Blogging Transforms Patent Portfolio Management: Announcement

-- News Release --

PatentCafe is pleased to provide this product update. The following
Private Patent Blog collaboration tools have been added to the ICO
Portfolio Manager and ICO Patent Alerts.



Blogging Transforms Patent Portfolio Management - Licensing and
Competitive Intelligence Professionals Collaborate with PatentCafe's
Patent Blogs

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) June 1, 2005 -- PatentCafe has introduced =
Private
Patent Blogs that connect patent attorneys, R&D managers, and business
development or licensing professionals responsible for managing the
patent portfolio of an enterprise.

Private Blogs are comment threads that attach to every patent in a
patent alert results set or in the licensee's private patent portfolio
collection. Each member of the team may view and post comments to each
patent - and can see attached Blog threads whenever alert or portfolio
patents appear in the search results page.

ICO Patent Alerts: Monitoring patent activity in a specific technology
area, or watching competitors' patents ensures that companies keep the
competitive intelligence edge. When patent alert "hits" appear on the
alert results, patent attorneys, technologists and licensing managers
spring into action. Their collaborative assessment of "patents of
interest" help guide an intelligent competitive response.

ICO Portfolio Manager: Each authorized user can Blog any patent listed
in the company's patent portfolio (a private patent collection set up
for enterprise users on PatentCafe's ICO Suite), or any patent returned
in a competitive patent alert. Once a company assembles its searchable
collection of portfolio patents on the ICO Patent Search Engine,
collaborative management begins - integrating input from corporate or
outside patent counsel, business development / licensing, and
intellectual property and financial managers.

    .... Press Release Shortened as a courtesy.



Full Release:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/prweb/20050601/bs_prweb/prw=
eb24
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Related links:
ICO Suite: http://www.iamcafe.com
ICO Portfolio Manager:
http://www.iamcafe.com/index.asp?option=PortfolioManager
ICO Patent Alerts: http://www.iamcafe.com/index.asp?option=Awareness

Best regards,

--
Andy Gibbs
email: ag @ patentcafe.com

PatentCafe(r)
441 Colusa Avenue
Yuba City, CA 95991

Tel: 530-671-0200
Fax 530-671-0201
http://www.IAMcafe.com
http://www.IPFrontline.com
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