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What a Long, Strange Trip It?s Been In 2008

By Stephen Albainy-Jenei

It’s been a wild ride of a year and it is with mixed emotions that we bring 2008 to a close.  With 228 posts and 6 million hits, a lot has gone into Patent Baristas and I hope this only improves next year.  To wrap up the blogging year, I thought I’d just mention a few of the top viewed posts for 2008:

• Brief Highlights Patent Office?s ?Suspicious Procedures? 
• Best Gifts for Patent Attorneys
• What?s A Reasonable Royalty Rate?
• MedImmune and Genentech Settle, Lawyers Look For New Topic of Discussion 
• Brazilian Government Published Bill on Bioprospecting/Biopiracy
• OMB Runs Out the Clock on Appeal Rules. Will the USPTO Force an Overtime? 
• WARF Stem Cell Patents Knocked Down in Round One  
• Court Declares That Plavix Patent Has Teflon® Non-Stick Coating 
• European Patent Office Denies WARF?s Stem Cell Patent 
• How Do You Think the Recession will Affect the Legal Profession? 
• Biotech Claims Need to be Tied to a ?Particular Machine or Apparatus?
• What Will The New Administration Bring to Patents and Technology?
• Brief Highlights Patent Office?s ?Suspicious Procedures?
• Seven Questions in Seven Minutes with USPTO Director John LeGuyader
• Does Congress Need A Lesson On Biotechnology or Economics?
• Has the Plaintiff Chooses the Forum Rule Been Eliminated For Patent Holders?

We would also like to acknowledge some of the top referrers to Patent Baristas (not in order).  It is with great thanks that I note those that bring many of the visitors to our site:

• IP Newsflash
• Patently-O
• Orange Book Blog
• Patent Docs
• Pharmalot
• 271 Patent Blog
• Securing Innovation
• IP Think Tank
• AIPLA
• IP Outline
• Patent Circle
• Patent Hawk
• Genome Technology Online
• Likelihood of Confusion
• Above the Law
• Cafe Pharma

Here’s wishing you and yours a great year in 2009!

Full post as published by Patent Baristas on December 31, 2008 (boomark / email).