A Strange Thing Happened on the Way to the Class Action Settlement…
The Google book search settlement seemed all but wrapped up in a bow, that is, until hundreds of objections were filed with the Court, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing [...]
A discussion about Apple’s choice of licenses used in open-sourcing Grand Central Dispatch
Caution: because I am talking about code libraries, this discussion will be technical - a combination of the worst of geek and lawyer-speak. Sorry.I had a discussion with a colleague [...]
Time for a Restart?
Entrepreneurial guru Guy Kawasaki pointed last week to Bill Meade's list of the ten things companies can to do re-start their IP program if it hasn't been paid much attention [...]
Chance of Getting Real ICANN Accountability Could Evaporate in September
For the past two years, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has faced mounting pressure to make itself more accountable to Internet stakeholders. Now a key driver [...]
WSJ: US Misses Target for Small-Business Contracts
We've done a lot of writing recently about the importance of giving small firms a level playing field to compete for government contracts, but according to the Wall Street Journal [...]
Sometimes It’s the Simple Things
Maybe because technology moves so quickly now—what some are calling the “ten year century”—we’ve come to anticipate the type of technology and innovations that once you have it, you can’t [...]