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Intellectual Property: the ownership of rights to ideas, designs, and inventions, including copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Intellectual property is protected by law in most countries, and the...; Intellectual Property definition on BNET »

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United States Copyright Office: A Brief Introduction and History: Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States for original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, architectural, cartographic, choreographic, pantomimic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, and audiovisual creations. This article focuses on the role and importance of the copyright office of America. The Copyright Office...; Tags: U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright Office, U.S. Congress, U.S., intellectual property; White papers
Changes to the Copyright Act 1968 Directly Affect the Biotech and Health Industries: In this brief note, the author discusses moral rights and discusses how they affect the biotech and health industries. A recent development in the world of intellectual property - moral rights - directly affects the biotech and health industries. These industries and the professionals who work in them produce intellectual...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Allens Arthur Robinson, biotechnology, health care, intellectual property, industry; White papers
Amcham 2003 Taiwan White Paper: Priority Issues: The attractiveness of Taiwan as an investment market for the international research-based pharmaceutical industry is under threat, as are the long-term prospects for its health care system and its appeal as a regional biotechnology player. The key issues: (1) Solve long-standing issues that deprive international firms of a level playing...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, public health, pharmaceutical company, intellectual property right, medical device, health care, biotechnology, barrier, patient, intellectual property, environment, industry; White papers
Build Operate Transfer: Tensilica's Experience in Offshoring Engineering to India: Tensilica is a private, venture-capital financed semiconductor intellectual property company headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. Tensilica licenses configurable and extensible embedded processor technology to the leading system and integrated circuit suppliers of the world. In August 2003 Tensilica decided to explore low-cost, offshore engineering resources to supplement the engineering team...; Tags: Outsourcing, Semiconductors, Tensilica Inc., offshoring, Santa Clara, India, integrated circuit, venture capital, semiconductor, intellectual property, processor; White papers
Strategic Alliances and the Management of Intellectual Properties: The Art of the Contract: Patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks often compose as much as 85% of a corporation's economic value. Because product lifecycles have shortened as technology advances ever more rapidly, businesses frequently look to partnerships, joint-ventures, and other alliances to speed development of intellectual properties. But such arrangements should be entered into...; Tags: Strategy, Gale Group, intellectual property, product lifecycle, strategic alliance, alliance, partnership, agreement; White papers

Amcham 2003 Taiwan White Paper: Pharmaceuticals: Taiwan has a healthcare-delivery infrastructure recognized for its world-class technology and the quality of its healthcare workers, but the current funding framework does not permit either key resource to be used to optimal advantage. In order to maximize profits, hospitals are driven to focus on the quantity rather than the...; Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, biotechnology, pharmaceutical company, intellectual property right, intellectual property, vision, health care, environment, industry; White papers
TRIPS - What Is It and Why Is It Important to the Biotech Industry: Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) set minimum standards for patent protection and allows certain exceptions to patent rights. This article discusses the importance of the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS for the biotech industry and the current debate about the flexibility of TRIPS to balance IP rights and...; Tags: Allens Arthur Robinson, biotechnology, intellectual property, IP; White papers
What Are Your Sure Bets for the Future?: Harvard Business Review Editor Thomas A. Stewart has a thought-provoking list for you to contemplate, and its title doesn't lack for confidence: 9 Sure Bets For The Future. To give you a flavor, here are three of the nine trends Stewart thinks are sure enough for you...; Tags: Intellectual property, Desktops, Sean Silverthorne, Internet; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Victory for Mixi's Users in IP Dispute: As reported here last week, Japan's huge social networking site, Mixi, had announced plans to assert its control over its users' intellectual property rights. But, after a broad rebellion by Mixi users, the company has backtracked. Today, the company has a new announcement on the site that...; Tags: Intellectual property, IP, David Weir, Mixi; Blog posts 2008-03-19
