harder to get startups going" in the United States, Josh Mendelsohn, a partner with a VC websites was introduced, more than a dozen venture capitalists came to Washington Thursday to complain that. MORE >>

In a move to reduce some of the barriers to IP transfer between academic research and entrepreneurship, the University of Glasgow has launched a new website " Easy Access IP " that will make some its intellectual property available to the public for free of charge, without cumbersome licensing rules and restrictions. Sponsor. Discuss. MORE >>

I’m with Larry… this is about IP and what Google is doing is acquiring a massive IP war chest that they can use as currency for access to other people’s IP as well as protect their hardware partners with. Uncategorized Android Google IP Microsoft mobile Motorola RIM MORE >>

The discussions weigh the pros and cons of when it is best to foster creativity through opening up their research to collaboration and when Intellectual Property (IP) should be preserved.  In each case the advantages of using the wiki world to enhance what may have been considered to be IP was outweighed by the benefits of collaboration. MORE >>

This morning I gave the keynote speech at the ICAP Ocean Tomo IP auction in San Francisco.  legislation that will transform the U.S. patent system and broadly impact intellectual property rights in our country.  The problem is that we lack a cohesive strategy to meet this challenge. “. The cost of filing patents has increased dramatically.  MORE >>