IntellectualProperty

Here's a re-cap of recent intellectual property products and services from recent issues of Law Technology News.

CorporateIntelligence.com reports that its PATEX licensing exchange have grown to more than 9,000 listings.

It includes communications, microelectronics, medical systems and devices, materials, and more.

Information: Reader Response no. 283.

Trade Secrets: 2000 Cumulative Supplement offers analysis of state statutory and common law protections for trade secrets and confidential business information. From BNA Books.

Information: Reader Response no. 284.

Patents: A new supplement for Patent Prosecution: Practice and Procedure Before the US Patent Office, with case digest and disk, is now available from BNA Books. It provides analysis of recent cases, and covers reissue, reexamination, certificates of correction, and maintenance fees, and more.

BNA Books also released its August 2000 supplement to its Patent, Trademark and Copyright Regulations reference book. It updates sections on patent applications and copyright office rules, and contains five updated appendixes.

Information: Reader Response no. 285.

Advising eBusiness, from West Group, covers legal and business issues and problems facing a company operating online, and tackles site content and copyrights; privacy; advertising; marketing and the Internet; and other issues.

Information: Reader Response no. 286.

NewIdeaTrade.com is an online forum for trading intellectual property, including industrial property and copyrighted property. From Global Commerce & Communication.

Information: Reader Response no. 287.

Advanced Logic Systems Inc. has enhanced its document production system software with new trust tools.. The Federal Gift Tax Return (Form 709) has been added to the system. The company has also released an Estate Tax Projections module designed to help lawyers explain options to their clients.

Information: Reader Response no. 288.

Manufacturers' Tax Alert, from CCH Inc., is a monthly newsletter that provides analysis of developments in state, federal and international taxes that have a direct impact on manufacturing.

Information: Reader Response no. 289.

BNA 706 Preparer automates preparation of the estate tax return (IRS form 706) and related schedules. From BNA Software, it features a new "smart" data entry system that guides the user through the 706 form.

Information: Reader Response no. 290.

CourtEXPRESS has unveiled new "alert" services: Client Watch monitors new federal civil litigation; Rain Maker lists new cases by subject matter; Case Tracker pulls current docket sheets for any case; and Due Diligence, which searches case indices for any cases involving prospective clients or employees.

Information: Reader Response no. 291.