Mixi IP Fight: Who Owns Social Media Content?: Over the past week, a battle has been raging inside Mixi, Japan's giant social networking site (SNS), over who controls the intellectual property rights of its user-generated content. Mixi has over 13 million users who post on everything from shopping tips and relationship advice to political discussions...; Tags: Social networking, Intellectual property, Investment, social media, David Weir, Mixi IP; Blog posts 2008-03-12
Tricks, Shtick and intellectual property: What can corporate counsel learn from magicians and stand-up comics? More than just tricks and shtick. In fact, these groups may offer a new way of dealing with intellectual property, argues Daniel L. Smith in Creative Vigilantes (free registration required). Smith looks at how efforts to protect intellectual property have...; Tags: Michael Fitzgerald, intellectual property; Blog posts 2007-12-31
Cybersquatting's Impact: Picture a consumer typing in a domain name that intends to reach you. Instead, the consumer slips up in typing the address and ends up with a goody bag full of spyware, viruses, and trojan horses on their computer. That hypothetical occurrence is far more common than you may think....; Tags: Domain names, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Jonathan Haeber, Cybersquatting; Blog posts 2007-11-21
Is The Cure Worse Than The Disease? An Overview Of Patent Reform Act Of 2005: On June 8, 2005, Representative Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, along with several co-sponsors, introduced H.R. 2795. Popularly known as the "Patent Reform Act of 20051," the Patent Reform Act is an omnibus bill which overhauls multiple aspects of patent practice....; Tags: intellectual property, industry, Internet; White papers 2005-09-06
Scandal Ridden China Most Resembles ...?: America in the 1880s was rife with scandals and shady business deals -- Charles Dickens railed against our counterfeiting, Germany banned our contaminated pork, an investigation in Boston found, among other crimes, milk bulked up with chalk. Does this sound vaguely familiar? In a fascinating article in...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Stephen Mihm; Blog posts 2007-08-27
Virtual Business: Play Fair Online: Businesses are no longer using the internet as just a valuable tool; it's now becoming an integral component in the way they conduct their operations. Perhaps motivated by the Whole Foods scandal (CEO John Mackey used his false identity, or sockpuppet, to badmouth rival Wild Oats online) IBM recently created...; Tags: Lori Deschene, virtual world; Blog posts 2007-07-27
intellectual property Rights, Imitation, And Foreign Direct Investment: Theory And Evidence: What is the effect of a strengthening of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection by developing countries on local imitation and inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)? This paper addresses this question both theoretically and empirically. On the theoretical side, a North-South product cycle model is developed in which Northern innovation,...; Tags: Foreign direct investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign exchange, Investment, Columbia University, foreign direct investment, intellectual property right, intellectual property, business strategy, developing country, theory; White papers 2007-04-01
The Value Of intellectual property Rights To Firms: Economists view Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) as policy tools for encouraging innovation. There are many types of IPRs and of institutions concerned with their administration. This paper begins by outlining how these complex and varied rights are supposed to work and how they interact with other characteristics of firms and...; Tags: University of Oxford, intellectual property right, intellectual property, survey; White papers 2007-03-01
intellectual property Access Systems: This paper reviews and compares patent pools and intellectual property clearinghouses as alternative systems for increasing the efficiency of access to intellectual property. These systems improve economic efficiency in downstream research and development by economizing on search and transaction costs faced by potential licensees, and by mitigating externalities among owners...; Tags: intellectual property, R&D; White papers 2007-03-01
Towards Strategic intellectual property Management - Events During The Development: In the emergence of a pro-patent and intellectual capital era the management of Intellectual Property (IP) is currently undergoing major changes. IP management systems are becoming increasingly complex and strategic in handling an integrated portfolio of IPRs and intellectual assets rather than just "Administrating" patents, trademarks and copyrights as single,...; Tags: Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations; White papers 2007-02-28
Standards, Trade, And Development: A Quick Look At Regulation And Information Technology: The expansion of global trade over the past few years has contributed to economic welfare, poverty reduction, and human development in important ways. Private sector-led standards - and increasingly open standards systems developed in the information technology and communications industries - promise a strong platform for continued innovation and economic...; Tags: Quality, Regulations, Strategy, Yale University, intellectual property protection, regulation, standards, open standard, intellectual property, information technology, benefit; White papers 2007-02-03