intellectual property

Google to sell Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91B – FierceWireless: This is a pretty good take on the strategic transaction that Google has entered into with Lenovo. The headlines will be very misleading related to the Motorola Wireless deal that Google just made for selling the handset division (hardware) to Lenovo. People will look at the almost $12.4B deal where Google bought some 17,000 and the Motorola wireless division that comes with it in May…

Secrecy cloaks patents on inventions hidden far from public eye by Industry Canada: Wow.So in Canada you can have your patent applications totally shielded from all view/publication. And, we presume, against your will and better judgement. But only for National Security. One would assume, that you will have lots of problems, then, if you were to consider bringing it to market commercially (non-military). And, here in the US of A, we are grappling with how…

Microsoft, Owens Corning Join Climate Declaration · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader:  BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy) calls climate change “one of America’s greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century. That’s right, opportunity. Microsoft and Owens-Corning have joined the Climate Declaration (spearheaded by CERES). This is a very nice & concise article on the more that 650 major corporations worldwide that have stepped up to the plat to take and…

Fuel cell cars from Toyota, Honda, Hyundai set to debut at auto shows – latimes.com: We’ve been waiting for decades (50 years?) for a fuel cell car. It looks like Toyota will come out fist with a Fuel Cell car next year. The fuel cell being announced this next week are coming from Honda and Hyundai. Unfortunately, it seems, these will be hydrogen fuel based. Other versions of Fuel Cell generators use liquid fuels, not…

Study: Natural gas industry can cut fracking emissions: This would be great to minimize the methane from the fracking of wells. Since NatGas is soooo much cleaner than coal (and gasoline). It is a slam-dunk decision as a way to start moving away from coal. Of course, it is not a sustainable solution for the looong term. NatGas could be a bridge fuel to a clean and renewable future. ‘via Blog this’

America’s patent problem – POLITICO.com Print View: Interesting Politico article by Leahy & Lee related to legislation to tame some of the really bad actors in the patent pool. The didn’t mention patent trolls by name, but the idea of building a bridge over the pond certainly implies that it will make it harder for trolls to reach up and pick off stray pieces of the economy. The article talks about the problem of patent…