Introduction The patent system has always been important to small firms and entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of technological innovation.  Now more than ever, patents enhance the ability of small firms to raise capital for research and development and enable them to protect their inventions from larger competitors.  Unfortunately, there [...]

RFID:  The "EZ-Pass" of goods in the marketplace, from producer through to consumer. Just as drivers have grown to depend upon EZ-Pass technology to breeze through toll booths, manufacturers, retailers, and government agencies envision similar benefits in RFID technology, ultimately increasing choices and lowering costs.  These small tags can be [...]

The Association for Competitive Technology ('ACT') is an international trade association for the technology industry. ACT represents nearly 3,000 software developers, systems integrators, IT consulting and training firms and e-businesses from around the world. Almost all ACT's members are small and medium-sized enterprises ('SMEs') such as entrepreneurial technology companies, for [...]

Innovation in the information technology (IT) industry is the driving force behind the nation's unprecedented economic and productivity growth. For technology innovation to continue, independent software developers and smaller IT businesses must be able to protect and monetize their intellectual property (IP) assets. Today's global marketplace can multiply these productivity [...]

ABSTRACT The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is so intent on blocking the Oracle-PeopleSoft merger that it has sent up a market definition that will go down swinging when the 9th Circuit Court hears the case this month. The DoJ's case is too selective in defining relevant products, looks at [...]