Looking to increase your skillset and knowledge in Computer Science and Technology, Finance and Economics, Science and Medicine, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Classics, Humanities and/or Law to make yourself more productive in 2013? Look no further than these 1000+ links....More
Xinhua quoted a lawyer for the plaintiffs as saying they had seen applications that contained unlicensed electronic versions of their books available for download last year....More
On December 5, 2012, Robert D. Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), testified before the House Science Committee Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight in a hearing on "The Impact of International Technology Transfer on American Research and Development."...More
European top court approves a cross-border patent system plan designed to slash costs for business and help protect copyright across the 27-member EU....More
'These rulings show foreign companies need to take into account that India will not permit tweaking of formulations for getting a patent,' said D.G. Shah, secretary general of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance....More
Officials said the latest operation, part of a project called Operation In Our Sites, seized 101 websites and yielded one arrest in the United States. In Europe, 31 domain names were seized....More
In the wake of the global recession, state-owned and state-controlled enterprises account for as much as half of the Chinese economy, according to a report released today, raising growing concerns about Chinese investments in the United States....More
Apple had challenged a High Court judgment in July that South Korea's Samsung did not infringe Apple's registered design and that consumers were not likely to confuse the rival devices....More
Taiwan's Bureau of Investigation said it suspected the two suspects had stolen AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) display technology used in mobile devices and televisions, before being recruited by China Star Optoelectronics Technology, a unit of China's consumer electronics brandname TCL....More
SBB contacted Apple in September after realizing that the new clock application included with the latest iPad operating system, iOS 6, apparently reproduced the SBB clock design....More
Indian generics drugs heavyweight Cipla teamed up with other generic local pharmaceutical companies to oppose the granting of the domestic patent for Sutent, which is used to fight liver and kidney cancer....More
Motorola Mobility reserved the right to renew its case and said that no agreements have been worked out between the companies, according to paperwork filed Monday with the U.S. International Trade Commission....More
A judge on Monday lifted a ban on U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 computers as the South Korean firm added Apple's new iPhone 5 to a patent brawl between the two market rivals.
U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh issued an order clearing the way for Samsung (IW 1000/15) to restart sales of the Tab 10.1 tablets that were halted while it dueled with Apple in a high-stakes trial....More
The case is just one of many patent battles that technology companies have waged worldwide, but especially in Germany where patent protection laws are particularly strict....More
As new products are designed, developed, perfected, assembled, manufactured, distributed, sold and used in dozens of countries, patent infringement is on the rise....More
A database of NASA Spinoff technologies holds a set of amazing research papers that demonstrate the application of technologies developed for NASA's programs in the military and consumer spheres....More
3D printing will revolutioninze many manufacturing sectors -- and kill off others. With consumer and semi-pro use of 3D printers exploding, and thus driving the cost of printing manufactured products down, it's worth asking -- how will "cheap and easy" 3D printing affect your products and your industry? Will you have to compete with your best customers?...More
With a major patent trial barely underway, Apple Inc. (IW 1000/48) has asked a judge to rule against Samsung Electronics Co. (IW 1000/12), asserting that lawyers for the South Korean firm improperly disclosed information excluded in court in a bid to sway jurors....More
Jury selection was set to open Monday in a U.S. federal court in the blockbuster patent case pitting Apple Inc. (IW 500/9) against Samsung Electronics Co. (IW 1000/12), which accuse each other of copying patents for smartphones and tablets....More
The two technology giants are engaged in a legal battle involving dozens of cases worldwide as they struggle for leadership in the hugely lucrative smartphone and tablet computer market....More
In the R&D industry, where innovations build on top of other innovations, obtaining patents to protect intellectual property is of the utmost importance.
It is critical to ensure that patents being are utilized, especially within big corporations like IBM Corp. or organizations like the U.S. Navy. Not only do patents protect newly developed products or processes, they contribute to unrealized value creation, or assets that can be explored and sold....More
Dialogue introducing new forecasting study on what the economy might look like in 2025 with a manufacturing resurgence. Video from the Aspen Institute....More
Manufacturing makes America strong. It makes families and communities strong. It provides national security. It gives us energy security. And for the 12 million men and women who work in manufacturing, it gives us pride....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingComputers.com demonstrates how Big Data is transforming the business and industrial worlds and enabling new technologies and new breakthroughs that will help manufacturers work more efficiently than ever before....More
Beyond an initial novelty, 3D Printing could have a game-changing impact on consumer culture, copyright and patent law, and even the very concept of scarcity on which our economy is based....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingTheFuture.com illustrates the inner workings of additive manufacturing machines and provides some real-life examples of how 3-D printing technology could dramatically change the manufacturing and retail industries as we know them today....More
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab break down the engineering and design challenges they faced during the Curiosity rover's complicated landing near the Martian equator on Aug. 5, 2012....More
