The blog returneth.

The flame contest is closed. I hope you didn’t miss it.

We’re working on reviewing the results now and will be announcing (and paying) winners soon.

Good luck!

We’ve also posted a brand new contest on human-computer interaction. It’s very exciting.

Click here to check it out.

There’s a $5000 prize for the best submission. Don’t forget you can also win $500 for referring the contest winner, so invite your friends if you know the right person!

The patent and patent types webinar is fast approaching as well.

Daniel Porter, Patexia’s Case Research manager, will be presenting. He’ll cover the parts of patents and the different types, helping build your foundational IP knowledge. The webinar is free, but you have to register.

Click here to see more information and register.

It’s meant as a follow up to the patent and prior art 101 webinar that was given by our CEO Pedram Sameni not long ago. If you missed it and want to catch up, you can watch it here. Don’t worry if you don’t have the time before the webinar though, we’ll do a recap.

If you missed the last webinar on Defensive Publication you can see the recording and slides here (and you know you can always see the list of past and upcoming webinars on the IP Matters page).

We wrote some good articles in the past few weeks. Here are some of the highlights.

How to license a patent; Patent Knowledge Tidbits

NPE licensing and tech transfer

Case Research Notes: Licensing and information