Inc.com points out that “Texas and Maine recently joined a growing list of states that have enacted legislation to ease regulatory burdens on smaller businesses. Last week, Texas signed into law a measure requiring assessments of the impact of all new state regulations on small businesses, along with mandatory proposals [...]

M&C writes that “[a] U.S. appeals court in Ohio has ruled that e-mail messages stored on Internet servers are protected by the Constitution as are telephone conversations and that a federal law permitting warrantless secret searches of e-mail violates the Fourth Amendment.” Yahoo!News reports that “EU regulators on Thursday cleared [...]

The International Herald Tribune reports that “Antigua and Barbuda said Wednesday it was entitled to $3.44 billion in compensation from the United States in a World Trade Organization dispute over a U.S. ban on Internet gambling.  The compensation demand would be enforced as Antigua withdrew intellectual property protection for U.S. [...]

The Register reports on a new Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) report on Intellectual Property which points out that “IP is starting to matter more and more in acquisitions: firms are being bought for what they know as much as anything else. This means working out the value of IP as an [...]

Inc.com writes that “Harvard Business School has created an executive education program for entrepreneurs seeking to launch a start-up, school officials said this week.  Launching New Ventures: Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners is an open-enrollment program taking place on Harvard's Boston campus between Sept. 30 and Oct. 5. [...]