Written by Gene Quinn President & Founder of IPWatchdog, Inc. Patent Attorney, Reg. No. 44,294 Zies, Widerman & Malek E-mail | Blog | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted: Aug 20, 2009 @ 1:20 pm

There is really no way to spin this as an intellectual property story, so I won’t even try.

Are you ready for some football?  The NFL football season is rapidly approaching and that means it is time for fantasy football.  I tried fantasy football for the first time last year, and it was a lot of fun. With this in mind, I thought it might be fun to see if readers of IPWatchdog.com might be interested in joining together in an IPWatchdog Fantasy Football league.

I have created a league on ESPN, and the draft is scheduled for Sunday, August 30 at 3pm.  If you are interested in joining let me know and I will send you an invite.

 

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Eugene R. Quinn, Jr. President & Founder of IPWatchdog, Inc. US Patent Attorney (Reg. No. 44,294) Zies, Widerman & Malek B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center L.L.M. in Intellectual Property, Franklin Pierce Law Center Send me an e-mail

Gene Quinn is a US Patent Attorney, law professor and the founder of IPWatchdog.com. He is also a principal lecturer in the top patent bar review course in the nation, which helps aspiring patent attorneys and patent agents prepare themselves to pass the patent bar exam. Known by many as “The IPWatchdog,” Gene started the widely popular intellectual property website IPWatchdog.com in 1999, and since that time the site has had millions of unique visitors. Gene has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the LA Times, CNN Money, NPR and various other newspapers and magazines worldwide. He represents individuals, small businesses and start-up corporations. As an electrical engineer with a computer engineering focus his specialty is electronic and computer devices, Internet applications, software and business methods.

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1. Noise above Law August 20th, 2009 2:29 pm

   The interest far exceeds the available time.

2. Erik August 20th, 2009 3:04 pm

   I’d like to play.

3. Maureen August 21st, 2009 8:48 am

   Count me in.

4. Renee August 21st, 2009 10:44 am

   I’m ready for some football. Come on guys! I challenge you to try and beat this GIANTS Fan! AND guess what?!? I am a woman, Hear me roar!!!!! Bring it on!

5. Bart van Wezenbeek August 21st, 2009 11:39 am

   What is fantasy football?

6. Gene Quinn August 21st, 2009 12:14 pm

   Bart-

   Fantasy football is based off American football. You select players for your teams roster and depending upon how they play on any given week you score points. For more information about it take a look at:

   http://games.espn.go.com/frontpage/football

   -Gene

7. Gene Quinn August 21st, 2009 12:16 pm

   Maureen-

   Just sent you an invite. The e-mail will come from ESPN, so if you do not see it in your inbox check your spam folder.

   Thanks for reading IPWatchdog.com.

   -Gene

8. Gene Quinn August 21st, 2009 12:17 pm

   Erik-

   Thanks for accepting the invite to play. Thanks also for reading IPWatchdog.com.

   -Gene

9. Gene Quinn August 21st, 2009 12:18 pm

   Renee-

   Trash talking even before the draft, huh? Make sure you have Plax high on your draft board. He will probably light up the NY State Penal League this fall!

   -Gene

10. Alan McDonald August 21st, 2009 4:34 pm

    Since my idea of a great football game is 2-0 on a safety in overtime I’ve never gotten into fantasy football.

    I did win a fantasy NASCAR league one year.

11. Gene Quinn August 21st, 2009 10:50 pm

    Come on Alan! If you can play fantasy NASCAR you have to give fantasy football a try! Since you like defensive games you will be glad to know that I have set the league up to play with some defensive players as well… DL, LB and CB/S.

    -Gene

12. Katie August 23rd, 2009 9:13 pm

    Count me in too.

13. Gene Quinn August 24th, 2009 2:13 pm

    OK Katie. I just sent you an invite. We have 6 people signed up now, and 4 invites, including yours, pending. My goal is to have somewhere between 10-12 teams, so it looks like we are getting close.

    Thanks for your interest!

    -Gene

14. Reese August 25th, 2009 11:38 pm

    I would like to play if you still have openings.

15. Gene Quinn August 26th, 2009 9:55 am

    Reese-

    I just sent you an invite, which will come directly from ESPN, so if you don’t see it in your inbox check your spam folder.

    We are up to 8 people signed up and now 3 invites pending, including the one sent to you. The draft is Sunday, August 30 at 3pm Eastern. My hope is to have 10 or 12 teams. Would obviously prefer to have an even number so there doesn’t need to be bye weeks. If you are interested in signing up let me know. Those who have been invited that have not joined by close of business on Friday will have the invite deleted. That way I have Friday night and Saturday to come up with an extra team if necessary to have an even number.

    -Gene

16. Kaitlyn Jahrling August 27th, 2009 4:03 pm

    I’m definitely interested. I’ll be looking out for the invite!

17. Noise above Law August 31st, 2009 8:56 am

    On a purely vicarious level, what were the results of the draft?