Intellectual Property

11th February 2008
A fundamental question that arises in many disputes is the most obvious - who owns the copyright in the software? Legal ownership and legal advice in most cases may be determined by reference to fundamental copyright principles. Determining the first owne...

04th June 2007
Patents perform an essential role in stimulating inventions by providing an incentive for expensive investments and long-term research. Patents also contribute to society by gathering and making available human endeavor and knowledge. The Patent Cooperati...

12th July 2007
Many of the strongest European pharmaceutical firms adopted this strategy, seeking to develop their own capabilities across a relatively narrow front while working with biotech startups. The small, university-linked biotechs were at first almost entirely ...

30th January 2008
Everyone in the United States has heard of the leading antivirus vendors Symantec, Mcafee, Computer Associates, and Trend Micro. These companies have market-leading presence in the United States. Microsoft, as well, has plans become a key player in this ...

24th May 2006
We lawyers have noticed a trend: in the early days, open source software was seen as renegade stuff, unsuitable for mainstream business. Increasingly, however, businesses are utilising open source technology for a wide range of technology including fundam...

31st March 2008
Being a part of the corporate world is becoming less and less sexy, and it's certainly no guarantee of security. The cool factor now lies in ability to run your own show. Mass media suggests that a real road to wealth and security is not climbing a corpo...

01st April 2008
by Ron Carson Regional Sales Director Innovation Asset Group, Inc. Previous posts have discussed the dichotomy between the importance of intellectual property (i.e. IP is responsible for >80% of the value of companies) and the degree to which it is m...

21st May 2007
A recent United States Supreme Court ruling is causing quite a stir in intellectual property circles. The case is KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., et al., 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007). Background To obtain a patent, the invention must be useful, novel and...

26th August 2007
As you write your own book, you may find you want to use material that has been previously published. You might want to cite a research study, or use a quote from a famous person. In some situations, you are free to do that, but in many others you have ...

16th August 2007
Most negotiators greatly underestimate the amount of time required to effectively prepare for and research the background to any business negotiation. The old cliche says 'failing to prepare means preparing to fail'. We should spend at least twice a...

13th February 2008
JUST imagine how many times have you gifted or shared your favourite software programs with your friends? You may be obliged and get compliments for this but are you aware of the fact that by doing so you are committing a serious crime? That of spreading ...

15th February 2007
KPO is known as Knowledge Process Outsourcing. Outsourcing services consists variety of information technology industry and outsourcing services can range from IT expert. Due to several aspects of the outsourcing firms, KPO service providers also face var...

04th October 2006
Internet technologies have made information availability and transfer easy and at a faster rate. The first contribution of internet was the E-mail or electronic mail which made communication with people across the globe easy and faster. Then walked in th...

16th October 2006
Biotechnology sector of India is not a new one. It has been nourished since its inception by national government. Nevertheless, this industry is still in the infant stage. Currently, India is investing in academics and existing industry's infrastructure c...

01st June 2006
If your website has been up and running for over six months, you need to know how much it's worth on the open market, whether or not you are intending to keep it. Only then can you amend your future direction realistically. Unfortunately, there isn't an i...

28th June 2006
Workflows exist in some form at every company, in every industry. Traditionally, the term has been used to describe transactional processes. Credit card information, for example, is submitted on a website. The information is then sent to banks for appro...

17th February 2006
When it comes to choosing the right trade show exhibit company for your next trade show display appearance, look for unique qualities that set one firm apart from the others. Seek out the trade show display firm that can help you gain the maximum impact ...

17th December 2005
There is one kind of home business that is very different than any other: that of the inventor. If you've invented something, the chances are that you don't have the resources to mass-produce the product yourself. You will need to send the plans and desig...

04th October 2006
Blogs are very hot and happening in the virtual world. Everyone who is an avid net surfer seems to be blogging nowadays. Blogs stand for web blogs or web logs. The one who posts these blogs is known as a blogger and the process of posting a blog is kno...

03rd September 2006
MP3 is a method of compressing audio files so they are small enough to send over the Internet, here is a brief guide regarding downloading mp3. Because of the great portability options of mp3s it is the most common file format used when uploading, downlo...

18th December 2005
Application Security risk assessment and risk management are vital tasks for IT managers. Corporations face increased levels of Application Security risk from hackers and cyber crooks seeking intellectual property and customer information. A comprehensiv...

27th January 2007
The very first step in starting your new web business is to decide what you are going to provide. Are you going to sell a product or products? If so, what is it? Where will it come from? Will you sell a service? Maybe you have in mind a membership site in...

16th January 2008
ISO9001 has been around now since 2000 and it is normal practise for Standards to be reviewed and updated every five years or so. This update is now overdue. The PDCA model has been retained and one member of then committee said it should stand for 'P...

11th October 2007
Document shredding companies are a big hit with the corporate sector. These companies have come up in the era of data thefts, leakages and misplacements. Every company has a heap of documents that are confidential and need to be shredded. Document shreddi...

21st October 2007
Document shredding companies are a big hit with the corporate sector. These companies have come up in the era of data thefts, leakages and misplacements. Every company has a heap of documents that are confidential and need to be shredded. Document shreddi...

25th May 2007
Outsourcing refers to the handling over of work to another organizations to avail better services. It is regarded as the latest trend in the business world since the 1980's. Offshore outsourcing helps in proper and best utilization of work force and resou...