This blog has been lying fallow for some time now. In the spirit of honesty, perhaps it is good for me to review the types of players there are in the intellectual property market in Malaysia. I have been inspired to return to the path of intellectual property, even though it has been quite tough […]
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Good way to Promote An IP Firm
Raj, a patent agent, is quite technologically savvy. So much so that at this point of writing, he has 20 videos uploaded into YouTube under the username “RajPatent”. This is one of his videos, and I can only say that this patent attorney with offices in both USA and India is someone that I would […]
Bluetooth Dispute Settled for USD$15million
In a stunning bit of negotiation savvy, the Washington Research Foundation, a branch of the University of Washington, walked away with USD$15 million from CSR PLC. The original suit was launched against Nokia, Samsung and Panasonic for selling in mobile phones that use Bluetooth chips from CSR PLC that infringe WRF’s radio frequency patents. The […]
Starbucks vs. Starstrucks
Who? Shahnaz Husain, an Indian entrepreneur in Mumbai. What? She plans to start a string of 25 glamourous coffee shops in India, decorated with posters of (presumably Bollywood, and not Hollywood) movie stars. When?God knows. Where?India. An excerpt from Reuters’ report (Source: The Brunei Times): Starbucks, the latest in a line of foreign companies facing […]
Hard Disk Loading and IP Enforcement
What’s “hard disk loading”? A very hard way of loading up a disk?! Well, unfortunately it’s a little closer to home than that. Notice every time you purchase a new (and sometimes shiny) computer, it comes with Windows? Well, not just Windows but also lots of nice software. Like DreamWeaver, Microsoft Office, etc. You just […]