IPDuck: Regional Patent Office to Open in Silicon Valley

Monday, July 2, 2012

Regional Patent Office to Open in Silicon Valley

The U.S. Patent Office announced today that it will open a regional office in Silicon Valley, California. Hooray!

1 comment:

patent litigationJuly 9, 2012 at 5:55 PM
I called the new patent offices in Denver and Silicon Valley, but Dallas is a surprise. Makes sense, though. Any measure that will simultaneously help reduce the backlog and improve regional US economies is welcome, in my book.
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Why a Duck?

The "IP" part of this blog's title is self-explanatory -- the abbreviation for the shorthand term "intellectual property." But what to call the humor part of the name? It turns out that the duck is the funniest animal alive. A 2002 study confirms that jokes mentioning ducks are funnier than others.

If you think about it, that makes sense. Think of the funniest joke you know, and replace one of the characters with a duck. It instantly becomes even funnier. You might not even need the punchline. For example, which is funnier:
"A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar . . . "
-- OR --
"A priest, a rabbi, and a duck walk into a bar . . . "

And needless to say, "Weird Al" Yankovic's "I Want a New Duck" is MUCH funnier than Huey Lewis' "I Want a New Drug."