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The America Invents Act (AIA) was passed in 2011 and we are about to start the eighth year since its inception. (See description hereincluded such changes as a move to “first to file” from “first to invent”.) Intellectual Property time since then has been, to say the least, tumultuous.  We have seen significant Supreme Court decisions, the rise and spread of the troll as an intimidator of patent-owning small and medium size businesses and infringement…

After DNA patent ruling, Congress must encourage genetic research – The Washington Post: Wow, a unanimous ruling! This is a good thing. Firms cannot patent DNA. That’s a discovery, not an invention. It appears however, that they can patent synthetic DNA, so if they invent a new type of….… of seed or… new type of person, Then they can patent it. ‘via Blog this’

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…

Iris: Setting up a smart home gets a whole lot easier. This helps to monitor the home energy use as a kind of side benefit. One of the advantages of doing this security and home management stuff yourself (DIY) is that the likelihood of actually utilizing it, and utilizing it well increases. The cost is about $10 per month for more services and longer record times, however? This probably can’t replace the home monitoring system…