Top Ten Intellectual Property Pieces For Wednesday March 24th, 2010
IPWatchdog.com: For a very thorough analysis of the en banc Federal Circuit ruling in Ariad Pharmaceuticals v. Eli Lilly & Co., be sure to check out Eric W. Guttag's Not Losing the Forest for the Trees: Newman Concurs in Ariad.
DYP Advisors Inc.: To learn about the calculus used by 'patent trolls' to determine the potential value of any given intellectual property lawsuit, read Douglas Y. Park's topical piece, Economically Rational Patent Trolls.
World Intellectual Property Organization: For more information on the WIPO's upcoming March 26, 2010 series of seminars on “The Economics of Intellectual Property”, you can click through to the related new release, WIPO Roundtable to Address Economics of IP.
Knowledge Ecology International exposes the inner working of the ACTA legislation in ACTA to cover seven catagories of intellectual property.
Apple Insider: Neil Hughes details California-based MicroUnity Systems Engineering's lawsuit against a disturbing number of tech heavies in his recent post, Mobile processor patent suit accuses Apple of 14 violations.
ArsTechnica.com: EU court: Google not liable for AdWord counterfeits by none other than reporter Jacqui Cheng sets out to straighten the record for the gentle, and constant reader.
Reuters.com: And wouldn't you know it, French firm files EU antitrust motion against IBM, and almost nobody noticed. That is, besides the trusty reporter who wrote about it, Foo Yun Chee. Thanks for that, Foo.
Vrytech: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number, better known as ICANN, is not making many friends among the ranks of those in charge of IP control at the Olympics as duly noted in ICANN Threatened by Olympic Committee Over Intellectual Property Concerns. Will the International Olympic Committee ever find a sense of humor over this whole IP thing? I doubt it. Strongly.
Daily Observer: In other international intellectual property news, this time from an unlikely corner of the globe, Liberia Is Losing Millions in Revenue and is trying its best to put the kibosh on such unseemly behavior. George D. Kennedy, Business Correspondent, has all the pertinent facts in the above linked story. I highly suggest you read it. For the sake of international understanding and cooperation. Please.
TechDirt.com: Never one to be outdone, the ever-vigilant Mike Masnick has penned yet another penetrating piece, Why Real Programmers Don't Take The USPTO Seriously: Doubly-Linked List Patented. In it, he enumerates the many reasons why said programmers thumb their noses at the vaunted bastion of patent law. And there are many, trust me. Reasons and programmers, that is...
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