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Wild on IP personalities of 2008

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Joff Wild at IAM compiled a list of the IP personalities of 2008. No, the recently-resigned Jon Dudas is not on the list.
Bessen and Meurer are on, with text: Bessen and Meurer did everyone a favour by raising difficult issues and forcing the patent community to think about how its world is perceived outside the bubble. It is not evident that the Bessen/Meurer view "forced" the patent community to do anything, nor is it evident that the Bessen/Meurer view is that "perceived outside the bubble." The people who were talking about the work were mainly other academics. See IPFrontline.

James Malackowski got on, with text about his article during 2008 which suggested that, contrary to the opinion of many members of the US patent bar, patent quality at the USPTO is actually on the rise.

First, the article (published in a mag of the LES) said: quality has either remained steady or has improved somewhat over the previous five years. [The basis for this was in number of citations and words per claim, two items not related to "quality", which relates to whether issued claims conform to statutory requirements.]

Second, who are the "many members" of the patent bar who believed in the patent quality issues raised by Quillen and Webster? Can you provide names, Joff?

Full post as published by IPBiz on January 07, 2009 (boomark / email).