Archive for November 2008
Should Your Business Conduct an IP Licensing Audit?
Entrepreneur.com ran an article this month, which advised business owners to practice “preventive lawyering” or “litigation avoidance” by conducting audits in some key areas of the business such as contracts and intellectual property. I agree with the advice in this article. Regardless of their size, businesses need to conduct a periodic review of their operations…
Read MoreCopyright Reform: Is it Time to Take Patent Reform Off the Table and Work on Copyright Reform?
Given where we are on the patent reform debate, is it time to move patent reform off the table and work on copyright reform? If you haven’t heard many calls for this lately, you are not alone, but according to Wired, Judge Miriam Hall Patel, who presided over the Napster case has had time to…
Read MoreShould the Blogosphere Adopt the Creative Commons Licensing Model?
A posting by Kevin Smith on the Scholarly Communications @ Duke Blog explores the argument that the academic world should consider adopting the Creative Commons Licensing system for their academic works. The article got me to thinking: should the blogosphere consider adopting the same model? Smith’s argument is that the problem with the current copyright…
Read MoreRetired NFL Players Win Verdict Against Union For Failing to Include Them in Licensing Deals
A verdict was reached yesterday in an interesting case filed by retired NFL players against the players union for failing to include them in lucrative licensing deals involving video games and other sports products. NFL Gridiron Gab reported on the verdict as follows: NFL Players Association was ordered by a jury on Monday to pay…
Read MoreUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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U.S. Copyright Office
Read MoreLicensing Executives Society, Silicon Valley Chapter
Licensing Executives Society, Silicon Valley Chapter
Read MoreTrade Secrets Case Provides Important Lesson to Employers and Employees on the Significance of Employment Agreements
The case making headlines today regarding an ex-Intel Corporation employee accused of stealing trade secrets and giving them to his new employer, rival Advanced Micro Devices, provides some important lessons to employers and employees on the significance of employment agreements. The Mercury News reported on the case against former engineer Biswamohan Pani as follows: Federal…
Read MoreCorporate Designs: Does Your Business Really Have the Rights to its Designs?
When I speak with the average small business owner about what I do for a living, 9 times out of 10 they advise me that they wish they could use me, but that there is business just does not have intellectual property to protect. However, in most cases, when someone tells me this, they are…
Read MoreCutting Legal Costs by Investing in Good Templates
In a recent blog post, AdamsDrafting suggested that the recession should prompt companies to look at overhauling their contract template process. AdamsDrafting wrote A recession should provide a greater incentive for a company to do something about the considerable amounts of time and money that it’s wasting due to its mediocre templates and primitive contract…
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