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New Book Takes a Hard Look at How Businesses Profit from Patents
‘The Intangible Investor’ scrutinizes how to generate the best returns in innovation — Why some significant holders would rather see patents weakened, including their own.
Pandora Suit Against ASCAP May Portend Future for Inventors as well as Songwriters
The royalties guaranteed to songwriters for playing their work on radio, television, and in restaurants and retail establishments are being threatened by a law suit
Vringo’s Potential $1b in Google-AOL Patent Case is not Yet a Win
While the court’s decision to enhance damages last week is a big positive, Google is unlikely to accept defeat without a fight. Vringo, Inc.’s shares
Cross-Border IP Deals Scrutinized at Asia IP Business Congress
“Cross-border IP deals: bridges and barricades” will be a featured topic at this year’s IP Business Congress in Singapore, November 17-19. Securing a patent license
Judge Koh Throws Out Damages Award in Apple v. Samsung
Apple’s high-profile and short-lived win against Samsung may turn into the licensing agreement that it should have been in the first place. On Friday Judge
Alactel-RPX Patent Licensing Venture is Short on Details
Deal is Said to Worth as Much as 1B Euros When Alcatel-Lucent announced recently that Rational Patent Exchange (RPX), the defensive patent aggregator, would be
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
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
Wall Street to Patents: "We Love You, Man"
IP Cash is King Right Now – JP Morgan analyst Paul Coster takes a long look at Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG), a company that
Cook Book by Innovative IP Owner is No Recipe for Success
Myhrvold’s ‘Modernist Cuisine’ Inspires and Confounds – Over the past ten years much has been written about Intellectual Ventures, the IP acquisition and licensing business, and its enigmatic founder, Nathan Myhrvold. A
New Wealth of Nations is Focus of Int’l IP Gathering
550+ to Participate in 2011 CIP Forum – The New Wealth of Nations is the focus of a gathering to be hosted May 29-June by the Center for Intellectual Property Studies in
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