Tag: international
Patent Flood Continues
The patent arms race continues to expand. In 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) saw a record 253,155 new patents issued. Not only that, it also just set a record on January 8, 2013...
Patent-less Smartphone Innovation and Global Technology Markets
(Cross-posted on Disruptive Competition Project (DisCo))
This weekend I attended the Second Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest held in Rio de Janeiro. The Congress is intended to draw a...
Vanishing Licenses – How International Bankruptcy Rules Could Threaten the Networked Patent Economy
Why should the patent community care about developments in cross-border insolvency law? Though the topic seems esoteric, there are some important practical reasons to pay attention to what’s happe...