More nations today have an innovation policy than do not – that is except for the U.S. The U.S. not only has no centralized innovation and intellectual property policy, it has no real strategy for making IP rights more meaningful and American businesses more competitive in the wake of initiatives from China. Some believe it […]
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$88.3M (CD) for Canadian IP literacy and tools via new strategy
May 21, 2018 
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The Canadian government has announced that it is investing $88.3M CD in a new IP strategy that incorporates tools and education, and improves literacy. Canada’s population is approximately one-tenth of that of the U.S.’ The government wants to help business, creators, entrepreneurs, and investors better understand, protect and access intellectual property (IP) through a comprehensive IP […]
Continue readingRep. Collins speaks from IP experience at CIPU-GIPC innovation policy forum
May 10, 2018 0 Comments
On Tuesday an open briefing was held in Washington to better understand U.S. innovation and IP policy. Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA), a supporter of strong and certain IP rights, launched the event with a personal account of his exposure to IP rights growing up in rural Georgia. He said that a number of his relatives […]
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Patents for Financial Services Summit to examine IP system health
May 7, 2018 0 Comments
The 15th Annual Patents for Financial Services Summit will gather patent and IP counsel, as well as senior financial executives, to discuss recent trends in financial patent litigation, value, and patentability. The Summit will be held July 25-26 at the Sheraton Times Square in New York. Presentations include updates on CBMs, IPRs, Oil States vs. Greene, […]
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Reactions to Oil States show that patent due process is not dead
April 30, 2018 3 Comments
Two days before World IP Day, on April 24, the Supreme Court of the United States relinquished significant judicial authority for patents to the executive branch in Oil States Energy v. Greene’s Energy. This decision upheld the constitutionality of the Patent Trial and Review Board. The Wall Street Journal stated in a thoughtful and uncharacteristically […]
Continue reading59% of blockchain patents are owned by developers; BofA and IBM dominate financial and tech players
April 24, 2018 1 Comment
More than half of U.S. blockchain patents are owned by blockchain-specific developers, while 20% are owned by financial institutions, led by Bank of America (see pie chart below). Number three, Fidelity, has about a third as many patents as BofA. Number two, MasterCard, some 50% fewer. 13% are owned by traditional technology businesses, led by IBM, which owns […]
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USPTO Director Iancu will keynote 2018 IPBC Global in San Francisco
April 17, 2018 0 Comments
An impressive group of speakers, sponsors and supporters, led by USPTO Director and Undersecretary of Commerce, Andrei Iancu, will be featured at the 11th global Intellectual Property Business Congress in San Francisco, June 10-12 at the Palace Hotel. Director Iancu has indicated that he will support the long-awaited move to greater certainty in the U.S. […]
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Family Entertainment: This “Rube” saw the future and its foibles
April 10, 2018 0 Comments
San Francisco-born Reuben Garrett Lucius “Rube” Goldberg, an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, best known for satirical cartoons that depicted complicated devices that performed simple tasks in creatively complex ways. But Goldberg, born on July 4, 1883, was also a visionary, who saw the impact of personalized communications decades before it occurred. His […]
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Some IP holders may benefit, most won’t
April 3, 2018 0 Comments
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 places some IP rights holders squarely in the sights of the tax collector, while providing others with an opportunity to license overseas without having to resort to international asset transfers to maximize returns. Patent, trademark and copyright owners of all sizes would be wise to revisit the […]
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Cong. Collins & Jeffries, and expert panel, will look at innovation policy and IP on May 8 in Washington
March 29, 2018 0 Comments
WASHINGTON, DC –– What is innovation policy? What does it mean to U.S. competition and jobs? Who is responsible for it? These are among the questions that will be addressed at an afternoon briefing held by the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) at the headquarters of the United States Chamber of Commerce headquarters in […]
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Blockchain patent applications doubled in 2017 to more than 1,200
March 27, 2018 0 Comments
1,240 blockchain patent applications were filed worldwide in 2017, up from 594 in 2016 and 258 in 2015. Among the leading filers were Bank of America, MasterCard, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, JP Morgan, and IBM. According to data collected by the Korean Intellectual Property Office, and reported in CryptoCurrency, more than 1240 applications for blockchain-related patents […]
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“Strong IP Drives the Bottom Line” is theme of 2018 LESI Annual Conference
March 20, 2018 0 Comments
This year’s Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) Annual Conference will have a financial focus and take place in San Diego April 20-May 1. The plenary session keynote address by Mike Hoefflinger, “Think You Know Facebook’s Story …Think Again, and Learn Along the Way,” will look at the IP story behind the story. After working directly for Andy […]
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