A Web site launched today, WikiPatents, aims to improve the quality of U.S. patents by encouraging large-scale public comment on issued patents and, eventually, pending applications.

A statement announcing the site says:

“WikiPatents is a free-access web site and database containing millions of patents that allows the interested public to discuss, rate,

I like this story of how a Boston lawyer’s blog scooped the sports media on major Red Sox news. I provide details today at Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch.…

Lawyer and consultant Ross Kodner is rightly known as the guru of legal technology. He and his colleagues at MicroLaw Inc. have been dishing out sound technology advice to legal professionals for two decades. Ross is well known internationally as a speaker and writer on legal technology and has been generous in donating…

With stricter airport security measures in place, here’s what you need to know before checking your laptop as luggage.…

I wrote in January about Podzinger, a full-text search engine for podcasts. Now there is a Firefox plug-in that adds Podzinger searching to the Firefox search toolbar. [Via BlogZinger.]…

Amazing numbers from New York Lawyer:

“The 276 summer associates class at Latham & Watkins outnumbered the total staff of 195 lawyers at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. At Latham, summer associates made more than $2,650 a week on average, costing the firm about $8.5 million in salaries alone.”…

Denise Howell announced yesterday her new ZDNet blog: Lawgarithms. For money, no less. She’ll be “issue-spotting the live Web,” which is certainly preferable to issue spotting the dead Web.…

At my other blog: First Amendment ‘podcasts’.…

An interesting opinion for lawyers today from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In Commonwealth v. Bryant, the court held that a lawyer lacked standing to challenge the seizure of computer files from his law firm. Based in part on those files, the lawyer was convicted of conspiracy to commit larceny of insurance…

A new Web site launched by the U.S. Department of Justice is intended to help members of the armed forces protect their legal rights. The site, Servicemembers.gov, provides information on three laws enacted to protect members of the armed forces and veterans:…

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals now offers an RSS feed for its opinions and a podcast feed for its oral arguments. Find them both at the court’s RSS page. According to The Third Branch, the federal courts newsletter, it is the first federal appeals court to offer RSS feeds.

Circuit Executive…

At least, that’s what the announcement says about Truethinker, a Web service unveiled yesterday for organizing bookmarks and research. TrueThinker emphasizes four features:…