No PTA For Divisional Application | PharmaPatents: When does a 20 year patent turn out to be more than a 20 year patent… Patent Term Adjustments. Okay, so under certain situations, an extension can be requested to the 20 years that the US has for patent applications after 1995. The idea is that for such applications as pharma the long lead time in all approvals through the PTO and the FDA and more… can significantly…
Google and NASA Have A New Quantum Computer: Quantum Computing. Changes the way you look at doing computing. Running HOT but keeping it cool. If you wanted to compare this joint venture computing effort by NASA, Google, and USRA (Universities Space Research Association) to traditional computing, you might not be overly impressed. But you probably should be. Maybe. It will be interesting to see if this is the way forward in computing vs other possible…
Uber Meets Its Match in France http://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-meets-its-match-in-france-1442592333It seeing how the company has been able to introduce disruptive innovation, into existing and monopolistic type markets. They jump start into the market so that they have a large presence of drivers and customers before the regulators can catch up with them. Of course the services are much better than the existing taxis. Very interesting how disruptive innovation good the interview so quickly into large markets. Doubly interesting…
Studio must consider fair use before taking down video, court rules – Fortune: This is a big win for those people who would like to use copyrighted materials in any way they want. Simply wind up your baby to copyrighted muzak and press <record>. Of course it probably does no great publicity to Prince to have law suits against babies at play with his music. The unanimous vote to allow the mom to use the…
The patent troll condition -as identified- is a relatively new phenomenon/hot spot in the IP world, perhaps one or two decades old. To be sure, there were isolated cases of troll-like behavior as far back as the 1970s, but nothing like the scope, intensity and frequency of the past several years. Today’s trolls not only find dormant patents also but buy up unused portfolios from companies not concerned with their IP or in need of…
San Diego Community College District – San Diego, CA San Diego Community College District is the recipient of the APPA’s 2015 Sustainability Award recognizing and advancing sustainability excellence in educational facilities. An CREE want a little school credit. The upgrades used Cree® LED lighting upgrade with SmartCast® Technology. Looks good. In the meanwhile, Ikea stores are moving to only selling LED lights by 2016. Read here about Idea’s LED ideas. They argue that about 20% of electric energy…
