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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
Reputation Counts for Patent Portfolios, Holders
Patent “Brands” are Serious Business – IP pros and stakeholders share an embarrassing secret: both are generally in the dark when it comes to how patents generate
The Great Patent Debate Will Kick-Off Day Two of World IP Business Congress in San Francisco
Do Patents Help or Hurt Innovation? Skepticism about the patent system is growing even as more businesses and people benefit from IP rights. Recent passage
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
Pharma Cos Face "Patent Cliff" as Protection Expires
Ten Blockbusters will End in Two Years – An article in Daily Finance says that patents that are expiring on many top-selling drugs will cause pharmaceutical
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
IBM Files Patent on Patenting Process
Is Big Blue Co-Opting Innovation? It was reported in early 2011 that an application has been published for an IBM patent that apparently attempts to
USPTO Chief Lists Challenges at Columbia Gathering
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
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
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
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