This week I’m reporting onTuesday’s Conference in Santa Clara CA: Patent Disputes 2011: Patent Reform and New Models for a New Market. The audience, consisting of over 100 in-house counsel, outside counsel and company executives, proved to be a very rich landscape of thought leaders who are now playing in unfamiliar surroundings. Initial discussions surrounded […]
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Molly Keelan Reports on the 2011 AIPLA Annual Meeting
Thank you to all who stopped by the Ocean Tomo booth at the annual AIPLA conference last week. Michael Milani, Managing Director of Expert Testimony, and I enjoyed meeting new contacts and catching up with our clients. Interestingly enough, this year, Ocean Tomo decided to raffle off an iPad 2 and used a different method […]
United States International Trade Commission – Section 337 Patent Investigations
Effective November 15, 2011, the United States International Trade Commission rules for Section 337 patent investigations have been amended to require that with the filing of complaint, the complainant file a separate statement of public interest. This statement must address how the requested relief (typically an exclusion order) could “affect the public health and welfare […]
Chicago Ideas Week and the Power of Intellectual Capital
Last week I attended a few of the events put on by Chicago Ideas Week, Brad Keywell’s weeklong series of over 100 presentations by world-renowned speakers with the goal of creating “an ecosystem of innovation, exploration, and intellectual recreation.” At a time when businesses are increasingly recognizing intellectual property (IP) as an asset class, it […]
Jim Malackowski Participates in a Discussion with the UN Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia
My final stop in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was a small group discussion with the Executive Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Fouad Mrad, members of the local Licensing Executives Society (LES) Arab Countries Chapter, and other invited guests. We continued the discussion of intellectual property as a […]
Jim Malackowski Reports from the Licensing Executives Society Arab Countries Meeting in Abu Dhabi
Yesterday I attended a most interesting meeting of the Licensing Executives Society Arab Countries Chapter held in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Higher Colleges of Technology. The meeting was held at one of Abu Dhabi’s leading science centers, the CERT Technology Park. My attention, as well as that of all participants and the robust media […]
Plenary Session Report from the WEF Summit on the Global Agenda 2011 by Jim Malackowski
I attended the first plenary session for the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council meeting this morning, sharing the room with a most distinguished panel of regional and global leaders including the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, the Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister Gordon Brown. GAC participation has grown from yesterday to more than 800 […]
Update from the WEF Summit on the Global Agenda 2011 from Jim Malackowski
I attended this afternoon in Abu Dhabi the introductory session for new members of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Action Council (GAC). Not one to shy from big ideas, I was more than impressed by the scope and impact of WEF overall, and the GAC in particular. Klaus Schwab, WEF Founder and Executive Chairman, […]