Patent Baristas

If you let go of trying to get more of what you don’t really need, it frees up oceans of energy to make a difference with what you have. When you make a difference with what you have, what you have expands.
~ Lynne Twist on the principle of sufficiency
As we go through a season of [...]

gray market n. a market employing irregular but not illegal methods; especially : a market that legally circumvents authorized channels of distribution to sell goods at prices lower than those intended by the manufacturer.
~Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law
A gray market (or grey market) is the trade of a commodity through distribution channels which, while legal, are [...]

I aim to shed light on the extent to which advance in the life sciences was directed by the profit motive and the availability of the patent system … and on the ways that the patent ‘institution’ evolved in response to science and to interest groups, mainly business ones, but also legal practitioners associated with [...]

It is good that authors should be remunerated; and the least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly. Yet monopoly is an evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to the evil; but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is necessary for the purpose of securing [...]

The two most important questions for a firm are: “How does the firm make money?” and “How can the firm’s intellectual property help the firm make money?”
~ The Business of Intellectual Property
Intellectual property practices may be borne of law and precedents but the real domain of IP is business.  Woe Unto You, Lawyers! who do [...]

OK, I admit it. I judge a book by it’s cover. There, I said it. I’m not proud of it but I’m very visually oriented and there is something about a beautifully designed cover of a book that makes me want to open and read the pages inside.  So it was when [...]

Strategy is a solution that takes you from your current situation “A” to a new situation “B.” ~ Robert Cantrell
Outpacing the Competition: Patent-Based Business Strategy, by Robert L. Cantrell (Wiley, John & Sons, Inc., 343pp), is a book written for business-people and attorneys who are charged with developing business opportunities using practical patent strategies.
Patents on [...]

Last week’s book review was on the Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments: 2006-2008, by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law. This week, we’re giving you a chance to get your own copy for free (reg. price: $149.95).
Through various circumstances (yes, my fault), the ABA Section sent me two copies [...]