Innovation, IP, and Entrepreneurs Video To mark World Intellectual Property Day 2007, the Association for Competitive Technology released a new video explaining the key role that Intellectual Property plays in the hi-tech industry, the economy and in improving the lives of consumers. The video presents a historical look at Intellectual [...]
According to the International Herald Tribune, “Germany said Tuesday that it would introduce a law to regulate private equity firms and hedge funds, even as it becomes increasingly isolated in efforts to win international support for reining in the booming industry. The Finance Ministry said that it hoped to come [...]
In an interesting CNetNews.com article, Jim Brock points out that “[d]espite its rapid growth, the online-content economy still lacks attributes that all successful economies have: transparency and accountability.” Right now, says Brock, “[w]e're in the Wild West stage of the content economy”, which is problematic because “[m]edia companies cannot compete [...]
ZDNet.com writes that “Dell says it's on board with the Microsoft and Novell Linux partnership. As part of the deal, Dell will buy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server certificates from Microsoft. It will also launch a services and marketing program to woo existing Linux users who are not Dell customers to [...]
The Economist writes that “[o]n May 2nd the European Commission gave an upbeat report on its progress towards legislation on a common consolidated corporate tax base. […] Under the commission's rough plans, companies would adopt a tax base for their EU-wide activities, rather than face a tangle of 27 different [...]
