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CIO
September 28, 2012
Kim S. Nash |
Companies Race to the Patent Office to Protect Their IT Breakthroughs There's a patent gold rush under way as savvy companies seek to lock in the competitive advantage from their IT innovations. CIOs ought to seek patents for unique business methods and other inventions made possible by new technology.   |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2011 |
What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market? As companies amass patents to sue each other, is it time for the patent system to be reformed? |
InternetNews
January 11, 2005
Jim Wagner |
IBM Pledges Patents to Open Source IBM said Tuesday it is pledging 500 software patents to developers of open source software so they can develop without fear. The patents are available to those who abide by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and use one of 50 OSI-certified licenses. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Christopher Koch |
Patently Stupid? It's not clear at the start of 2003 whether the software patent frenzy will cause innovation to flower or be trampled. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 19, 2006
Paul Allen |
Patent Processing For both the patent holders and potential transgressors, technology patents can be a high-stakes game in the financial world, in both monetary awards and ongoing business feasibility. |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Mark Radcliffe |
Patents: A Small Price to Pay for Progress For CIOs, the issue is not whether patents should be granted for software but whether anything can be done to improve the quality of the granted patents. The problem relates more to the examining process in the USPTO than to the appropriateness of patents for software. |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Lawrence Rosen |
Patents: An Expensive Tax on the CIO Software patents cost you money. Like taxes, they skim from your profit margins, but in this case the fees go to pay for other companies' intellectual property. |
InternetNews
November 5, 2004
Jim Wagner |
For Innovation's Sake Although today's raft of companies suing other companies over intellectual property rights may give the impression that creative thought is getting muzzled, many industry experts agree that software innovation is alive and well. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Dave Mock |
The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes. |
Information Today
June 20, 2013 |
Thomson Innovation Acquires Full-Text Australian Patent Records Thomson Innovation, the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, now includes the full text of patents from Australia: innovation (petty) and granted patents and applications. |
CIO
February 23, 2009
Elana Varon |
Technology and Your Company's New Business Model If your company is reinventing itself, IT plays a role. But CEOs set the agenda for change, says Innosight Chairman Mark Johnson. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Eric Bleeker |
Paul Allen Sues Everyone (Except Microsoft) Paul Allen's patent suit underscores a troubling trend that could stifle innovation. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
John Grgurich |
How the Patent Wars Are Hurting High-Tech Well-intentioned patent laws are threatening to stifle innovation. |
CIO
July 26, 2013
Maryfran Johnson |
Top CIOs Embrace the Need for Speed The business world views CIOs as more tortoise than hare, but it's time to rethink that stereotype. Award-winning CIOs find that speeding up innovation and business processes yields a competitive advantage. |
CRM
March 17, 2014
Maria Minsker |
CIOs Are Pushing for More Innovation, Constellation Research Finds As CIOs embrace new responsibilities, a chief digital officer role may emerge in the c-suite. |
InternetNews
November 24, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Nick Godici, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has been taking a lot of heat in recent years over software patents. Sitting at the center of the firestorm, and the patent process, is Nick Godici, the agency's Commissioner for Patents. |
Bank Technology News
January 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
Bight Ideas Financial services firms are deluging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with applications, which soared 15-fold between 1995 and 2002. Patent attorney Dale Lazar urges banks to get in line: converting valuable ideas into assets can pay off big time. |
InternetNews
May 20, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT. |
CIO
January 2, 2013 |
CIOs Getting Better at People Skills Our annual checkup on the state of the CIO shows improvement in the leadership skills required to achieve great things for business peers and external customers, says Maryfran Johnson |
Fast Company
January 9, 2012
Rachel Z. Arndt |
Patents By The Numbers: Average Wait Time Is Going Down, But Trolls Still Cost Us $80 Billion A Year Starting last fall and stretching through mid-2013, the U.S. has been overhauling the patent-approval process for the first time since 1952. |
InternetNews
October 21, 2004
Sean Michael Kerner |
EU Patent Fight Comes to the Fore An effort to stop software patents in the European Union got a boost this week with the launch of NoSoftwarePatents.com. Red Hat and MySQL AB are among the high-profile open source companies backing the effort. |
InternetNews
May 3, 2010 |
Novell, Red Hat Win Victory in Patent Fight Rival open source vendors prevail in joint defense against infringement charges brought by firm trying to assert rights to invention covered under 1991 patent. |
InternetNews
July 31, 2007
Larry Barrett |
RealNetworks Case Highlights Sea-Change In Patent Law Supreme Court ruling puts patent trolls on notice. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2006
Rich Duprey |
A Patently Offensive Ruling? eBay vs. MercExchange was the wrong ruling in the right case. Rather than balancing the power between "patent trolls" and innovation, this ruling could end up tipping the scales against small-time inventors who lack the resources to challenge corporations that usurp a patent's advancements. |
