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23 Jul 2017
Drafting an agreement is like programming
At 11 o'clock in the morning, I waited at a "mamak" restaurant for my friend to arrive. The place was in a quiet corner of the Curve. Customers…
16 Jul 2017
Hip hop artist sends Coca-Cola letter of demand in music video
Here's a story about Coca-Cola. A Canadian hip hop artist with the stage name B. Rich (real name Brendan Richmond) made a music video a few years back,…
13 May 2017
Waymo vs Otto, or, the Google vs Uber proxy fight
Anthony Levandowski. Picture from Wired.com (which got it from NY Times) Anthony Levandowski is an ex-employee of Google who had joined the company in 2007. Notably, he was…
13 May 2017
PatentScope – Free Patent Tool from WIPO
WIPO stands for the World Intellectual Property Organization Use the PatentScope - WIPO's Free Tool for Patent Lawyers WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, has a tool that's…
2 May 2017
The MP3 Patent and Its Expiry – A Patent Agent’s Perspective
A long, long time ago, when mankind first started to digitize audio into computer formats, they used wave files, which typically sported the extension "WAV". These wave files…
22 Dec 2016
Dr Mahathir Says 3D Jobs Are Good Targets for Innovation
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad , former prime minister of Malaysia. A recent interview In a recent interview, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed spoke with social media website, iMoney. The…
10 Nov 2016
Donald Trump wants to protect American IP in China
Donald Trump is now the President-Elect of the United States of America He is not yet the President of the United States of America, but that will happen…
2 Oct 2016
Know How and Confidential Information
That's because in a competitive landscape, players get advantages from their networks. Their connections and people that they can call upon become their advantage. When I joined a…
28 Sep 2016
Blackberry’s Future
Today I read that BlackBerry is shuttering its hardware side of the business. Its future will be in software development. Here are some thoughts on Blackberry's future. Past…
11 Sep 2016
If a fan uploads your music to YouTube
You write songs, perform songs, and sing on stage. You give concerts. You go on international tours and roadshows. People really love your songs, and some of them…
7 Sep 2016
Project Ara: 3 Lessons to Learn for Entrepreneurs
The modular pieces that could be swapped in the Project Ara mobile phone. Google just axed Project Ara. Just letting you know what happens in the end.…
27 Aug 2016
Dispute the Patent, then Short the Stock
I was combing through WikiLeaks when I came across this article, shared in the e-mail archives of the Italian surveillance malware vendor, Hacking Team. The Hacking Team CEO,…
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