The Patent Troll Problem

Patent Attorney Vincent LoTempio says, "I'm sorry if I insult anybody by using the derogatory term 'Patent Troll' for a non-practicing entity (NPE) or patent dealer that claims patent rights to technology and demands a licensing payment for the use of the technology. But if the name fits..."

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New Book: Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Economic Growth

What drives innovation? How does it contribute to the growth of firms, industries, and economies? And do intellectual property rights help or hurt innovation and growth? Uniquely combining microeconomics, macroeconomics, and theory with empirical analysis drawn from the United States and Europe, this book introduces graduate students and advanced undergraduates to the complex process of innovation.

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Blawg Review of the Year

Kevin Thompson, of Davis McGrath LLC in Chicago, practices primarily in the area of domestic and international trademarks, copyrights, and internet law issues. Kevin blogs at Cyberlaw Central, where he hosted Blawg Review #213, which has been honored with the coveted Blawg Review of the Year Award for 2009. Congrats!

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IPAD Trademark Applications Pending for Apple and Fujitsu?

With the launch of the iPad, is a trademark dispute brewing between Apple, Inc. and Fujitsu?

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The Future of the Internet

iPads, iPods, iPhones, Xboxes, and TiVos represent the first wave of Internet-centered products that can’t be easily modified by anyone except their vendors or selected partners.

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Fostering Innovation In China And The US For The 21st Century

China Law Blog has a guest post by Michael Carrier, professor of law at Rutgers University and author of the book, Innovation for the 21st Century: Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law. Read it at the link in the headline above.

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Cisco Patent Application for Search Engines

Cisco has filed a patent application on a method that seeds search engine crawlers using intercepted network traffic. Cisco's method includes monitoring data packets exchanged in a computer network over which documents having respective location identifiers are distributed, so as to detect a request to access a given document.

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Duncan Bucknell's IP ThinkTank Gobal Week in Review

Click on the link above to see this week's selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and on the internet.

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IBM Tops US Patent List Again

"IBM released these inventions through publication as part of its commitment to improving patent quality. Consequently, the inventions are freely available in a public database of prior art and can be cited by patent offices in limiting the scope of patent applications. The company's publication effort may also spur follow-on innovation, which enables dynamic business growth."

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IBM to Open Up Patent Processes, Software to Customers

IBM, which once again was the top patent producer in the industry in 2009, is now ready to share its IP processes and software with customers. IBM will help customers learn how to identify inventions that could be patented, apply for patents, license their IP and manage their portfolios. IBM also will license its in-house IP management software to customers.

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