InternetNews
September 27, 2006
Michael Hickins |
IBM Pushes New Patent Policies Patent reform may be on the way, but IBM has decided to change the system on its own and is leading by example. |
Entrepreneur
January 2007
Nichole L. Torres |
What's Next? For a bird's-eye view of the innovation trends happening right now, look no further than recent patent filings. |
Information Today
September 6, 2012
Paula J. Hane |
Apple-Samsung Case Highlights America's Troubled Patent System The jury finding in this case has triggered an onslaught of commentary and has also brought up many questions about the nature of the U.S. patent system. The comments have ranged from "software patents are evil" to the U.S. has a "broken patent system." |
CIO
September 28, 2011
Grant Gross |
Controversial Business-Method Patents Face New Attacks A new law revamps the patent system and gives rivals an eight-year window to challenge IT-related patents in the financial-services industry. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Do Patents Lead to Profits? A pile of intellectual property helps -- but it's not enough. Companies that break rules and devise new ways of doing things can create entire new industries. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 20, 2004
Ann Cullen |
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It Innovators and society are paying too high a price in the current patent system, says Adam B. Jaffe and Harvard Business School's Josh Lerner in their new book, 'Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress,' excerpted here. |
InternetNews
September 7, 2005
Clint Boulton |
CA, IBM Join in Open Patent Pledge Rivals Computer Associates International and IBM have agreed to exchange software license rights and releases in a bid to bring technologies to the public for open source development. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
IBM's Patently Good Idea Big Blue's decision to open patents to public scrutiny could spur innovation. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2010 |
Microsoft Rules the Software Patents Hill Again In the annual race to win as many patents as possible, Microsoft ends up in front at least in the software category. So how valuable are those patents to a company the size of Microsoft? |
Information Today
August 3, 2009 |
Thomson Reuters Introduces New IP Offering for Law Firms This new offering pairs the authoritative legal content of Westlaw with the rich patent research capabilities of Thomson Innovation. It is designed to help legal professionals work smarter and more efficiently across the patent workflow-from patent prosecution to litigation. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Intellectual Property Help Findlaw.com has launched the Intellectual Property Center. The new site presents a substantial amount of free resources, including how to obtain, enforce, and protect patents and trademark rights. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2010
Steve LeVine |
IBM May Not Be the Patent King After All IBM wins more U.S. patents than any other company, but Microsoft's are worth much more money, says a new study. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2012
Tamara Rutter |
Why Kodak Needs to Declare Bankruptcy Is it time to say goodbye to the "Kodak moment"? |
InternetNews
March 28, 2011 |
What is the Value of Red Hat's Patents? Linux leader Red Hat has now been recognized for the strength of its patents, what is it doing with all that intellectual property? |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2006
Lee A. Hollaar |
Patents 2.0 There are big problems with patents, especially software patents. A new type of patent is needed -- Congress should create a new, limited protection that protects against knockoffs without overreaching. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2006
Harry Goldstein |
Patent Power The world's most valuable patent portfolios: Boeing... Ricoh... IBM... Hitachi... etc. |
CIO
May 31, 2012
Michael Friedenberg |
CIOs Need a Wakeup Call Many CIOs think they're more relevant than ever before, but their CEOs often disagree. IDG Enterprise's own CEO is calling for CIOs to figure out how to better include innovation in their job descriptions |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Steven J. Frank |
Patent Reform Cacophy The Patent Reform Act may, in the end, merely contribute another layer of cost, delay, and uncertainty. |
Inc.
August 1, 2002
Leigh Buchanan |
The Innovation Factor: Built to Invent Part 1 of a three-installment series on hypercreative organizations and the strategies behind them. |
IndustryWeek
February 17, 2010
Jill Jusko |
U.S. Patents, International Flavor IBM grabs top spot in 2009 patent rankings, but foreign firms receive more than half. |
Entrepreneur
October 2005
Chris Penttila |
Patent Pending Have an idea for the next big thing? You'll need a patent, but pay attention to big changes in store for U.S. patent law. |
CIO
January 4, 2015 |
CIOs Still Need to Strengthen the IT-Business Connection Our 14th Annual State of the CIO research reveals glaring disparities between what CIOs think they're delivering and what business people think they're getting from IT. |
CIO
March 25, 2010
Maryfran Johnson |
CIOs Need A Pep Talk From Stuart Smalley You're good enough, you're smart enough and doggone it, people like you! It may be easy to be defensive in IT, but CIOs' self-defeating self-image affects how business sees the whole business unit. |
CIO
March 1, 2004 |
The Return of Innovation Make no mistake: Despite the past three years of economic doldrums, innovation is alive and well. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Why High-Tech Firms Can't Afford to Ignore Patents When it comes to patents, high technology firms are, out of necessity, interdependent... |
InternetNews
December 10, 2008
Sean Michael Kerner |
Will Linux Defenders Save Linux from Microsoft? New legal initiative is designed to ensure quality patents and get rid of bad ones. |
