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Getting knowledge off the shelf 28 Jul 2013 | 07:54 pm
Wired has a good article about activating the knowledge represented by patents. Citing research showing that 65% of patents generated by research institutions are gathering dust in the IP vaults, the...
Woody Allen Dodges a legal bullet 22 Jul 2013 | 08:54 pm
One of my favorite blogs – The 1709 blog – has a great post about Sony Pictures being sued over Woody Allens movie “Midnight in Paris”. In the movie Owen Wilson says “The past is not dead. Actually, ...
Fantasy sports - an invention “thrown away” 16 Jun 2013 | 11:28 pm
Each year the Danish Super league (football/soccer) starts out I join 25.000 other Danes in setting my own dream team and competing in a national Fantasy football league. I actually didn’t know the h...
Setback for Myriad - Good news for gene research and the patent system 16 Jun 2013 | 10:22 pm
For some years now the human genome has been a battlefield in intellectual property. Companies have tried to patent the use of genes in therapy, drugs and other uses. Now there is a landmark decision...
Of strategies, plans and processes 20 May 2013 | 02:03 pm
In my work I use a lot of ”consultant” words – ie. Words that most management consultants use and know but not all outside that exclusive circle does. This tends to create some tension since people ge...
Game developer shows that companies can play a role in educating users about IP 1 May 2013 | 11:52 am
Some weeks ago I downloaded a trial version of Game Dev Tycoon for my Surface. It’s a sim game about game development – a game about a game… Its almost like a dream within a dream. I played the trial ...
Today is world copyright day 23 Apr 2013 | 01:09 pm
To my surprise I discovered that today is World Book and Copyright day….and has been for 17 years. The UNESCO statement does not say very much about the copyright part but does state that “This day a...
Effects of fast tracking Green patents 14 Apr 2013 | 08:53 pm
A new study analyzes the effect of the fast track patent procedure created by a number of patent offices. The reason for wanting to get green technologies faster through the patent system is to increa...
Patents as a mark of quality 25 Mar 2013 | 01:45 pm
I read a story about the earliest steam driven carriages – forefathers of automobiles – and was surpised by the weight IP had already then.The story is about a guy showing how the carriage maker has b...
Intellectual Property for utility companies 16 Mar 2013 | 01:57 pm
In a recent edition of a legal magazine published by Danish company Horten there is a piece on intellectual property protection in public utilities. The message in the piece is that the public compani...
