IPWatchdog.com is an Internet magazine (or blog if you prefer) focusing on patent and innovation news, business and policy. Unlike many blogs, we strive to provide information and detailed analysis with magazine length articles. In addition to the writings of Gene Quinn and the writings of Renee Quinn, we have a variety of Guest Contributors who offer their unique expertise and commentary on a variety of intellectual property, innovation and technology issues. Today IPWatchdog is recognized as one of the leading sources for news and information in the patent and innovation industries.

The founder of IPWachdog.com is Gene Quinn , a patent attorney, law professor and a leading commentator on patent law and innovation policy. He launched IPWatchdog.com in October of 1999, and since that time the site has been a trusted resource on intellectual property for many millions of unique visitors who have come for information and news. Gene has been quoted in n the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the LA Times, Popular Mechanics, CNN Money, USA Today, the ABA Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Oklahoman, Patent World and various other newspapers and magazines worldwide.

With IPWatchdog.com being active on the Internet since October 10, 1999, we enjoy strong visibility in the free search engine rankings and we are indexed by Google News. In January 2011, as a part of the Fourth Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100, the ABA Journal announced that IPWatchdog.com was the top IP Law blog for 2010. In December 2009, IPWatchdog Blog was also selected as a Top 100 Blog by the American Bar Association in the Third Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100.

During 2009 we had a big year ever in terms of traffic to the IPWatchdog Blog. Our top 8 articles each received over 10,000 page views, 18 articles received over 5,000 page views, 33 articles received over 4,000 page views, 62 articles received over 2,500 page views and a staggering 304 articles were viewed over 1,000 times during 2009.

During 2010 we had an even better year, with 40 articles that had more than 10,000 page views. All in all, Renee Quinn had 7 of the top 40 articles, Gene Quinn had 30 of the top 40 articles, and we had three guest contributions that garnered more than 10,000 page views.

During 2010 we had a total of 811,683 unique visitors, which corresponds to an average of 67,640 monthly uniques during 2010. This represents a steep increase compared with 2009. During 2009 adding our monthly unique total up comes to 684,196, which corresponds to an average of 57,016 monthly uniques during 2010, so we grew by more than 10,000 unique monthly visitors during 2010, for a monthly unique growth rate of 18.3% for 2010 compared with 2009. We similarly grew in terms of the total number of visits. During 2010 we had 2,045,563 visits, while during 2009 we had 1,608,859 visits. This represents a visit growth rate of 27.1% for 2010 compared with 2009.

During 2010 we also published a number of well received exclusive interviews with the likes of Chief Judge Randall Rader, Chief Judge Paul Michel, Former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh, USPTO Director David Kappos, former USPTO Directors Todd Dickinson and Nick Godici and others.  During 2010 we also put more emphasis on reporting live from industry news events, such as from the BIO 2010 International Convention and the AIPLA Annual Meeting. Of course, the familiar opinion commentary has been a mainstay.

During 2011 our interviews continued.  Gene interviewed U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, IBM Chief Patent Counsel Manny Schecter, Congressman Jason Chaffetz, two of the most accomplished attorneys in the U.S. – Ted Olsen and David Boies, and others.  We also had a break-out moment when in March when Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) referenced Gene Quinn and IPWatchdog.com by name on the floor of the U.S. Senate during debate over the America Invents Act.  Of course, the opinion commentary that has always made IPWatchdog unique continues to be the thing that seems to keep readers coming back over and over again.

Please feel free to browse through our pages. In addition to news and informational articles youu will also find detailed information on all aspects of intellectual property law, as well as invention marketing, including discussion of why you should have intellectual property law protection for your business and how to obtain the various forms of intellectual property, including patents, copyrights and trademarks.

Gene Quinn is a US Patent Attorney, prolific writer and a principle lecturer of the most popular patent bar review course in the US. Gene’s particular specialty is in the area of strategic patent consulting, patent application drafting, patent prosecution, technology licensing and litigation. In addition to representing inventors Gene also represents business with respect to copyright matters. Gene is also a member of the Board of Directors of the United Inventors Association, and is an inventor himself. Gene is also known by many as “The IPWatchdog,” having started the widely popular intellectual property website IPWatchdog.com in 1999.

Renee Quinn is the Chief Operating Officer of IPWatchdog, Inc., and has been working with IPWatchdog, Inc. since April of 2006. Her primary responsibilities include interfacing with inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses. She is also in charge of work on developing marketing campaigns and is responsible for coordinating outside vendors in a project managing capacity. Renee acquired a Masters of Business Administration with her course work focusing on e-Commerce and e-Business, with an emphasis on marketing via the World Wide Web. Her particular career focus to date has been on business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing, and she is a frequent contributor to our online magazine.