特許検索の強い味方か

以前、ちらりと紹介しましたこのサイト（Intellogist）が、ブログをはじめたそうです。（via :: The Patent Librarian's Notebook ::）
さっそく、Googleリーダーに登録してしまいました。
<ブログより抜粋>
We’re starting our new Intellogist blog with a call to action for the patent community! We’ve been pondering the decision to start a blog for a while, but recently an event occurred which made us realize the time was right. On Friday January 15th, we received the following message from the Boliven Innovation Network team:

After approximately a year of beta product releases and extensive user feedback, the Board of the company has determined that it no longer makes good business sense to continue to operate the Boliven website and associated services. We were happy that over 100,000 unique monthly visitors and over 6,000 registered members found utility from Boliven, but as of the end of last year we had fallen short of some of our other operational and financial goals.

There is no doubt that these are challenging economic times, but it’s still a real shock to see that Boliven has to cease supporting its community of patent professionals despite its apparent success and high registration. The Intellogist staff has always believed that patent information professionals have the potential to create extremely active online communities, but obviously Boliven was unable to create a profitable venture out of supporting one. In the wake of this surprising event, it’s worth asking what they did right, as well as what they did wrong. Did you have a Boliven account? If so, what will you miss about the service? Let us know in our comments section – we want to hear your thoughts!

私もBolivenに登録してよく使っていましたから終了のメールを受け取ったときは非常に残念でした。まだ検索可能なので右側→に検索ボックスは残しています。でも、データ更新は2009年の12月31日で止まったままです。