawyer blog.

*These are blogs developed and hosted by LexBlog just like this Blog.

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Delaware IP Law Blog

E. D. Texas Blog

Florida IP Blog*

Illinois Trial Pratice Weblog (okay, it is not IP specific, but it is regional and provides excellent content)

IP Dragon(China) 

IP Legal Lounge

Las Vegas Trademark Attorney

Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog

Patent Trademark Blog(some Orange County focus) 

Seattle Trademark Lawyer Blog

Tech Law Forum Blog (N.D. Cal.)

If you know of other regional IP blogs, post a comment or send me an email (david.donoghue@dlapiper.com) and I will add them to the list.

*The Florida IP Blog is another blog developed and hosted by LexBlog just like this Blog and, as usual, it is a great looking site with easy navigation.

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Usually I post a holiday-related patent on major holidays (which Halloween is in my house).  But in light of today's Eastern District of Virginia preliminary injunction hearing regarding whether to allow the PTO's new continuation rules to take effect tomorrow, November 1, as planned, I thought a post on the continuation rules was more appropriate.  The patent world, and more particularly the patent prosecution world, has been busy analyzing and preparing for the new continuation rules for several months.  For analysis of the new rules check out the Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog (click here and here) and the 271 Patent Blog (click here).

While most were just probing the rules for loopholes or preparing to comply with them, two also filed suits in the Eastern District of Virginia seeking to enjoin enactment of the new rules -- Triantafyllos Tafas v. Dudas, No. 07 C 846 (E.D. Va.) and SmithKline Beecham Corp./GSK v. Dudas, No 07 C 1008.  Click here for Patent Docs' excellent coverage of the SmithKline/GSK suit.

The two suits were consolidated and a preliminary injunction hearing has been set for today -- click here and here to download the briefs at Patently-O.  Numerous entities have taken sides, filing amicus briefs -- click here for a list of the briefs and links to some of them at the PLI Patent Practice Center Blog.  And for those of you who cannot wait to read the result here shortly after it comes out and who are not busy with legal work or preparing for tonight's trick or treating, click here for the PLI Patent Practice Center Blog's live blogging coverage of the PI hearing.

Update:  Click here for more coverage of the Eastern District of VIrginia cases by the WSJ Law Blog and click here for even more briefing from Patently-O.

Happy Halloween.

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My recent story about Ebert's use of his "Two Thumbs Up" has been receiving a lot of attention (and I even scooped the Sun-Times):

• Likelihood of Confusion -- Ron Coleman agrees with E. Leonard Rubin, interviewed in the Chicago Tribune today, who says that the written "Two Thumbs Up" mark is pretty strong.
  
• Robert Feder of the Chicago Sun-Times -- Feder says that the "Two Thumbs Up" mark is "the most powerful and influential symbol in movie marketing."

The fact that the Patent Reform Act has stalled in Congress, which I discussed earlier this week, has been picked up by several blogs:

• Maryland IP Law Blog -- Citing my post.
  
• Patently-O -- Dennis Crouch says that the Patent Reform Act is not just stalled, it is dead.
  
• 271 Patent Blog -- Leads with a great Simpsons' quote in saying the Act is on hold.

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