Legislation would make NY the first U.S. city to prosecute buyers of fake goods with jail terms of up to one year. The New York
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Music Pirate Kim Dotcom Schmitz Launches a (Tired) Second Act
File sharing kingpin hopes to evade authorities by using complex encryption scheme. A year after being shut down for running Megaupload, an illegal music file
In Memoriam: Andrew Sarris, An American Original
Film Historian & Critic Broke New Ground Andrew Sarris, who died recently, was the greatest American film historian and, over a more than fifty year
Irresponsible Op-Eds Distort IP Facts, Promote Mis-Information
These Writers Don’t Improve Innovation, They Trample On It Why are bright people uncharacteristically dense when it comes to understanding patents? Ignorance about a simultaneously
UK Inventor Burns: Torches Patent He Can’t Afford to Use
The High Cost of Enforcement Compels Him to Destroy His Rights Before Parliament Without the funds to enforce a patent it’s not worth the paper
“Patent Failure” Fails to Recognize Danger of Too Much Repair
A Reply to Professors Bessen and Meurer’s Book About the Difficulty of Perfecting the Patent System By Roya Ghafele and Benjamin Gibert The publication of
City of Brotherly Love Ranks High in IP Holders, Advisors
iPlaces: Patents Pave Philadelphia Freeway Often overshadowed in technology and finance by the likes of San Francisco-Silicon Valley, Boston and New York, Philadelphia is right
Rumored Investor Stake Fuels RIM IP Asset Speculation
Icahn Interest May Enhance Patent Value or Inflate It – Patent portfolios are making some investors smarter, others richer and companies confused. They also are
Patent Reform Effectively Ends Multi-Party Suits, Says Expert
Filing Costs Will Rise; Post-Grant Reviews Will Impede Dear Bruce, A new provision I just became aware of in an article by Morrison & Foerster
Guest Column: “America Invents Act Will Slow Investment”
Veteran IP Exec Says Patent Bill Will Have a Strongly Negative Impact on Economy & Jobs – America Invents Act Will Encourage Anything But by
Profs Say Patents Kill Innovation; Strategists Say They Frame It
The Great Patent Debate: A Session to Remember – Those who attended the “The Great Debate” earlier this summer at the Intellectual Property Business Congress
$12.5b Motorola Sale Nets $1b for “Activist” IP Investor Carl Icahn
Recognition of Patent Value Results in Big Shareholder Win – In developments discussed recently in IP CloseUp, activist IP investor Carl Icahn has made a
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