(I
hope including the whole item here isn't a violation of anything... I'm erring
on the side of completeness.)
From: Jonathan Askin
<jonathan.askin@brooklaw.edu>
Subject: FirstToDisclose.org
Date:
March 15, 2013 5:26:31 PM EDT
To: "Dave Farber (dave@farber.net)"
Dave,
I wanted to let your community know that a team of Brooklyn Law
Incubator & Policy (BLIP) students and I are
launchingwww.firsttodisclose.org today (in advance of America's move tomorrow,
March 16, from a “first-to-invent” to a “first-to-file” patent regime). I
thought you might find it blog-worthy or otherwise transmit to your community.
I’ve posted the announcement to thewww.BLIPclinic.org blog.
Our objective is
to provide a platform for small innovators to post their ideas for the world
before a well-heeled enterprise can file a patent on the same idea with the
Patent Office. One consequence of the move from “first to invent” to “first to
file” is that it will likely be difficult for small inventors to beat larger
enterprises to the patent office with their innovations. First-to-Disclose is
an effort to counterbalance the burden imposed on small inventors. Info is
available at www.firsttodisclose.org
We’ll likely get some minor attention
from the patent law community, but I hope the positive ramifications will
resonate for years.
Anyway, I thought you and those in your orbit would dig
it.
All my best,
Jonathan
Prof. Jonathan
Askin
Founder/Director
Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy
Clinic
Brooklyn Law School
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