Patent Baristas

Peter Zura’s Two-Seventy-One Patent Blog has an interesting note about the valuation (or, overvaluation, as the case may be) of Biotech patents. Zura points to an article from Dominique Patton, questioning whether the current onslaught of high profile patent litigation is causing excessive valuations of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) of technology companies. But, one […]

In India, a team of doctors is reviewing ancient Indian medical texts and putting this information into a 30-million-page electronic encyclopedia of India’s traditional medical knowledge, the first of its kind. As practitioners of ayurveda, unani and siddha, ancient Indian medical systems that date back thousands of years, these doctors are trying to put an […]

The World Trade Organization (WTO) members approved measures to make it easier for developing countries to get cheaper generic versions of medicines for communicable diseases like AIDS. Changes to the WTO’s intellectual property agreement would make permanent a waiver currently in place to allow poor countries without their own pharmaceutical manufacturing capacities to import cheaper […]

Academics at Cambridge University are divided over a new proposal by the university to tighten its control over intellectual property created by faculty by managing patent applications and taking a stake in spin-out companies. Under the current regulations, the university has no effective control over intellectual property created by the majority of its staff. The […]

CincyTechUSA announced that Robert W. Coy, Jr. of St. Louis joined the organization as president. Coy was senior vice president for Entrepreneurial Development for the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association. He replaces Rich Kiley, who has served as interim executive director of CincyTechUSA since May of 2004. CincyTechUSA focuses on assisting companies in […]

Red Herring this week ran an interesting article about a company called PeopleConnect. Basically, PeopleConnect helps high-tech startups hire pricey executives without actually having to pay them any cash. Angel Employees, like Angel Investors, invest their labor in exchange for an equity stake in the company. The companies, meanwhile, get top notch management while keeping […]

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The Editor ‘n Chef of Blawg Review has come out with a double-barreled, two-fer blawg carnival this week. The double-shot features both Blawg Review #29 and Carnival of the Capitalists #107. Besides the expected machinations on the Harriet Miers nomination, we enjoyed Bruce MacEwen’s inquiry into the economics of law firms at Adam Smith, Esq. […]