Seen that? – Patent Ripoff Plague
Patent Ripoff Plague Small Business Unplugged
Seems we live in a world of copycats and thieves these days. I was reminded by a friend about how bad it has become. My friend has had her patented intellectual property ripped off. When she spent the money to get her patent she thought she was all set – then she got a rude awakening. Someone copied her process and was using it and marketing it as their own. Patents [...] Read More
Intellectual Property Toolkit Small Business Unplugged
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office maintains a useful website with many tools, publications, and help including specific 'how to' sections. Topics include How To Obtain IP Protection, Perform Searches, and Leverage Financing. The IP Toolkit helps direct you through useful information about Intellectual Property (IP). It contains information, instructional modules, links and highlighted glossary terms that answer most IP questions asked by businesses and entrepreneurs. Here you can find out what [...] Read More
Plan To Defend Your Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trademarks Small Business Unplugged
I picked up on a story today about a Washington D.C. company being awarded a patent related to e-learning. What caught my eye is they sued a Canadian company based in Waterloo, Ontario, Desire2Learn the same day the patent was announced. The York Dispatch article does a pretty good job of covering the online debate that has grown since the announcement. Blackboard Inc. has been awarded a patent establishing its claims [...] Read More
Patent Protection Bizinformer
J. Douglas Miller in the "Small Business IP Protection and Management" blog tells us about a new program for small business owners from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO says that: "This program is designed to educate small business owners about the increasing problem of intellectual property theft and to inform them about the steps they can take to protect their intellectual property. As part of the program, [...] Read More
US Immigration Backlog Causes Reverse Brain Drain Global Mobility Report
A recent study from the Kauffman Foundation points to the slow immigration processing in the US as the cause for many of the world's best and brightest to give up on America and return abroad. The research was conducted at Duke, NYU and Harvard, and this study is the third in a series of studies dealing with the contributions of immigrants to the American economy. This study looks at the contribution [...] Read More