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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Intellectual property refers to any creations of the mind -- musical, literary, and artistic works; inventions; and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related rights. This topic discusses how inventors, engineers, designers, and corporations are protecting their intellectual property.

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What an IP coordinator should know: The prior art wallmore

In the last blog posting in this series we identified how loopholes can seriously undermine the value of a patent.

What an IP Co-ordinator should know: Closing patent loopholesmore

In the previous postings in this series I talked about the importance of having an IP Co-ordinator on the team and the...

File early, file often to accommodate changes in U.S. patent lawmore

In about 18 months, U.S. patent law will undergo its most dramatic change since 1952, possibly since 1836.

More Intellectual Property Fights Over Who Gets To Do What In New Orle...more

I've never been to New Orleans, though, it's definitely on the list of places I'd like to check out one day.

Getting university IP to market: Who needs to step up?more

Last week we aired a laundry list of challenges that hinder the commercialization of university IP in Canada.

Getting university IP to market: Levering youthful ambitionmore

Over the past two weeks, we’ve talked about how Canada falls short when it comes to commercializing university IP and...

What an IP coordinator should knowmore

In a previous blog posting, we talked about the importance of having an IP coordinator on the team and how this role...

NY Stock Exchange Claims Trademark On Any Depiction Of Trading Floor, ...more

For quite some time now, we've been detailing the rise of "ownership society," where misleading concepts like...

Ron Wyden: Puts Hold On PROTECT IP, Temporarily Withdraws Amendment On...more

Well, here's an update to two separate stories from this morning. First, Senator Ron Wyden, who has been speaking out...

Maori Angry About Mike Tyson's Tattoo Artist Claiming To Own Maori-Ins...more

Well, here's an interesting twist on the lawsuit from Victor Whitmill over the copyright on Mike Tyson's face tattoo.

John Perry Barlow Tells Copyright Maximalists That They've Got The Fun...more

A bunch of folks have been submitting the story about how John Perry Barlow went to the e-G8 event and got to sit on a...

Singer's Ex-Boyfriend Demands Royalties For Inspiring Songs About Thei...more

This is from a few weeks ago, but just getting around to it. The latest example of ridiculous entitlement in an age of...

US ITC Uses Ridiculous Methodology To Claim 'Piracy' In China Costs US...more

I'm always a bit wary of news reports about "studies" claiming huge dollar value "losses" due to...

Why Internet content wars will never endmore

By Larry Downes – The media industries, everyone agrees, are in the fight of their lives. What is clear is that...

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirtmore

Each week we get more and more votes (which is awesome, keep it up), so it's interesting to see how closely clumped...

IP Lobbyists Want To Require Domain Censorship Capabilities Included I...more

Via Boing Boing comes the news that the Intellectual Property Constituency has added a clause to the proposal to renew...

Groupon... And The Difference Between Idea & Executionmore

About a month ago, the folks at Planet Money did a nice podcast on the economics of Groupon. There's no doubt that...

Antique Shop Takes Ownership Culture To New Level, Sues Over Lamps It ...more

When we talk about the differences between infringing on the copyright of content and concepts involving copying...

Commerce Department Releases Useless, Biased Report On Trademark Bully...more

Trademark bullying is a big problem, and it's one that we regularly discuss here on the blog. It involves a trademark...

Replying To An Email Does Not Create A Contract (And Does Not Require ...more

While this case involves one of the many ridiculous lawsuits filed by individuals demanding insane sums of money from...

Former DHS Official: ACTA 'Sweetheart Deal For IP Owners; Free Gov't E...more

We recently wrote about a 2008 memo and position paper from Homeland Security to the USTR warning that ACTA was a bad...

Administration Bangs The Drum In Support Of Needless Protectionism On ...more

Well, today was "World Intellectual Property Day," and I had hoped to just ignore the whole thing, but, as...

CRS Report Withheld By USTR Confirms That ACTA Language Is Quite Quest...more

We're happy to announce that we've been able to get our hands on the -- until now -- secret Congressional Research...

Homeland Security Complains To USTR That ACTA Is A Threat To National ...more

Well, this is surprising. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, KEI happened to get its hands on a...

Yes Means Yesmore

Crossposted from ninapaley.com, with apologies for the peevish tone - I really appreciate anyone who copies Sita Sings...

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