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Monthly Archives: April 2008

When Protecting your IP is BAD for Business

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Creative Labs may have really missed the boat on this one. Apparently, some of their products don’t work quite so well with some operating systems (Vista anyone?). As many companies do nowadays, in order to reduce tech support costs, Creative Labs has set up a forum for users to discuss their products. Most of the [...]

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1+1=2 | the Non-Obvious requirement

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The “non-obvious requirement” for determining if something is patentable is found in 35 USC ยง103 “Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter”. Specifically, in section (a), “if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at [...]

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Give away your IP and make more $$$$

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

What? Yep! This may be a new avenue for copyright holders to market their work… give it way for free. Check out what one novelist is doing to buck the trend.

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