Cash subsidies are among the incentives fueling a dramatic rise in U.S. trademark applications by Chinese filers. Thousands are said to be improperly filed and
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LES annual meeting to be held in Boston October 14-17
The birthplace of innovation, Boston, is the site for the 2018 Licensing Executives Society meeting. The opening session, “Advancing Innovation Through a Renewal of Trust,”
IP CloseUp is named a “top 50” intellectual property blog
IP CloseUp has been named by Feedspot as a top-50 intellectual property blog. Feedspot, a news aggregator, named the top 100 IP blogs in which
Rich values for IP services providers defy investor expectations
Prices for companies that support and sell IP services and analytical software remain surprisingly strong, even as patent licensing and sales continue to decline. Their
Authors to DOJ: “Strong patent rights are vital to U.S. economic and security interests”
The United States Supreme Court and the Congress have moved to weaken patents over the past seven years without realizing the inherent danger to national
Can the U.S. compete with China without a focused innovation policy?
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
$88.3M (CD) for Canadian IP literacy and tools via new strategy
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
Patents for Financial Services Summit to examine IP system health
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
Reactions to Oil States show that patent due process is not dead
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
59% of blockchain patents are owned by developers; BofA and IBM dominate financial and tech players
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
USPTO Director Iancu will keynote 2018 IPBC Global in San Francisco
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
Me-Tube: This “Rube” saw the digital future and its foibles
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
