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Governance Coverage across the research enterprise – it is increasingly clear that research transcends disciplines, geography, institutions and stakeholders. The infrastructure that supports it needs …
Oracle's history highlights a possible downside to its stance on API copyrights.
Empirical research reveals three big problems with how patents are vetted.
The patent infringement defense of laches was dealt a serious, and likely final, blow by a recent Supreme Court case.
On August 30, 2016, the Patent Office issued U.S. Patent No. 9,430,468, titled; “Online peer review and method.” The owner of this patent is none other than Elsevier, the giant academic publisher.
This week, Stan Muller launches the Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series. So, what is intellectual property, and why are we teaching it? Well, intellectual property is about ideas and their ownership, and it's basically about the rights of creators to make money from their work. Intellectual property is so pervasive in today's world, we thought you ought to know a little bit about it. We're going to discuss the three major elements of IP: Copyright, Patents, and Trademarks.
The problem The following question was emailed to me by Jim Fowler: “I’m a professor at Ohio State and I sit on the committee which is drafting a new IP policy for faculty work. I’…
A commonly offered justification for patent trolls or non-practicing entities (NPEs) is that they serve as a middleman, facilitating innovation and bringing new
Trolls frequently use broad "business method" patents to sue unsuspecting businesses. Research shows the patent office is cracking down on this kind of patent.
Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers.
Claims advances in the field are "being stifled at birth."
This whitepaper is available as a PDF and can be purchased on the Amazon Kindle Store. This white paper, It Will Be Awesome if They Don’t Screw it Up: 3D Printing, Intellectual Property…
Expect manufacturers to react vigorously when personal 3D printers start eating their lunch
In the course of invalidating a software patent, a federal appeals court has …
Two prominent commentators recently suggested that software patents are needed …