I have to spend some time thinking about what this means and may post more about this later, but I would be remiss if I did not mention that the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Jacobsen v. Katzer today. The appeals court overruled the lower court decision, which I [...]
The Silicon Valley Watcher blog has a really interesting post today giving “7 reasons [why] startups should not take VC funding.” The Register reveals that “[a] Dutch online reseller who promised customers simlock-free iPhones has apparently gone missing, leaving coworkers bemused and hundreds of consumers a total of €700,000 in [...]
On July 31, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its annual World Patent Report. Among the highlights: • Worldwide patent activity increased by 4.9% between 2005 and 2006, mostly due to increased filings by applicants from China, the Republic of Korea and the United States of America: The United [...]
The International Herald Tribune writes that “[w]hen Facebook sued the German leader in social networking, StudiVZ, last month, it contended that the company had illegally copied Facebook's ‘look and feel’ with similar graphics and features. ‘A great deal, if not all, of StudiVZ's success is due to its copying and [...]
PCMag.com today has an article pointing out that “a Macintosh is a PC.” The article’s author, Lance Ulanoff, writes: “Pardon my frustration, but this common misconception [that a Mac is something else than a PC] has had a long and lasting impact on the venerable brand you're patronizing right now. [...]