Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Oh boy, Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake up here with her everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in school or those people who live a longer way from the office. But Mayer is shaking it up….
Should Monsanto own patent rights on the elements of life? – Los Angeles Times: Few people realize how patent intensive the food industry has become. The top 10 seed companies account for 2/3 of all seeds sold. A huge % of the seed sold are patented. Wow! “Over an 11-year period, the cost per acre of planting soybeans has risen a dramatic 325%.” Ouch!…BUT if the yield is improved, then the added cost to sow…
Should Monsanto own patent rights on the elements of life? – Los Angeles Times: Few people realize how patent intensive the food industry has become. The top 10 seed companies account for 2/3 of all seeds sold. A huge % of the seed sold are patented. Wow! “Over an 11-year period, the cost per acre of planting soybeans has risen a dramatic 325%.” Ouch!… BUT if the yield is improved, then the added cost to…
Taking a fresh look at solar energy’s benefits | Highlands Today: Local article to Central Florida. It is good to see some movement on solar. Great. We all need to be more sustainable. Glad to see Coronado Solar getting out there and making it happen. Couple areas that aren’t precise. Probably lost something in the translation. Payback on solar hot water is usually 2 to 4 years. Really good ROI for pools (unless you like…
Top 15 drug patent losses for 2013 – FiercePharma: In the usual search of the BIG patents that are about to drop off the cliff, it is always fun to see what comes up. This is a great assessment of the 2013 Patent Cliff. Wanna see what’s in store for the the next 4-5 years check out this report and forecast for pharma patents through 2018 by EvaluatePharma: http://www.evaluatepharma.com/worldpreview2018.aspx Just reviewing the past couple years you…
IBM is again the patent king with the most patents issued. Now just under 6,500 issued in a single year. That’s issued, not applications.IBM •Celebrated 101 years since its first patent •In 2012 was its 20th year as most US patents •In 2012 received 6,478 patents! (not applications!) •Spent $6B on R&D … roughly $1m per patent. •IBM makes $1B+ per year on IP sales/licensing!=> That is almost pure profit$! This is a fun article about the big…
