News release: “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz [November 4, 2010] announced the appointment of Edward W. Felten as the agencys first Chief Technologist. In his new position, Dr. Felten will advise the agency on evolving technology and policy issues. Dr. Felten is a professor of computer science and public affairs and founding director of… Continue Reading
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Report – Patented in China II: The Present and Future State of Innovation in China
Patented in China II: The Present and Future State of Innovation in China, by Eve Y. Zhou, Ph.D., and Bob Stembridge – Thomson Reuters.October 2010. “Chinas economy has shifted focus, moving away from traditional agriculture and manufacturing toward innovation-oriented activities. Since Chinese economic reforms started in 1978, China has emerged from being a poor developing… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: DOD Joint Cruise Missile Costs, Intellectual Property, Military Personnel and Domestic Abuse, Medicare Advantage
Defense Acquisitions: DOD Needs to Reassess Joint Cruise Missile Costs before Starting New Production Phase, GAO-11-112, October 13, 2010 Intellectual Property: Agencies Progress in Implementing Recent Legislation, but Enhancements Could Improve Future Plans, GAO-11-39, October 13, 2010 Military Personnel: Sustained Leadership and Oversight Needed to Improve DOD’s Prevention and Treatment of Domestic Abuse, GAO-10-923, September… Continue Reading
FTC Puts Conditions on Coca-Cola's $12.3 Billion Acquisition of its Largest North American Bottler
“The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will require The Coca-Cola Company to restrict its access to confidential competitive business information of rival Dr Pepper Snapple Group as a condition for completing Coca-Colas proposed $12.3 billion acquisition of its largest North American bottler, which also distributes Dr Pepper Snapple carbonated soft drinks. Under a… Continue Reading
WIPO Launches New Database to Profile IP Case Studies
News release: “WIPO has launched IP Advantage, a new database which profiles the intellectual property (IP) experiences of inventors, creators, entrepreneurs, and researchers. This tool aims to promote a better understanding of how IP is created and protected, and how inventors, creators and society at large benefit from the IP system. The IP Advantage database… Continue Reading
USPTO Launches Data Visualization Center
“Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched a beta version of the USPTO Data Visualization Center. This tool will give the public access to important data covering USPTO patent operations in a convenient dashboard format. The patents dashboard provides more refined pendency information than was previously available, as well as other critical indicators… Continue Reading
Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyrighted Works
Statement of the Librarian of Congress on the Anticircumvention Rulemaking, July 26, 2010 Determination of the Librarian of Congress and Text of the Regulation (to be published in Federal Register Tuesday, July 27, 2010 The Recommendation of the Register of Copyrights: “The Librarian of Congress has announced the classes of works subject to the exemption… Continue Reading
Internet Archive's Launches Digital Lending Library
“Checking out digital versions of books that are automatically returned after two weeks is as easy as logging onto the Internet Archives Open Library site, announced digital librarian and Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. By integrating this new service, more than seventy thousand current books best sellers and popular titles are borrowable by… Continue Reading
White House Releases 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement
2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement (June 2010): “Enforcement of intellectual property rights is a critical and efficient tool we can use, as a government, to strengthen the economy, support jobs and promote exports. Intellectual property supports jobs across all industries, and in particular where there is a high degree of creativity, research… Continue Reading
International Trade Commission Launches Tariff Infringement Investigation of Apple
News release: The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain portable electronic devices and related software. The products at issue in this investigation are portable electronic devices that utilize certain power management methods and may incorporate hardware and software for telephone directories within mobile telephone systems. The investigation is… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: IP and Pirated Goods, USPS, Federal Desktop Core Configuration Requirements
Intellectual Property: Observations on Efforts to Quantify the Economic Effects of Counterfeit and Pirated Goods, GAO-10-423, April 12, 2010 U.S. Postal Service: Strategies and Options to Facilitate Progress toward Financial Viability, GAO-10-455, April 12, 2010 Information Security: Agencies Need to Implement Federal Desktop Core Configuration Requirements, GAO-10-202, March 12, 2010 Information Security: Concerted Effort Needed… Continue Reading
Challenges for Preserving Born Digital Materials
New York Times: “Electronically produced drafts, correspondence and editorial comments, sweated over by contemporary poets, novelists and nonfiction authors, are ultimately just a series of digits 0s and 1s written on floppy disks, CDs and hard drives, all of which degrade much faster than old-fashioned acid-free paper. Even if those storage media do… Continue Reading
