In-Transfer And Domestication Of Technology In The Arab Region
Hams MadanatInternal Training Manager, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, Amman, Jordan Due to the growing role of technology and its impact on increasing the effectiveness of production elements, upgrading competitiveness of products manufactured or services rendered and opening doors for industrial product to penetrate new or existing markets now more than ever, technology acquisition has become closely […]
AICPA Issues Valuation Practice Standards
Brent K. BersinDirector in the Intellectual Property practice of Navigant Consulting, Inc. (“Navigant”), Houston TX, U.S.A. With the continuing transition of the U.S. from a manufacturing to a service economy, intangible assets comprise an increasingly significant portion of corporate market values and balance sheets. Consequently, the valuation of intangible assets constitutes a considerable issue to […]
A Systematic Approach To Marketing Academic Biomedical Intellectual Property
John FlynnManager Business Development Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Boston, MA, U.S.A. Mary AugeManager Business Development Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Boston, MA, U.S.A. Jamie WilsonHealthcare Consultant, Boston MA, U.S.A. Technology transfer between universities and industry plays an important role in both filling industry pipelines with innovative technologies and promoting economic development. Nearly all academic institutions with […]
Challenges To Technology And Opportunities For Licensing
Gus G. OrphanidesPresident gNOSSIS, LLC Samuel F. BaldwinPh.D., U.S. Department of Energy: Chief Technology Officer and Member, Board of Directors, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Peter DobsonPh.D., Professor, Oxford University and Oxonica Norma Formanek, Sr.Vice-President and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Electric Power and Research Institute Andrew R. BarronPh.D., Associate Dean for Industry […]
New Rules For Licensing In A New World
Marshall PhelpsCorporate Vice President, Intellectual Property, Microsoft Corporation Thank you for that kind introduction. You know, the last time I spoke before this august body, I had just been hired by Microsoft after a 28-year career at IBM and a 3-year career as a venture capitalist. And it’s funny, but at the time, every media […]
Recent U.S. Decisions And Developments Affecting Licensing – June 2008
Brian BrunsvoldFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., Attorney, Washington, DC, USA John PaulFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., Attorney, Washington, DC, USA Under U.S. law, patents are granted to the inventors of the patents, who, like other patent owners, typically transfer ownership of their patents by an assignment. U.S. patent law generally requires […]
Software & Valuation In The Information Society
Dwight OlsonV3Data, Principal, San Diego, CA, USA The LES mantra of the 1990s was that “Wealth in the 21st Century would be measured in ownership of intellectual property.” Well, the information age is here and we see an increasing number of corporations accumulating wealth based on intellectual property including (Software). We watched Microsoft’s enterprise value […]
Agreements On Research Cooperation Between Industry And University In Germany—Revised “Berlin Contract”
Heinz GoddarBoehmert & Boehmert, Patent Attorney, Munich, Germany Hermann MohnkopfRollsRoyce, Deutschland, IP Counsel, Blakenfelde-Mahlow In les Nouvelles 2003, pp. 176–183, the authors have reported on components for agreements relating to research cooperation between industries and universities in Germany, generally known, since then, as the “Berlin Contract.” The model solutions according to the “Berlin Contract” had […]
Copyright And Open Source Licensing Of Software Work
Pratibha GuptaLawyer, Jind (HRY), India Copyright law does not protect any particular idea. Rather, copyright protects only the expression of that idea. Limitation to the expressions of an idea is the principal distinction between the applications of patent and copyright. Unlike copyright, a valid patent does not protect the expression of an idea but the […]
What Is Patent Quality? A Merchant Banc’s Perspective
James E. MalackowskiOcean Tomo, LLC., Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Chicago, IL, USA Jonathan A. BarneyOcean Tomo Managing Director, Irvine, CA, USA The question “What is Patent Quality?” is one that has long been answered not by the authors of this paper but by the marketplace itself. It has been defined by the actions of patent […]