Kappos: Make Patents More Relevant United States Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner David Kappos said last week at a Columbia University Technology Ventures gathering that
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Sale of Telco Patents May Change Tech Power Balance
Bidding Frenzy Likely for Nortel Rights Reuters broke a story that bids for the remaining Nortel Networks patents worth up to $1 billion are due
Legendary French Film Director Aids Music Pirate
“There are no Copyrights,” says Godard Few filmmakers have been more influential than Jean-Luc Godard. Godard directed such French New Wave classics as Breathless, Weekend and Band of
Letter to The Intangible Investor
CEO Addresses Patent Tax Credit The following letter by Tessera CEO Henry Nothhaft (NASDAQ: TSRA) is in response to “Patentomics,” a column written for The
Latest SF Tech Boomlet Fuels Jobs & More
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs — & IP Deals, Too! If a recent news article about the San Francisco economy is any indication, politicians may soon be
Facebook Success Dissected in “Social Network” Movie
Flash of Anus – The Social Network is currently the top grossing movie in the land. It’s the story of how Facebook, now with 500
Patent System Proposals Show Promise But
The Devil is in the Details A plan to resolve significant numbers of patent disputes quickly and cheaply, and another to use patents to create more U.S. jobs are
Former Chief Judge Takes off Robes and Gloves
Anti-Patent Trash Talk Hurts Economy – Hon. Paul Michel, Chief Judge for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), who left the bench recently
Patent “War” Launched by Billionaire Allen
MSFT Founder Sues Over Web Rights – Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is claiming in a suit filed in filed on Friday in Seattle that patents owned by a company that he once
Another "IP Insider" Speaks Out
What Patent People Are Saying Apparently IP Insider readers can’t keep their ears to themselves. This time a reader is offering the top ten
Part II of Patent Performance Discussion is Out
Better Measures The conclusion of my chat with Apple, IBM, Microsoft and H-P heads of IP business about how they measure success (the Intangible Investor
ROI for Intellectual Ventures Funds Scrutinized
U of TX Return on IV is Off 73% PE investor Chris Dixon unearthed some interesting news about returns on an investment in Intellectual Ventures funds held
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