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…
State of the Profession 2016 | GreenBiz: They dynamics of Sustainability professionals, like Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), has had amazing change over the last 10 years. This report is impressive in so many ways. One is that CSR and sustainability are merging. Another is that both seem to be merged (embedded) into the divisions of organizations. ‘via Blog this’
A closer look at the PTAB’s new post-issuance review procedures – Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) – Maximising IP Value for Business: Once a patent has been issued, there are Big, BIG changes as to the review process. Here is the most comprehensive take on these changes you will find anywhere. It is rather readable. It is rather detailed. And it is a critical-to-know follow on to anyone involved in the patent pipeline. Now the question,…
The Volusia County Water Summit – Stetson Today: The water summit discussed here, turned out to be a rather big event. Really good information & analysis. The right people thinking about the right issues. It seems that everyone agreed to do something about improving water management and water quality in the county. Although this is a non-binding agreement among the players, it is a really big step forward. Once everyone realizes those few areas where…
Lagoon faces unprecedented peril | News-JournalOnline.com: Henderson does a great job of addressing the issues, the sources of the problems and various solutions. Volusia County is not alone in dealing with these problems. Tampa Bay, St Lucy and more have similar problems. Lawns and septic tanks are mentioned. Many people have their lawns on automatic, so it gets irrigated, rain or shine, winter or summer. They want to have beautiful green lawns year round in…
The 2007 Lentz Dissertation by Cheryl Lentz (Dr Cheryl) was interesting in many ways. One is that it was a single round study. What she was doing was following on research that had been conducted previously. So she was able to use the prior research for the information and the factors that she would have needed to gather in round 1 of a full Delphi study. I know, I know. That’s not a Delphi study then if…
