According to the Washington Post, “[t]he flood of pirated movies and other goods from China is growing despite increased enforcement, two U.S. business groups said Thursday, appealing to Beijing for tougher action. […] Beijing's anti-piracy activity ‘is either not enough or not of the right kind,’ the American Chamber of [...]
ACT MARKS “WORLD IP DAY” WITH NEW VIDEO TOUTING VALUE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IP Critical to Innovation, Wealth and Opportunity, Especially for Small Firms Washington, DC- Marking "World IP Day", the Association for Competitive Technology today released a new video explaining the key role that Intellectual Property plays in the [...]
Legal Analysis: GPLv3 is a Contract and Why it Matters The FSF released the Third Discussion Draft of GPLv3, adding paragraphs four and five to Section 11 and explained, in war-like tones, that they were needed to “combat the threat” of a recent cooperation agreement between Novell and Microsoft and [...]
Inc.com reports that, according to the National Small Business Association, “[t]he nation's small-business owners are finding it increasingly difficult to access capital. Out of 500 small and midsize companies surveyed nationwide, 33 percent said it was becoming more difficult to obtain financing, compared to just 24 percent in a similar [...]
eWeek.com reports that CIOs are wary of open-source enterprise apps, with many seeing unresolved patent and IP issues as a big drawback to using open source software. According to Venture Beat, “[i]t’s official. Southern California has overtaken New England as the nation’s second largest center of start-up activity. […] Venture [...]