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Court Refuses to Hear Case From Apple Mac Clone Maker Psystar – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD: This is an interesting what the case being presented is. “Hackintoch” is a good and descriptive term for them. And, somehow they don’t see a problem here with ripping off the Mac OS and more.? It is a good for intellectual property that this company finally fades away. ‘via Blog this’

WoW.Imagination Technologies (IMG) dropped about 70% over the last day or so as Apple says that they will no use IMG’s graphics processing (GPU) technology much longer. The stock dropped from a high of about $300 US to a low of $76. It dropped $180 in today’s trading, stabilizing at about $90. You might have an issue when the largest company in the world says they don’t intent to buy your products much longer, especially…

Issuu – bbiinternational – Documents: Check out issues of Ethanol Producer Magazine… And other Biomass, biodiesel, biomass, biofuel rags. (Reading these online is surprising smooth once you get the swing of it.) Great info in this month’s edition of Ethanol Producer. Because of the trade-off between burning our food (corn) and eating it, the use of corn-ethanol as a fuel is critical. It’s especially critical during times of drought. It takes a lot of water to grow…

For decades Monsanto has enjoyed Intellectual Property (IP) protection on both sides of the plant-agro business. The dominant herbicide in the world, RoundUP, and the Genetically Engineered (GE or GMO) crops that shrug off the active ingredient – glyphosate – in RoundUp. Patented Product (herbicide) that relies on Patented Products (GE crops) Monsanto started using their glyphosate product in the 1970’s, a product that would become widely marketed under the branded and trademarked name of…

In years gone by, companies with extensive patent portfolios were loathe to sell these assets, strongly preferring to license them.  These Patent Licensing Agreements (PLA) came in several flavors, most had some form of royalty payments for the licensor and the fundamental was that ownership of the patents remained with the original owner, i.e., the company granted the patent(s). While not totally different today, much has changed in the disposition of thousands of US patents. …