IPDuck: EFF Files Comments With Patent Office About Review Of Issued Patents

Monday, October 20, 2014

EFF Files Comments With Patent Office About Review Of Issued Patents

In 2011, Congress passed the America Invents Act (AIA) to enact certain patent reforms. The AIA included some provisions allowing review of issued patents in the Patent Office, which can be much cheaper than district court litigation. Last week, EFF filed comments with the Patent Office about the review proceedings, which I helped draft. EFF's blog post about those comments is here.

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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."

Monday, October 20, 2014

EFF Files Comments With Patent Office About Review Of Issued Patents

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