Patent And Trademark Management Software

Patent And Trademark Management Software Articles

• When “Free” Downloads Are Also Legal

  Free music is now becoming more and more acceptable and mainstream - and believe it or not, it is legal. If this trend continues, it could very well be a long overdue answer to the plight of an arguably devastated music industry.

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• CPA Global’s 2010 State of the IP Industry Survey

  Legal services outsourcing provider CPA Global has just released the results of its annual State of the IP Industry Survey, which polled IP attorneys and corporate professionals in the U.S. and Britain on everything from the ebb and flow of IP expenditures, to the growth of patent monetization, to the toughest business climates for intellectual property.

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• Rethinking Patent License Agreements after MedImmune v. Genentech

  The decision in MedImmune v. Genentech has changed the licensing landscape. Licensees and licensors may want to reevaluate existing patent licensing agreements in light of the holding. Both parties should also consider how to protect themselves in future agreements.

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• UC Libraries Partner with Google to Digitize Books

  The University of California libraries today (Wednesday) announced their partnership with Google to digitize books from the libraries' collections. UC becomes the latest partner in the Google Books Library Project, which was launched in December 2004 to digitize books drawn from the libraries of the University of Michigan, Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University, and the New York Public Library.

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• Trademark Disputes A Go-Go

  In a previous column, I told you about how domain registrants have been trying to fight off trademark holders when they can show legitimate uses for their domain names and lack of bad faith. Now I am here to tell you that recent data indicates that there has been proliferation of such domain name disputes.

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• Majority of U.S. Patent Recipients Now Outside of U.S.

  Well, it finally has happened - the majority of U.S. patents granted in 2008 were to non-American companies. This is the finding, among others, contained in an annual patent compilation created by IFI Patent Intelligence.

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• StreamCast to Face Court Over Patent Piracy

  Altnet, Inc. today announced that it has commenced patent infringement proceedings against StreamCast Networks, Inc and its chief executive, Michael Weiss.

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• Stanford Law School Launches Intellectual Property Litigation Clearinghouse

  The Law, Science & Technology Program at Stanford Law School today launched the Stanford Intellectual Property Litigation Clearinghouse (IPLC), a first-of-its-kind online database that offers comprehensive information about intellectual property disputes within the United States.

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• Reducing Software Piracy Equals More Jobs and a Stronger Economy

  You might think that obtaining software from a friend or colleague without paying for that software is fairly benign and a way to get something for nothing. Think again, especially when considering the global, collective ramifications of software piracy.

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• Realtime Patent Compliance Now Built Into LiveNote Software

  Legal professionals no longer need to worry about patent compliance when using realtime deposition transcription and streaming technology. LiveNote, a business within The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), has built compliance directly into its software with a new flat-rate subscription plan, giving users the option to abandon the tokens commonly used to license realtime technology.

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