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Tapping into Your Creative Genius
My Future In Focus - A Quest of the Visionary Entrepreneur | October 11th 2008 by Thomas Anderson II
In his article “Ring-fence Your Most Creative Time“, Mark McGuinness discusses methods that famous writers like Tim Ferriss and Maya Angelou use to unleash their creative genius. Just like famous writers, you have the power to create. B read more
Arbitrators and Judges Debate Whether Metatags Can Infringe on Tr…
National Arbitration Forum Blog | October 10th 2008
Courts and administrative panels around the world are now forced to deal with the issue of whether utilizing a metatag containing a third-party’s trademark constitutes bad faith, according to a recent article, Hidden Metatags: Evidence of Bad Faith read more
Savvy Bloggers Will Thrive In This Economic Meltdown
Innovative Economy | October 10th 2008 by Shane
It’s a bold statement, but it’s real. Let’s get the facts straight, though. I’m not a blogging guru. I have not mastered the zen secrets to traffic generation so large that social networks around the world shake as though a he read more
Is Web 2.0 Really Democratic?
Robin Good's MasterNewMedia - Russian | October 10th 2008
Web 2.0 has revolutionized the panorama of the information society: users have become information producers and the new web platforms have become relationship venues where new knowledge and ideas emerge. Also the new tools of social networking, soci read more
Numbers Behind the War on Piracy Could Be Completely Bogus [War O…
Mouse ATC | October 9th 2008
Ars Technica did an in-depth investigation into the numbers behind the war against piracy and found that Congress might as well be telling people counterfeit goods cost the economy eleventy billion zillion, for all the truth behind its figures. The read more
Just a Pic and a word or two
My Gay Weblog | October 8th 2008 by Andre
So, I was unable to post a proper entry today since I was logged out from posting due to the fact that some blogger felt I infringed on their copyright, which was not my intention. So, anyway if anybody feels the same please contact me directly and I read more
Piracy Hurts Everyone
Miro Consulting Blog: News, Views and Commentary | October 8th 2008 by Scott Rosenberg
Software piracy is not just about downloading illegal software, getting it “for free” from a friend or installing counterfeit software. It’s more than that. Piracy is about stealing intellectual property. And, software licensing at the enterpri read more
Peer To Peer: Social, Political, And Economic Issues In A P2P Wor…
Robin Good's MasterNewMedia - Russian | October 8th 2008
Beyond file-sharing, peer-to-peer is an alternative way of looking at work, live and the way we make money. Although mainstream media coverage of P2P has mostly focused its spotlights on the on-going debate around file-sharing and pirated media (musi read more
Pork Barrel Pork Pies
Little Man, What Now? | October 6th 2008
As covered today by the BBC, The European Court Of Justice have finally granted the 1,800 square mile region around the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray Protected Geographical Indication status for Melton Mowbray Pork Pies.According to the BBC read more
Les États Unis d'Amérique ratifient le Traité de Singapour
Acerberos : Swiss Law Blog | October 4th 2008 by Sla
OMPI - Le directeur général de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OMPI), M. Francis Gurry, s'est félicité de la ratification par les États‑Unis d'Amérique, le 1er octobre 2008, du Traité de Singapour sur le droit des m read more
Free is Not Free To Steal
Versa Creations - Build Wealth Through Smart Marketing | October 4th 2008 by Vivienne Quek
I don’t know about other bloggers but I was really irked when those “RSS Feed” blogs used my posts rampantly without the common courtesy of including a credit line or a link. Some of these irresponsible blogs even credited my posts read more
Flash of Genius
The Movie Mom | October 2nd 2008 by Nell Minow
Americans do love our underdog stories and this one has the ingredients. There's a David -- an engineering professor named Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear), who had a "flash of genius" and invented a gadget that all the geniuses in Detroit... read more
Patents Hit Hollywood
Undercurrents | October 2nd 2008 by TMG Strategies
Intellectual property hits the silver screen this Friday as Greg Kinnear stars in Flash of Genius, the true story of Robert Kearns, a Midwestern college professor/part time inventor who created the intermittent windshield wiper only to get into a pat read more
Speed of business an argument against business
Prodigeek | October 1st 2008 by Michael
Way back in the early days of U.S.A., copyrights lasted 14 years with a rarely used option to renew. But since conventional wisdom (not fact) says more intellectual property is better, copyrights can now last up to 70 years after the creator dies. Th read more
Game Studies Area, 2009 PCA/ACA National Conference
Internet: Marketing and Messages | October 1st 2008 by stefan
