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Markets, Patents & Alliances is a co-publisher of the- Insurance IP Bulletin a free bimonthly publication, distributed via email. The Insurance IP Bulletin reports on the ways in which intellectual property in the financial services industry can be and is being protected-primarily through the use of patents. Click here to request a copy of the latest issue.

On this page, you will also discover links to articles by third-party publishers on a host of topics, including insurance patents, business method patents, and technology patents. These articles, some published by industry groups like The National Underwriter, provide information of enduring value.

Insurance IP Bulletin | August 15, 2008

In this issue’s feature article, Sparky, we talk about the challenges of making sure that all inventors are listed on a patent. Insurance inventors can be surprisingly reluctant in this area. Read more >

In our Patent Q/A, we discuss how the "Peer to Patent" is now open to business method patents. You can now get your application examined in a matter of months, rather than years, if you let the public comment on it. Read more >

On a related note, we also share a letter that our coeditor, Tom Bakos, wrote to USPTO Director Jon Dudas, on the critical need for improving patent examination for insurance inventions. His office's response is also posted.

Interviews and Quotes

Web Page Opening Up the Patent Process, Andrew Schrock, Technology MIT Review , September 24, 2007
Mark Nowotarksi explains how the new Peer to Patent public review process can create immediate value for inventors.
Web Page Carriers Unaware of IP Ownership Threats and Opportunities,
Theresa Rutkowski, Insurance Networking News, August 1, 2005
Adobe PDF "Patent Pending", Bloomberg Wealth Manager, May 2005
As estate planning heats up, it may not be enough to invent a brilliant tax-savings technique for your clients. You may need to patent it too.
Adobe PDF Patents Pending: Insurers no longer enjoy open season on the product innovations of competitors. Best's Review, June 2004
Adobe PDF Patents Pending: Locking in Innovation at GE ERC, Best's Review, June 2004
Adobe PDF Patents Pending: Protecting Ideas, Best's Review, June 2004
Web Page Firms Consider Putting a Patent on the Way They do Things at the Office, Stamford Advocate, February 13, 2003
Web Page Protecting Ideas in the Insurance Business, The New York Times, June 30, 2003

Insurance Patent Articles

Web Page Using KSR to Overcome an Obviousness Rejection
Mark Nowotarski, Intellectual Property Today, September 2007
Adobe PDF Millions of Dollars For Your Thoughts, Tom Bakos and Mark Nowotarski, National Underwriter L/H, Aril 19, 2004
Adobe PDF The End of Free Sharing in the Insurance Industry, Tom Bakos and Mark Nowotarski, National Underwriter P/C, November 3, 2003
Adobe PDF Independent Inventors Get Lion's Share of Insurance Patents, Tom Bakos and Mark Nowotarski, National Underwriter L/H, October 20, 2003
Adobe PDF The Mother of Invention, Tom Bakos and Mark Nowotarski, On The Risk, September 25, 2003
Internet Explorer How To Go About Getting an Insurance Patent, Tom Bakos and Mark Nowotarski, National Underwriter, June 2, 2003
Internet Explorer Recognizing What is Patentable in an Insurance Product, Tom Bakos and Mark Nowotarski, National Underwriter, May 26, 2003
Internet Explorer How Patents Could Change Competition in The Insurance Industry, Tom Bakos and Mark Nowotarski, National Underwriter, March 24, 2003
Internet Explorer Anticipating a Patent Rich Environment in the Insurance Industry, Tom Bakos and Mark Nowotarski, National Underwriter, March 17, 2003

Business Method Patent Articles

Web Page Introducing Patents into a Major Service Industry, Mark Nowotarski, Les Nouvelles, March 2003

Technology Patent Articles

Internet Explorer Understanding the Value of Patents in Advanced Packaging, Mark Nowotarski, Advanced Packaging Magazine, July 2002
Internet Explorer Obtaining Value from EMS Patents, Mark Nowotarski, Circuits Assembly Magazine, January 2003
Internet Explorer How Equipment Companies Obtain Value from Patents, Mark Nowotarski, Circuitnet, March 4, 2003

White Papers

Web Page Understanding the Value of Patents, Mark Nowotarski