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Mediawiki as a Patent Law Firm?s Knowledge Management System

By Stephen M. Nipper

The Law has a number of maxims. For instance, “in court, never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to.” One of my favorites is “never do work someone else has already done for you.” I’ve followed that (later) one to the letter…compiling hundreds of “nutshells,” “summaries,” and “cheat-sheets” stored in a folder on my file server; dozens of draft e-mails for easy “cut-and-paste” usage; MindManager mind maps; a three-ring binder on my desk called “The Deskbook”; and countless other knowledge collecting “buckets.” My own personal knowledge management system (hopefully Jack Vinson would approve). The problem with such a hodge-podge knowledge collection system is that it isn’t easy to share...continue to full post

Full post as published by Invent Blog on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).