Full text and image search of granted patents and patent applications. Image searching is available for patents issued from 1790 to present while full text searching is available for patents issued from 1970 to present. Full text searching of patent applications is available for applications filed from 2001 to present.
Philadelphia launches a new online Business Center for business owners. The goal of the website is to serve a resource hub by gathering together in one location information that until now has been housed on several departmental websites. Accrording to the City’s Press Release, users will be able to find information according to the type of business that they are, and the type of activity that they are engaged in. The website gives assistance to people trying to start a business, providing guidance on developing a business plan, understanding the City of Philadelphia’s business regulations, and obtaining the necessary licenses and permits to operate within Philadelphia. It also contains information on selling goods and services to city government as well as details of financing and incentive resources for which businesses may qualify. Visit the center at http://business.phila.gov Don’t forget to bookmark the City’s blog either – http://cityofphiladelphia.wordpress.com
URL: List of Legal Blogs: An Introduction
3L Epiphany has taken on the lofty task of compiling and organizing all U.S. legal blogs written by attorneys. So far he has collected 600 blogs. His goal is to create a taxonomy of legal blogs. Taxonomy means, according to www.dictionary.com, ”the classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships.”
The list is well-organized. Check out the list at http://3lepiphany.typepad.com/3l_epiphany/ You will learn something new.
URL: Legal, Factual and Other Internet Sites for Attorneys and Legal Professionals.
Free resources for conducting legal research via the Internet
As a business owner, you are probably monitoring our country’s efforts to reform our health care system. The U.S. Health and Human Services Department recently reported that small business are uniquely feeling the impact of skyrocketing health care costs. In fact, nearly one-third of the uninsured – 13 million people – are employees of firms with fewer than 100 workers. However, the solution is not simple, judging from the myraid of proposals and reports. The HHS created a website to serve as a central hub to organize, present, and explain the prosposals. They also have a forum to allow small businesses to discuss the impact of the health care reform plans. Visit healthreform.gov for more information.
Looking for free legal research? I have compiled a short list of website portals to begin your research. Visit our Research Center and you will find information such as:
(7 Dec) This 10-minute video explains how to use the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database. It covers both basic and advanced search features. You may use the table of contents to go directly to certain parts of the video, but this feature only works after the screencast loads completely.
RELATED: Using the U.S. Party/Case Index
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(A 7.5-minute screencast on using this nationwide index of federal case information.)
