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PIUG Discussion Forum The PIUG Discussion Forum (PIUG-DF) replaced the PIUG Discussion List (PIUG-L) effective February 1, 2009. To set up receiving full-content email notifications of new topics and replies, click (after logging in) on the "Watch Page Family" icon at the upper-right corner of the main discussion forum page. Alternatively, watch the whole PIUG space to be notified of all changes in content using the " Watch this Space" option under your username in the top blue menu bar. Refer to the Watching Spaces, Forums, and Pages Quick Reference Guide. Jobs Forums Job Postings – PIUG members may add new job postings or add comments or replies to existing ones. Situations Wanted – Current PIUG members may share interest in employment or consulting opportunities. Other Discussion Forums Ask PIUG Leadership Forum – This forum is monitored by the PIUG Board and leaders of committees, task forces and teams. Electronic Communications Committee Forum – Share issues with others interested in electronic communications issue for PIUG. Wiki Administration Forum – Share issues with others space and site administrators. PIUG Committees and Teams A full listing of committees, task forces, working groups and teams, along with chairpeople and links to their wiki spaces is available on the PIUG Committees and Teams page. Use of PIUG Name and Logo No one may use the PIUG name or logo for any promotional or commercial purpose or any other purpose without the prior written consent of the PIUG Board of Directors.

Recent PIUG-DF Postings Plenary session presentations from the Annual Conference are now available on 16 May, Admin - Tom Wolff wrote: Plenary session presentations PIUG:PIUG 2009 Annual Conference Papers May 2009 from the Annual Conference are now available in the PIUG Space Membersonly section. Users may view slide shows directly on the wiki page. To download the Adobe ... A patent from the Prince of Pop 6 hours ago, Yuri Mozolev wrote: Keith, Not for a MoonWalk. Shoes used for antigravity lean used in the music video for "Smooth Criminal". The patent is expired. Please see Dolcera Blog:  http://blogs.dolcera.com/harit/2009/07/03/whathappenedtomichaeljackson%E2%80%99spatent/ http://blogs.dolcera.com/harit/2009/07/03/whathappenedtomichaeljackson%E2%80 ... Call for Papers - 2nd Int'l Workshop on Patent Information Retrieval (PaIR'09) 8 hours ago, Anthony Trippe wrote: Michael may want to respond as well but I think I can also shed some light on the motives here. There are two groups of professionals here, the information retrieval folks and the intellectual property folks.  The IP people can take ... Google Patents Gets a Facelift 20 hours ago, Suzanne Robins wrote: Hi Tony, Thanks for pointing out the recent improvements to Google Patents.  They really add value to the product and I agree the search within the patent feature is great to have on Google Patents. Thanks again and I hope you have ... STN Patent Forum Archives on 02 Jul, Robert Austin wrote: Dear PIUGDF readers The U.S. STN Patent Forum Archives http://www.stninternational.com/patentforumarchiveus.html have been updated with the Summer and Fall 2008 sessions. http://www.stninternational.com/patentforumarchiveus.html I hope you find the updated resource useful. Regards Rob ... Japan Patent Information Fair and Conference (PIFC 2009) on 02 Jul, Aleksandr Belinskiy wrote: Alan Engel wrote on June 30, 2009 as a comment to another posting (http://tinyurl.com/leqzt2 http://tinyurl.com/leqzt2): The scheduling of PaIR'09 \2nd Int'l Workshop on Patent Information Retrieval\ in conflict with the world's largest patent information fair ... View All Topics

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PIUG Member Benefits include these wiki operations

• Access members-only content including Annual, Boston Biotech, and Northeast Conference proceedings and 2009 Salary Survey
• Create Personal Space
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• Edit access to training pages
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• Reduced registration fee for PIUG Conferences
• Access to previous Annual Conference Proceedings
• Access to the PIUG Online Membership Directory
• PIUG Newsletter and Newsletter Archive Access
• Access to all previous PIUG Salary Surveys
• Approval for membership in the PIUG Professional LinkedIn group

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