2009 PCA/ACA National Conference The Game Studies area of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association National Conference (formerly the Digital Games area) invites proposals for papers and panels on games and game studies fo read more
Internet Attractions: online video and user-generated ephemera
Internet: Marketing and Messages | October 1st 2008 by stefan
Internet Attractions: online video and user-generated ephemera AHRC workshop on ephemeral media, University of Nottingham, 23-24 June 2009 http://www.ephemeralmedia.co.uk/ Key speakers: Professor Nick Couldry (Goldsmiths), Professor Barbara Klinger read more
Understanding IP License and Assignment Agreements
Legal Research Center | October 1st 2008 by Andrew Potaski
Intellectual property can have value in the form of a copyright, trademark, or patent. A copyright is protection for artistic and creative works. The holder of a copyright owns certain exclusive rights in the work, such as the right to distribute, read more
First Intellectual Property law class lesson in content creation
Prodigeek | September 30th 2008 by Michael
I’ve had no problem lecturing on intellectual property and shocker, I have no real experience in the field. I’m really excited to formally learn all the stuff I pretend to know already. Professor Madhavi Sunder has issued a challenge to t read more
Singapour - Suisse : Partenariat en Propriété Intellectuelle
Acerberos : Swiss Law Blog | September 30th 2008 by Sla
Admin.ch - L'Office singapourien de la propriété intellectuelle (IPOS) et l'Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle (IPI) ont signé un protocole d'entente (en anglais: "Memorandum of Understanding") à l'occasion de la 45e Assemblée g read more
Terrible ruling on design patents; perfect timing for law class
Prodigeek | September 29th 2008 by Michael
Just in time to discuss in the intellectual property class I’m way too excited about (and likely way over my head), a terrible decision has come from the Federal Court of Appeals vastly reducing the requirement to prove infringement on design p read more
New Copyright Kaiser
Needlenose | September 27th 2008
You’d think that given the growing meltdown of the U.S. financial markets, the U.S. Senate would have something better to do than create a new copyright ‘czar’ serving under the U.S. President - but you’d be wrong. And you s read more
Yes! Fight Over Me!
Are You There, Blog? It's Me, Margaret. I'm Totally Lying. M… | September 26th 2008 by heathenly
Well, you know, maybe they’re not quite fighting over me. Just let me imagine that they are. I hadn’t heard back from Corporate Job, and I thought maybe I’d sticker-shocked them, whatall with my firm rejection of their bottom-end-of read more
Why You Should Apply to Law School
Law is Cool | September 25th 2008 by Omar Ha-Redeye
What I love best about the law is the ability to challenge and break down stereotypes. For example, Canadians generally overestimate the number of minorities that have committed a crime, which is usually lower than the general population. However, th read more
Court Rules Madden Illegally Used Voice
Undercurrents | September 24th 2008 by TMG Strategies
“The Voice of God” cannot be used to promote the popular John Madden Football video game franchise. The family of the late John Facenda, former voice of NFL Films nicknamed by many fans “The Voice of God,” sued the NFL for briefly using Face read more
World Day Against Software Patents
Raționalitate | September 24th 2008 by Stephen
Feeling a little down now that International Talk Like a Pirate Day is over? Never fear – you can get your arbitrarily-chosen not-really-a-holiday kick with the World Day Against Software Patents!Here is a list of software patent myths from the si read more
Avast, Thar Be Pirates Attacking Me Intellectual Property!
Manufacturing Blog | September 19th 2008
Following on the Institute for Policy Innovation’s homage to “Talk Like a Pirate Day” and their timely press release on the protection of intellectual property rights, is there not a better day than today to blast away at the scourg read more
The Shrinking of Development Space in the Global Knowledge Econom…
PAP Blog | September 19th 2008 by filip spagnoli
(please first read the previous posts in this series: part 1, part 2) (source) This post is by guest-writer Line Løvåsen. There are seven categories of intellectual property covered by TRIPS: patents industry design trade marks geographical indic read more
The Shrinking of Development Space in the Global Knowledge Econom…
PAP Blog | September 19th 2008 by filip spagnoli
(please first read the previous posts in this series: part 1, part 2, part 3) (source) This post is by guest-writer Line Løvåsen. Impacts of the IPR regime I begin with mentioning some socio-economic impacts of the Intellectual Property Rights reg read more
Determining a Fair Price for Intellectual Property
Legal Research Center | September 19th 2008 by Andrew Potaski
For many companies, their intellectual property - such as processes, customer lists, trademarks, copyrights, or patents - may be their most valuable asset. In instances of a sale or liquidation of a company, a valuation of this intellectual property read more
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