2011 Special Report 301 by USTR: Prescribing Pseudo- International Law?
The 2011 Special 301 Report was issued by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on 3rd May 2011. It is an annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights (IPR)...
View Article'Digital Opportunity': Round-up on UK's Intellectual Property and its Growth
'Digital Opportunity' is the report prepared by Prof. Ian Hargreaves followed by a six-month review conducted independently, which was commissioned by the Prime Minister of United Kingdom. It pertains...
View ArticleDanny HillisâInventor, Innovator, High Priest of the Long Now
Take a look around just about any American city and it’s pretty clear we’re a “culture of Now.” Here in Los Angeles, it’s more apparent than in most. From where I sit writing this, I see a 99-Cent...
View Article3D Printing: Science Fact Meets Science Fiction
In this day and age, the growing trend towards technology seems to be an undeniable recognition amongst the intelligent collective that something curiously interesting is happening, and furthermore,...
View ArticleIndia gets tongue lashing from US on IP
When world economies slow down, national economies bicker with one another. Trade wars throughout history between rival economic powers often act as prologues to military conflict. In the twenty-first...
View ArticleHow libraries have adapted to the Kindle
I grew up as an avid book reader and frequent patron of my school or local library. Public libraries provided the wonderful service of loaning books for free. Yet, in the last decade, the whole notion...
View ArticleBiotechs can patent your body and profit, without your permission
When we think of patent law, we often think of technology, engineering, and intellectual property. Rarely do we think of living organisms. In 1980, however, the Supreme Court ruled that man-made...
View ArticleIntellectual Ventures files patent infringement complaint against Nikon
Intellectual Ventures (IV), an invention and investment company founded by the former Chief Strategist and Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, today filed a patent infringement...
View ArticleNew cyber attack targets chemical firms: Symantec
By Jim Finkle (Reuters) - At least 48 chemical and defense companies were victims of a coordinated cyber attack that has been traced to a man in China, according to a new report from...
View ArticleChina's shift from imitation to innovation
The United States has always been a leader when it comes to innovation and invention. However, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has become overworked and backlogged in recent...
View ArticleLCD makers pay $553 million to settle price-fixing suits
Samsung, Sharp and five other liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturers have agreed to pay more than $553 million to settle consumer and state regulatory claims that they conspired to fix prices for...
View ArticleCERN, STFC and the public-private sector dichotomy
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) recently partnered with the Science and Technical Facilities Council (STFC). The pair have gotten together to create a “Business Incubation...
View ArticleOracle decision could radically alter the IP playing field
Last week a federal jury found that Google did not commit patent infringement on two Oracle patents in question. In a unanimous verdict, the 10-member jury dashed Oracle’s hopes of a major public...
View ArticleIntellectual property rights: the quiet killer of Rio+20
Richard Phillips, president of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, sent a powerful message to Washington the day before the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development regarding the U.S....
View ArticleInnovator or troll, Intellectual Ventures remains a mystery
Intellectual Ventures paints itself a champion of innovation and a liberator of inventors. More and more detractors consider the patent private equity firm steered by polymath Nathan Myhrvold a giant...
View ArticleWIPO battens the hatches against Pirate Party innovation
The United Nations agency devoted to intellectual property has excluded the Pirate Party from attending its meetings. The World Intellectual Property Organization isn't objecting to PPI's goals of...
View ArticleIntellectual property Huawei’s last line of defense
Huawei’s sordid intellectual property past has caught up to them. After nearly a decade of IP property theft accusations from networking gear rivals, last week’s House Intelligence Committee’s report...
View ArticlePatent Knowledge: Crowdsourcing
What is crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing is not a unique invention of the internet era, but modern connectedness has helped it come into its own. It is the process of distributing a problem to a...
View ArticleMaximizing value of IP assets
If you have a moment, please take our short survey (3 questions!) to help us improve your experience. Looking back on 2012 and ahead to 2013, the increasingly important role of intellectual property...
View ArticleCase Research Notes: Patent Licensing
Dilligent Patexia users may have noticed a new type of contest recently appear on our site: “commercial use” or “licensing” searches. In fact, we just closed our first search of this kind...
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