Dumb and Dumber Nov 20, 2009
New York will have traded away one of the intellectual assets of the Western world for a four-year community college and a hundred thousand devalued diplomas. Agnew quoted historian Dan Boorstin. (The American Conservative)
Lawyers sue, men plunder Nov 3, 2009
He wondered: ''What purpose is served by insisting on the rights of a dead composer against quotation, one who in her lifetime wasn't at all protective of her copyrights, who gave her intellectual assets away for no charge and showed no inclination to profit materially from her inventions. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Learning Online Jul 21, 2009
- Sofia or "Sharing of Free Intellectual Assets", offers eight courses including Creative Typography, Intro to Java Programming, and Intro to Macromedia Flash. Sofia's OpenCourseware initiative was started by the Foothill-De Anza Community College System. (Suite101.com)
Read the Cost of Freedom recap Jul 14, 2009
Jonathan Hoenig: Of course the government should be protecting our intellectual assets. The president talks at great lengths, oh, we don't make anything in this country. (Fox News)
Web tools can help retain knowledge Jul 14, 2009
This is what CSC Australia explains is the concept of knowledge capital: the intellectual assets an organisation retains. Web 2. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
IT Management Blog Jul 5, 2009
It's hard for me to understand why businesses trying to gain an edge in an incredibly challenging economy won't even consider trying tools that could allow them to better leverage their intellectual assets and more effectively engage their customers. I'd say this aversion to social networking and collaboration tools in many organizations likely stems from 1) the traditional corporate need to control the flow of information, and 2) fears that use of these tools would diminish productivity. (IntranetJournal)
Grow your value May 26, 2009
Protecting intellectual assets is in your best interest, writes Duncan Ross ... Whether you buy into the debate as to whether patents are worthwhile or not, have no doubt that they are part of a business's intellectual assets - if for no other reason than the business having demonstrated organisational discipline ... Once intellectual assets are identified, options can include having the assets formally valued and brought onto the business's balance sheet or simply ensuring intellectual assets... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Duluth Pack Regains Intellectual Assets With Assistance from Mozenda Apr 8, 2009
Text hiding to spacing. SALT LAKE CITY, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 13th, Michael Sterner's worst fears were realized. (PR Newswire)
Matching virtual desktop technologies to your users' ... Mar 20, 2009
Your ultimate challenge is to provide the best possible work environment for your users, while also meeting corporate and regulatory requirements such as securing corporate physical and intellectual assets, lowering the cost of purchasing and deploying and updating desktop and mobile devices. Surveying users is a great way to determine if available virtual desktop technologies will meet their needs and enhance their work capabilities. (SearchWindows2000.com)
Shoji Shiba: The practitioner of breakthrough management Mar 13, 2009
Indians, he says, demonstrate four traits TTT (talk, talk,talk), PTB (pass the buck), MFA (mefirst attitude) and Respect Guru (high regard for knowledge and intellectual assets). The Indian way is akin to process-orientation as compared to the Chinese style of doing business, which rests on a result-oriented approach, says Shiba. (India Times)
Microsoft receives its 10000th US patent Feb 11, 2009
"Most technology companies, Microsoft included, have been increasing their emphasis on IP in recent years, trying to derive greater business value from their intellectual assets. One way to value a patent portfolio is to look at the quantity of patents it contains. Another way is to look at the influence the portfolio has on others.". Wong is one of four co-inventors of the patent number 7,479,950, which outlines how users can place real-world objects on a table-top computer's display (think... (Ars Technica)
Microsoft gets its 10,000th U.S. patent Feb 11, 2009
"Most technology companies, Microsoft included, have been increasing their emphasis on IP in recent years, trying to derive greater business value from their intellectual assets," said Bart Eppenauer, chief patent counsel for Microsoft, in a statement released by the company. Patents had been thought of as clubs to be used in court against competitors, Microsoft said. (InfoWorld)
