Saturday, 28 March 2015

Filling the YouTube Gap: Ongoing Financial Support for Small Creators Through Crowdfunding

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This blog has discussed crowdfunding in many different contexts, including for basic research and large scale video game development .   A...

Is IP the Answer for Kodak’s Comeback?

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In a March 20, 2015 New York Times article titled, “At Kodak, Clinging to a Future Beyond Film,” Quentin Hardy authors a fascinating accoun...
Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Are coding boot camps the answer? President Obama announces the TechHire inititiave

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Can software coding boot camps solve the twin problems in the United States of the alleged shortage of IT personnel as well as how to creat...
Monday, 23 March 2015

"IP Protection: Under Attack": Hyperbole or On Point

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In Adam Jaffe and Josh Lerner's excellent 2004 book, Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innova...
Thursday, 19 March 2015

If you think that crowdfunding is only for small fry games, think again

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For those of you who think of crowdfunding for artistic endeavours in terms of modest amounts, a million or so dollars at the most, the re...
Wednesday, 18 March 2015

IP tax and the Budget

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A quick overview of the UK Budget today, from an IP tax perspective: R&D relief  - from 1 April 2015, the rates are going up (again) ...
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Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Academic-Industry Patent Licensing

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The US-based Biotechnology Industry Organisation has just released a fascinating study on the impact that academic technology transfer m...
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Friday, 6 March 2015

Security interests over IP rights: here comes a seminar

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For those who are interested in security interests in IP, here's a not-to-be-missed seminar, put together by our friend, scholar and one...

Intangible Assets and Company Value

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Over the years Chicago-based Ocean Tomo have calculated the value of intangible assets held by S&P 500 companies. Their latest report h...