Patent Baristas

David Boundy, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel Intellectual Property at Cantor Fitzgerald LP , sent a note of importance to the patent community regarding a notice and comment period, which opened last week and closes on March 16, 2008  (See: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, Request for Comment, 74 […]

Entrepreneur and self-promoter Amilya Antonetti, a CNBC expert on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, is looking for entrepreneurs with the next great success story to be featured on her upcoming Reality TV Show pilot. Amilya wants to show that that “one person with an idea and passion can change the world or at least […]

It didn’t take long for various groups to start issuing statements on the Patent Reform Act of 2009 bill introduced today. Manzullo and Michaud U.S. Reps. Don Manzullo (R-IL) and Mike Michaud (D-ME) said the latest patent reform bill introduced in the House and Senate this afternoon would actually weaken intellectual property protections for American […]

Following hot on the heels of the Patent Reform Acts of 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and former chair Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), along with House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) and ranking minority member Lamar Smith (R-Texas), introduced, you guessed it, the “Patent Reform Act of 2009.” […]

From 21st to 23rd June 2009, the 2nd IP Business Congress, will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago.  Hosted by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine, the IP Business Congress is designed for senior business executives responsible for the creation and management of IP value inside corporations, as well as those who advise […]

Coming off a recent discussion about the role patents play in fostering innovation (see: Are Patents A Driver of Innovation or Just a Tax?), it is fortunate that I’ve had a chance to read Michael Gollin’s excellent book on how intellectual property not only drives the innovation cycle but sometimes stifles it, too. Gollin’s book, […]

Since posting a list of the top patent blogs you should be reading, I got some inquiries about the top business blogs, particularly venture money blogs. In using the same pseudo-scientific methods of the earlier list, I reviewed what are the most cited VC blogs. This list is not meant to be definitive given the […]

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) held a press conference today to provide an overview of the federal policy landscape and impact of the current financial market environment on the biotech industry. BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood addressed the policies expected to be considered by the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress which will impact […]