"Patent It Yourself" Update Blog and Nolo I/P Podcasts

David Pressman, author of "Patent It Yourself," has created a blog that provides updates regarding patent law, and the book itself. The blog (which is not managed by or affiliated with the book's publisher Nolo) can be found at www.patentityourself.blogspot.com.

Here are a few of his recent updates:

1. Omit the Objects and Advantages section entirely (many patent attorneys are now doing this) or don’t name it “Objects and Advantages”.
2. Don’t refer to “the invention” or call any embodiment “preferred”; instead simply refer to “this embodiment” or a “first embodiment”.
3. Keep the Summary and the Abstract general; don’t include any details of the invention that you would not want to be used to limit the invention. I advise simply paraphrasing your broadest claim for the Summary.

And check out these free Nolo podcasts on intellectual property topics:

• Inventors and Patents: Part Two
• Inventors and Patents: Part One
• Secrets of Profitable Licensing Deals
• What's in the Public Domain?
• Protecting Business Ideas
• Songwriters and the Law
• Trademarks and Business Names