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Patently Aggressive

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:03 AM

Forgent Networks sues software giants for patent infringement. Is it protecting inventors--or driving a stake through the heart of innovation?READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Tech Watch: Apple’s Latest Patents, and Why They May Be Worthless

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Oct 31, 2008 at 3:00 PM

With the Bilski court decision this week, method patents will be eliminated. Apple's new Snow Leopard OS, and the coming products of other technology companies, may be in danger.READ»

BLOGJAM 2006 | Comment

Ocean Tomo Patent Auctions: A New Form of Open Innovation

BY Michael Docherty
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Aug 14, 2006 at 9:47 PM

There's been a fair amount of press in the past few years about the emerging concept of 'open innovation'. Popularized by Henry Chesbrough in the book by the same name, it's based on the concept of insourcing I/P and technologies ...READ»

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Basic Instincts: Copying What Works vs. Protecting Your Turf

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Apr 5, 2006 at 5:17 PM

If you couldn't get enough of the recent patent-infringement thriller RIM vs. NPT, you'll definitely want to follow the latest nail-biter: Netflix vs. Blockbuster. Netflix is suing Blockbuster for violating its patents regarding ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | Comment

Squashing the BlackBerry?

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:03 AM

They call it "CrackBerry" for a reason. Once you've gotten your hands on a BlackBerry, the wireless email device now carried by more than 3 million people across the country, life is never the same.READ»

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Patent Offensive

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Mar 5, 2007 at 12:17 PM

I find patents fascinating. People aggressively pursue patent protection by suing erstwhile competitors for infringement. Other people collect patents like merit badges, becoming often unsung heroes of innovation. And other people ...READ»

INNOVATION | 4 comments

Patent Happy

Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Aug 1, 2005 at 12:49 PM

When last we visited our friends in Redmond, we wrote about how money can't buy innovation. Back in December, Carleen Hawn chronicled Microsoft's $6.8 billion in annual R&D spending--and how little of it is spent on breakthrough ...READ»

FACEBOOK | 2 comments

Times Are Tough, Why Not Sue Facebook?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Oct 9, 2009 at 2:01 PM

Once upon a time, Google was the company to sue. Now it seems to have passed the mantle to Facebook, which is facing an entertaining array of bizarre and quixotic lawsuits--many of them filed in the last few days, and with little ...READ»

SMARTER PHONES | Comment

Patent War: Google and Apple Vying for Context-Aware Smartphone Dominance

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 99
Wed May 20, 2009 at 8:52 AM

New patent applications from rivals Google and Apple show that the companies are swiftly moving to occupy the same smartphone application arena--one in which your phone adapts to your surroundings and personal routines. Back in ...READ»

DESIGN | 3 comments

A Facebook for Patent Clerks

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 98
Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 2:11 PM

Innovators don't invent all by themselves: To paraphrase Isaac Newton, great inventors see further than others because they stand on the shoulders of giants. Researchers at the Center for Technology Assessment hope to use that ...READ»

APPLE | 4 comments

Does Apple Really Own Multitouch?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 93
Mon Jan 26, 2009 at 9:56 AM

The Macintosh turned 25 years old this past weekend, and Apple seems to be celebrating the occasion by unleashing its blood-lusting attorneys on Palm in a potential patent infringement suit.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

Nano Is Nice

BY Michael Fitzgerald
Relevancy Score: 92
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:13 AM

Bruce Stewart is building a nanotech research conglomerate.READ»

APPLE | Comment

Is Apple Planning Touch-screen Macs?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 86
Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 8:10 PM

Many a wide-eyed fanboy would love for Apple [NASDAQ:AAPL] to release a touch-based tablet. Fortunately for them, the touch technology coming out of the company's iPhone team makes the possibility of a touch Mac more likely than ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | Comment

Startups Take the Plunge

BY Jonathan B. Levine
Relevancy Score: 82
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:40 PM

Bill Geiser's company shows how the Web can help you find the resources to turn your business plan into a business.READ»

APPLE | Comment

Palm Brushes-Off Apple's iPhone Patent, Says it Can Defend Itself

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 79
Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 12:13 PM

The Apple versus Palm debate is beginning to develop some heat. After Apple was awarded the so-called "iPhone patent" yesterday, in which multitouch and many other aspects of the iPhone's design were detailed, Palm has responded with ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Inventive Designs

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 77
Tue Jul 19, 2005 at 1:14 PM

I first learned about TRIZ and its approach to creative problem solving last June. Thanks to a recent blog post by Kevin Kelly, I'm revisiting Genrich Altshuler's design strategies for inventing -- a summary of engineering design ...READ»

TOMTOM | 1 comment

Microsoft Directs TomTom to Drop Dead

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 75
Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 2:05 PM

At the end of February, Microsoft [MSFT] brought suit against GPS company TomTom [TOM2] for several patent infringements pertaining to TomTom's Linux-based GPS navigation software. Now the Linux community is preparing for a fight, ...READ»

NOKIA V APPLE | 3 comments

Nokia Sues Apple: Jealous Much?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 72
Thu Oct 22, 2009 at 10:54 AM

Nokia may be the World's biggest cell-phone maker, but its performance in smartphones has been largely disappointing, especially in the post-iPhone era. Apple's device is so jealousy inducing it seems to have prompted ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | Comment

Historical Holidays V

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 62
Tue Jun 29, 2004 at 10:50 AM

The last week and a half has marked a handful of notable business-, leadership-, and innovation-related anniversaries: The Ford Motor Co. incorporated June 16, 1903. Amelia Earhart began her first trans-Atlantic flight June 17, ...READ»

MICHAEL WACHS | Comment

CEOCast AND Michael Wachs

BY CEOCAST Michael Wachs
Relevancy Score: 58
Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 2:45 PM

michael wachs, ceocast and michael wachs, ceocastREAD»

CLASSIC | Comment

iPod Classic To Get Touchscreen?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 56
Thu Jun 19, 2008 at 8:28 PM

Apple's [NASDAQ: AAPL] iPod Classic has retained its venerable click-wheel, but according to some patent applications floating around the rumor mill, it might be brought into the touchscreen family very soon. A new patent indicates ...READ»

PATENTS UNPENDING | 3 comments

Nokia Makes Unused Patents Available to All

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 54
Thu May 21, 2009 at 3:32 PM

Nokia just made an unprecedented move: In an effort to boost the local Finnish economy, they're throwing open their thousands of unused patents so that any company in Finland can pursue ideas that Nokia has abandoned. The ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

P<amp></amp>G's Not-So-Secret Agent

BY Ron Lieber
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:39 AM

Jeff Weedman is a man with an innovative mission -- to open up Procter Gamble's treasure trove of patents (some 27,000 at last count) to the outside world. Why? Because selling off old ideas forces everyone to come up with new ideas faster.READ»

APPLE PATENTS | 1 comment

Apple Patents Reveal Its Future in GPS Mobile Apps

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 54
Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 10:19 AM

Apple's iPhone GPS is a fabulously useful tool: Personally I've used it when lost in the city a few dozen times. But Apple's retaining a tight grip on both its own software and third party applications that use GPS functionality. The iPhone ...READ»

INNOVATION | 2 comments

Cities That Shine

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 53
Fri Oct 29, 2004 at 7:21 PM

Catalytix, a group associated with Richard Florida, has developed a regional creativity scorecard. And now, Visa USA has identified what its research considers the most entrepreneurial cities in the United States. The Visa ...READ»

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