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IPReader links for 15 December

Andrew Watson — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:25:35 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web:

Korean companies beef up patent expertise as policy makers confront the NPE challenge – The government is even creating an anti-NPE fund ala RPX and other patent pools.
Innovation Games – Games to kick start innovation at your company.
IAM Magazine – IAM Blog – Getting deep inside the chief IP officer role – Innovation games — looks like I missed out on some fun at the IPBC this year, will be sure to be in Munich though!
SCRIPTed December 2009 – New great issue out from SCRIPTed. Tangible IP readers may be interested in the TPMs article on the effectiveness of anti-circumvention measures under EU law.
Obscure Patents: These are SO much better than software | IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law – More funny patents, including a reversible sweatshirt.
Patent Sharks (Trolls?) – insightful or missing the point? (IP Think Tank Blog) – Worth reviewing again (both the article and these comments).
Software, the viral business | Joren De Wachter – Interesting notes on the expansion of software companies alongside the expansion of software in more and more products.r

IPReader links for 30 October

Andrew Watson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:28:22 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web:

DOE Awards $151M for Early-Stage Green Tech – ARPA fund to do investing in the US gets set up to help capital intensive startups.
The U.S. Can’t Manufacture the Kindle and That’s a Problem – Is the U.S. Killing Its Innovation Machine? – Harvard Business Review – Interesting point about manufacturing when so often the manufacturing and innovation gets divorced as separate items when thinking about national policy. But maybe the manufacturing is the innovation?
Failed takeoff leaves entrepreneurs with orphaned IP – Mass High Tech Business News – Stopping the business means losing a lot of the IP through human capital and know how walking out the door – recognising that can mean the difference between ending and saving a business.
IAM Blog – It is time to tackle Europe’s patent attorney deficit – Interesting point regarding the demographics of IP attorneys in Europe — wonder how it compares to other areas?
Getting corporate buy-in for intellectual property strategy IP Think Tank Podcast 17 Sep 2009 (IP Think Tank podcast) – Great podcast by Joff and Duncan on the IP strategy market and how it fits into business

IPReader links for 21 September

Andrew Watson — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:39:10 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web:

Goodwill – Thoughts on Goodwill and where / how it is relevant to businesses from SciFi author Charles Stross
Intellectual Property Watch | New EU Communication On Increased IP Enforcement – “The Commission plans to increase collaboration between the private sector, national authorities and consumers.”
IP Law: Mike Masnick’s IP Essentials Reading List – Great list — having read about half of them, I can’t wait to read the other half. Maybe we need a Tangible IP book club?
Forum on the Interface between standardisation and intellectual property rights – Interesting looking forum on how IP and standards meet (think telecoms and 3g licensing) and what it means for China.

IPReader links for 4 August

Andrew Watson — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:44:06 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web:

The Future of IP: Notes from the ICAP Ocean Tomo Summer 2009 Conference | IP P®OSPE©TIVE – Notes from the Ocean Tomo conference. Apparently “Germany is the new haven for the IP transaction market, especially for IP-based investing and securitization.”
IP Advocate.org – Resource to help individual academics on tech transfer and IP at their institutions — has some interesting case studies around University / inventor-academic litigation.
Why Should You Model Your Intellectual Capital? | Smarter Companies – Building blocks and IC — great modeling of intellectual capital by Mary Adams.
IP Strategy: Complete Intellectual Property Planning, Access & Protection, 2009 ed. at Thomson West – Anyone have any thoughts on the 2009 edition?
IAM Blog – Another bad day for IP auctions as first ICAP sale hits record low – IP auctions are down, but are they out? I think that they are a feature to stay around in the long term…
Entrepreneur Country – Interesting and handy resource for entrepreneurs started by dragons.
What Exactly Is a “Pass Through” Licence? | IP finance – Technical analysis of a common commercial practice.

