Patent Law

Financial guys and patents

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

David Stewart states in his report: "The software really is dynamic. But, again, the important thing is that it's also heavily patented and the patent has been so heavily infringed on that triple damages are now being sought. If the adage is true, if "imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery", then the same thing could probably be said of plagiarism or even the outright piracy of an intellectual property. My point being, if WordLogic's technology is good enough for Mercedes-Benz, it's probably very good technology!"

Scary!

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Governor Corzine, as a former chairman of Goldman, Sachs & Co. may have been a big wheel in the world of finance, but the bond vote shows that everyday people may have a better grasp on what will, and will not, likely make money. The projections on patent royalties resulting from the research, made both here and in California, are utter fantasy, and now we have a vote wherein everyday taxpayers recognized the snake oil for what it was. There was no quantifiable payback. Finance guys are NOT the ones to be lecturing others concerning the world of invention and innovation.

from:
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-jersey-voters-reject-bond-measure.html

***Elsewhere, "Eleventh Hour" on 12 Feb 09 had Rachel doing a patent search for an invention lengthening telomeres (Pinocchio
Effect) in a show otherwise about human cloning and organ harvesting. The show definitely put a downbeat spin on SCNT.

***Separately, employee-inventors made out big in Britain. IAM reported:

The UK?s High Court has awarded two former employees of Amersham International (renamed GE Healthcare after its acquisition by GE in 2004) a total of £1.5 million. This after it found that as co-inventors of a radiopharmaceutical heart imaging agent called Myoview they were entitled to receive a proportion of the product?s value to the company.

Full post as published by IPBiz on February 12, 2009 (boomark / email).