Reshared post from +Jonathan Askin

BLIP students and I are launching www.firsttodisclose.org today (in advance of America's move tomorrow, March 16, from a “first-to-invent” to a “first-to-file” patent regime).  www.BLIPclinic.org blog

Our objective is to provide a platform for small innovators to post their ideas for the world before a well-heeled enterprise can file a patent on the same idea with the Patent Office.  One consequence of the move from “first to invent” to “first to file” is that it will likely be difficult for small inventors to beat larger enterprises to the patent office with their innovations.  First-to-Disclose is an effort to counterbalance the burden imposed on small inventors.  Info is available at www.firsttodisclose.org

We’ll likely get some minor attention from the patent law community, but I hope the positive ramifications will resonate for years.