tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post8858215664171595078..comments2024-03-27T08:57:40.383+00:00Comments on SOLO IP <br> for sole and small IP practices<br>: Starting to work as a patent expert? See what the EPO thinks of youFilemothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15735898485265104580noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-13966677980958647922014-02-06T12:14:28.553+00:002014-02-06T12:14:28.553+00:00If I may, I shall mark myself out as a genuine pat...If I may, I shall mark myself out as a genuine patent attorney, and suggest that your last line should be <br /><br /><i>"See if you can manage it in 186 characters (the length of the advice above) or fewer."</i><br /><br />You have a valid point, I think, but is that not the problem with all simplifications? Something is going to have to get missed out, else you have not simplified the issue - the question is whether the missing bits will come back to bite the reader later, and in IP they often do. It does worry me slightly that it is impossible* to present a simple, uncomplicated guideline about anything in the field of IP that does not have any caveats at all. Have we let the system get too complex?<br /><br />*usually...patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.com