Google, Facebook & Others are Suddenly IP Players Buying late and paying a premium for the patents that a company needs is no longer just a viable
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Value of Microsoft’s Facebook Stake Drops Below $1B
MS Supports FB’s Success; Promotes It’s Own Facebook has been shedding market value like a wet collie its winter coat. With Facebook’s share price down to
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
Occupy IP: New Economy Businesses Clash with Old
It May be Too Much, Too Late for Content Providers Finally Trying to Tame the Internet; a Fresh Approach is Needed [The following appears as
Dilbert: “I think we can win this patent infringement”
Beating Big Technology with a Good Attitude Scott Adams’ Dilbert is one unique comic strip. In it Adams regularly regards innovation, technology, and (mis)management, and
$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
Video: Smartphone Patent Fight is Also a War of Words
“What’s Going On?” says Google Chief Legal Officer About Collaborative Bidding – The battle between Google (GOOG) and is smartphone rivals including Apple (AAPL) and
Valuations Soar on Smartphone Patents and Stocks
Speculation is Boosting Some Companies for Now; The Shortsighted are Paying a Premium to Compete – What hath the Nortel auction wrought? Never before has
Shareholders are Biggest Loser in Nortel Patent Sale
Where Was Nortel Management Before Bankruptcy Filing? Significant patent value was not something that Nortel senior management apparently believed it was sitting atop when it filed for bankruptcy reorganization under Canadian
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
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
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