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Post-Kappos – Rethinking USPTO Efficiency
It’s no secret that when David Kappos took the reins of the USPTO in mid-2009, a major focus of his administration would be on reducing the backlog of outstanding patent applications significantly. Now that his departure as head of the more »
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Tagged efficiency, intellectual property, Kappos, patent, the future, USPTO
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Online Postings, Personal Info, IP & Privacy
When people post a restaurant review on Yelp, an advertisement for an apartment or an old TV on Craigslist, or a hotel review on TripAdvisor, Yelp, Craigslist, and TripAdvisor all receive value from the posting. Their business models depend on more »
Posted in Beyond, Home, Intellectual Property, Tech & Internet
Tagged A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, copyright, craigslist, data aggregation, Feist, goodwill, intellectual property, internet, linkedin, personal information, privacy, speed limits, trademark, TripAdvisor, user generated content, yelp
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Stay Tuned
School’s starting up, and we’re coming back strong! -The META Team
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Why You Should Be Scared of TV
Er, the future of TV, at least. Yes. TV has a future, and it is coming fast. You should probably take a second to think about it, because this: Hulu Will Require Cable Subscription Sure, Hulu is heavily comprised of more »
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Tagged broadband, cable, hulu, internet, monopolies, net neutrality, television, the future, tv, youcantfightit
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“Hi, And You Are?” Living and working in the Age of ‘e-dentity’
I came across a fascinating post a few days ago. The author, Remco Janssen, premised the post on a simple yet daunting question: “Who are you online?” Janssen explored the concept of one’s “digital identity.” The post got me thinking, more »
Posted in Home, Tech & Internet, Technology & Internet
Tagged linkedin, online identity, twitter
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“Context Shopping” and Legal Ethics
“Context Shopping” is the concept whereby electronic data about consumers is gathered online to provide for a preference-based experience to end consumers. As Kevin O’ Keefe notes in his post, this is an emerging utility buttressed by the ubiquity of more »
Culture and Disruption
This is a great article: Why a small startup was able to build Instagram, while a company like Eastman Kodak, was not? Culture is the catalyst for disruption. So even though Google or Facebook or Apple could have made Instagram, more »
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Tagged 1 biiilllionnnn dollllarsss, Culture, disruptive tech, facebook, innovation, Instagram, internet, startups, titanic
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Federal Circuit to Re-review the Patentability of DNA
Today the Supreme Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in AMP v. Myriad, then vacated and remanded to the Federal Circuit in light of the last week’s Mayo v. Prometheus decision. This isn’t too surprising, and is probably the more »
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Tagged intellectual property, patent, Patentability, Supreme Court
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In Defense of Mayo
No, I am not going to promote the stuff we spread on sandwiches, although I do like that. Yesterday, the Supreme Court published its decision in Mayo v. Prometheus. Within hours, bloggers began to publish scathing criticisms of the reasoning, more »
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