btw, not a lot of gfy people have really digested the patent and trademark watching aspects of
http://IPalert.com - probably because I always plug the PDDW (pending delete domain watcher). anyway, if you are say a secretary to the president of your company and are in charge of monitoring your company's patents and or trademarks- IPalert is going to make you a hero in no time at all and you will have your own parking spot within 3 months* (*number of months may vary). You can watch your stuff and other people's too. You will know stuff before your own attornies do even. You can watch for competitor's stuff and more... Law firms are turning their clients on to IPalert's trademark and patent watching service- but I SEE inventors here all the time. I see your applications and know when you have office actions for example. You know who you all are btw ;-)
Several I have surprised with friendly emails as I notice their "submarine" patent app's lololol