Credit Crunch Worsened by Junk Lawsuits

The Commerce Department released an interesting paper yesterday on competitiveness and legal costs. It's conclusion: support U.S. competitiveness by reducing legal costs and uncertainty. At a time when small IT firms are finding it harder to access capital from here at home, they need look far, wide, and global. (earlier [...]

By |2014-04-14T10:23:47-04:00October 30th, 2008|Blog|

Are Those Frozen Flying Swine Circling Brussels?

It's a miracle of miracles, but it appears that we agree on something with Thomas Vinje, legal counsel to the Microsoft Hater's Caucus, and anti-software patent campaigner, Peter Hintjens. On Friday, Alison Brimelow, president of the European Patent Office, referred how to assess the patentability of software-related inventions to the [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:03-05:00October 28th, 2008|Blog, Innovation and IP, Patents|

France founds “sovereign wealth fund” supposed to protect French companies from hostile takeovers

The Seattle Times reveals that “French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday proposed creating a state-run investment fund aimed at defending French companies from unwanted predators and helping small companies in difficulty.  Sarkozy said the global financial crisis proved the need for governments to play a role in the economy.  ‘The [...]

By |2008-10-23T18:12:18-04:00October 23rd, 2008|Blog, Uncategorized|
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