IPReader links for 8 July

Andrew Watson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:39:49 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web (copyright edition):

Six things to know if your Facebook username has been squatted – Handy overview for Facebook’s new username feature that pops up when you login.
Facebook v. Power Ventures: Fair use, misuse, and the fight for access to user-generated data – Scraping gets turn in court over Facebook data.
Text of Decision in Davidoff v CVS (Removal of UPC Code On Grey Goods Is Actionable) – Very interesting avenue to target grey market (parallel import) goods and counterfeits.
Wading Into the Posner/Hot News/Linking Brouhaha – Using hot news to expand copyright? Pushing the boundary as some content providers struggle.
Record companies win $1.92 million | Internet Cases – Jammie Thomas retrial means 9x the original verdict…
BBC NEWS | Technology | Pirate Bay site sold to game firm – Filesharing website Pirate Bay sold to gaming firm with plans to take it legit…

IPReader links for 28 May

Andrew Watson — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:34:23 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web:

What exactly is IP Strategy, anyway? – Duncan defines IP strategy. Between the various definitions, I see a theme emerging…
Musicians object to political song use – The use of songs or images by the BNP, moral rights, and copyright.
Time to Cash Out: Why Paper Money Hurts the Economy – Money is a bit like IP – an intangible concept with tangible components…
Government urged to release £300m of agency ideas | News | New Media Age – If only it were so simple as abolishing Crown Copyright then it would be a much easier (legally, though not politically) task. PSI, trading funds, DP, and other complications abound.
IAM Blog | SAS does not file for patents in Europe because of the cost, says EU affairs manager – Seems like some “ostrich thinking” to write off filing in “Europe” because of cost, given that you can file in just a few European jurisdictions in order to get coverage of the key markets here.

IPReader links for 6 April

Andrew Watson — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:07:11 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web:

Republishing MySpace Post in Local Paper Might Be IIED–Moreno v. Hanford Sentinel – Interesting case of potential tort of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) involving a newspaper publishing a MySpace post without permission.
Playmobil figurines, a vicar and a copyright dispute – A bit of Friday fun with a dispute over religious use of Playmobil figurines.
Virginia v. Jaynes – This Time Really is The End – The denial of cert by the US Supreme Court means that the lower court ruling of Virginia’s anti-spam law as unconstitutional is final (though denial of cert is not an endorsement or precedential, as some suggest).
Moral panics : Binary Law – Nick Holmes’s thoughts on Patry’s lecture at SCL.

IPReader links for 16 March

Andrew Watson — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:02:33 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web:

IP Biz | Intellectual Ventures works on mosquito laser – One of the creators of “Star Wars” (no, not that one) is making handheld lasers for mosquitoes.
Spicy IP | Jurisdiction and Forum Non Conveniens: Part I – Looking at forum non conveniens arguments in Indian litigation.
IAM Blog – Is it time to end patent examinations? – Bo Heiden, the deputy director of the Centre for Intellectual Property, and his suggestion that we do away with examination in patents.
Startups: The Seed Stage | Force of Good – Overview of the seed stage, placing patent strategy here as one of the key elements. I’d expand to “IP strategy”.
Court allows AP to assert intellectual property right over facts | OUT-LAW.COM – Hot news exception in US law back in the spotlight.
IP finance | Apple and the IPhone: Can We Expect a Patent War? – Apple going up against iPhone imitators via patents?

IPReader links for February 23rd

Andrew Watson — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:54:27 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web:

The Technium: Amish Hackers – Very interesting about technology adoption and innovation. I wonder about their opinions on protecting the innovations that they create?
FT.com / UK – Patent wars hit life sciences, says study – In light of the GSK announcement, this article from September on more collaboration in biotech seemed timely.
The New Face of Global M&A – More cross border and more flow from BRIC/developing to western/developed countries.
Why buying patents makes sense during recession | ipeg blog – Thoughts on buying patents in a recession after reading the latest IAM.
Intangibles beyond IP – The Intangible Economy – Data and intangibles (HT to IC rating blog).
Is Open Source inevitable in the Enterprise? – Looking at the company politics behind switching to FLOSS and whether you can switch back again.

IPReader links for February 16th

Andrew Watson — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:20:27 +0000

New and noteworthy links from around the web:

Biotech firms warned they must use intellectual assets as loan collateral – Scotsman.com Business – IP moves becomes even more central to businesses in tougher economic times.
The Effect of an Economic Downturn on NPE Litigation « RPX Blog – Patent aggregator RPX has thoughts on a possible uptick in NPE litigation.
Legal Webinar Series on Open Source – From Black Duck comes a series of webinars on open source
Strategies for defending international companies against US patent trolls – By Maxwell Petersen in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (JIPLP) 4 (2): 109.