Ranking of Patent Law Blogs

Gene Quinn – author of IP Watchdog – spent a good amount of time cataloging and ranking the various patent law focused blogs from around the world. His rankings are based on website popularity and popular influence with three primary inputs: (1) voting by readers; (2) Technorati.com ratings (based on links to the site); and (3) Alexa.com ranking of website popularity. I’m happy that Patently-O received the top rank. However, I encourage you to check-out the other blogs on the list. I read about 15 of them on a regular basis. Thanks Gene.

Quinn’s 2009 Patent Blog Ranking:

1. Patently-O
2. IPWatchdog.com
3. IP Kat
4. Spicy IP
5. Patent Baristas
6. Intellectual Property Watch
7. Patent Docs
8. 271 Patent Blog
9. BlawgIT
10. Patent Prospector
11. The Invent Blog
12. IP Think Tank and The Prior Art
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14. Orange Book Blog
15. IPJUR and European Patent Caselaw
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17. Promote the Progress
18. IP NewsFlash
19. Anticipate This!
20. Patentably Defined
21. India Patent
22. Intellectual Asset Management
23. Against Monopoly
24. Patent Circle
25. I/P Updates
26. PHOSITA
27. IP Spotlight
28. Chicago IP Litigation
29. The IP Factor
30. Patent Arcade and File Wrapper
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32. Securing Innovation
33. Patents 101 and IP Estonia
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35. PatLit
36. Just An Examiner
37. The Business of Patents
38. Patentability
39. Inventive Step
40. Holman’s Biotech IP
41. Washington State Patent Law
42. California Biotech Law
43. Patent Infringement Updates and Patent Assassins
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45. Russian Patents
46. Georgia Patent Law
47. Patentnapsis
48. Honoring the Inventor
49. OC Patent Lawyer
50. Nanomedicine & IP

Comments

[Did somebody step in something or what?]

The most notable aspect of this survey might the the clearly unbiased result: Gene's blog came in ahead of every other blog except Patently-O.

Could a watchdog be needed for the watchdog?

[Telling it like it is]

"Could a watchdog be needed for the watchdog?"

He has an awfully (and undeservably) high opinion of himself.

[pka]

"He has an awfully (and undeservably) high opinion of himself."

I second. I like to read his blog for the amusement factor alone - no real informational value provided, but it's always good for a few chuckles.

[Just sayin']

Here is a "dog" to "watch", note the inventor:

2007/0055560

[Steven Fox]

must be based upon a pool of green horn patent attorneys and invention marketing companies

[Steven Fox]

and this guy trains patent attorneys in claim drafting -

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A document creation and review method comprising: providing a questionnaire to a do-it-yourself individual; receiving the completed questionnaire with answers; using the answers to completed questionnaire to create a first draft; a trained professional reviewing the first draft and inserting comments; the trained professional returning the first draft containing comments to the do-it-yourself individual

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stick to working for the invention marketing companies -

[Hal]

Congratulations on your ranking.
Although I suspect that, as in most things, such rankings could be manipulated. Most practitioners have little enough time to spend looking at, at best, a handful at any given time. I confess that I have not checked out all of the ones in the ranking, but may try to do so in the future.

[Frip Chissom]

Patentsbyfrip.com has no following and thus no ranking. If you're interested in the business methods patents issue and the Bilski decision, however, it might be worth checking out.

[Thomason]

Patently-O is certainly deserving of the top rank. After the top ten, the rest of the rankings are as accurate as the "writers poll" for NCAA teams. There are several sources of rankings, and few in agreement (after the top 5).

[Just an ordinary inventor(TM)]

Shouldn’t

http://www.1201tuesday.com/1201_tuesday/patent-of-the-week/

be in position 13 or 16?

[Fred]

Ranking of patent law blogs is a wonderful activity. It is one of the unique ways to increase the professional and personal knowledge in the field of IP. Ranking of blogs, by way of voting, this shows that there are no manipulations while ranking the blogs, as most of the visitors are serious readers. It also helps the blog writers to improve themselves in all respects. Blog writers are in a good position to write the blogs well since they understand the requirements for a high ranking blog. Blog content is vital for survival; PatentExpress is a site that was recently launched and which has thousands of Q&A’s answered on its site. This may help many budding IP blog writers out there

[Anonymous]

Amazing that spam is creeping in even here - "Fred"