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Olivier Scalabre: The next manufacturing revolution is here | TED Talk | TED.com

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Olivier Scalabre: The next manufacturing revolution is here | TED Talk | TED.com: Yes. It is here. The next generation of manufacturing.This is an absolutely spot on TED talk related to the world of manufacturing. Everyone in the USA wines and complains about the flight of manufacturing from the USA. We don’t make anything any more. That’s not really true. We still make a lot of stuff, but the percentage of the workforce that makes…

PTO 101 worst management Practices. Workers bilked the government of millions by playing hooky, watchdog finds – The Washington Post

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Patent office workers bilked the government of millions by playing hooky, watchdog finds – The Washington Post: The USPTO wins, hands down. They have implemented 101 of the all time worst management practices, all at one time. It may be worthy of a method patent application since no one has ever considered implementing all know mis-management practices at once in one organization. In reading the Washington Post article by Lisa Rein, you move from groan…

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The world's first super light folding electric bike | YikeBike

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The world’s first super light folding electric bike | YikeBike: Even cooler than the Segway, and multiple times as functional. Give a look at this YikeBike. When you see this bike, you will say Yikes! It is reminisce of the old High Wheeler bikes with the monster wheel in front, and no gears (1-speed). But with a twist. The question to ask is this new bike a true invention? Is it innovation? Or is it both? It…

Stronger Chinese Patent Laws Also Help U.S. Companies – WSJ

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Stronger Chinese Patent Laws Also Help U.S. Companies – WSJ: China is blasting past the USA in the patent world. They have already been the most busy patent office in the world for several years. But now they are the office with the most issued patents: 359,000 issues, up 45% from 2014. WoW! And we, in the USA are down 1% to below 300k. Interesting that they pay up to $4,500 (30,000 yuan) for patents….

ARM Holdings is giving up their "holding" to Sprint/SoftBank

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ARM Holdings, the maker of chips and chip making technology has week a favorite here at IPZine. They are basically an IP company holding lots of patents on lots of stuff. They specialize in energy-efficient, reduced instruction set (RISC) chip technology; build it and then license it out to chip makers.They have really taken off into the work of the Internet of Things.Today SoftBank (parent of Sprint) has offered to by ARMH in an all…

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Supreme Court Brings back Treble Damages – WSJ

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Supreme Court Makes It Easier for Patent Holders to Win More in Damages – WSJ: The unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court brings back the serious damages — up to 3 times — for willful patent infringement. Recent lower court rulings were making it virtually impossible to go after big, treble-the-losses, damages. That is the BIG STICK in patent infringement cases. Some companies strategy is to just keep infringing and simply let the lawyers do…