The Great Patent Debate Will Kick-Off Day Two of World IP Business Congress in San Francisco

Do Patents Help or Hurt Innovation? Skepticism about the patent system is growing even as more businesses and people benefit from IP rights. Recent passage of the biggest overall of U.S. patents since the 1950s does not seem to have meant much, and cries of “too much” patenting are still being heard. A recent story in […]

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Cook Book by Innovative IP Owner is No Recipe for Success

Myhrvold’s ’Modernist Cuisine’ Inspires and Confounds – Over the past ten years much has been written about Intellectual Ventures, the IP acquisition and licensing business, and its enigmatic founder, Nathan Myhrvold. A recent cover story in The New York Times Dining Section, of all places, may provide the clearest insight yet into IV and its CEO. The article, “The Conjurer,” (sic) looks at Modernist Cuisine, $625 ($467.62 on […]

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Pharma Cos Face "Patent Cliff" as Protection Expires

Ten Blockbusters will End in Two Years – An article in Daily Finance says that patents that are expiring on many top-selling drugs will cause pharmaceutical company sales to drop by as much as $30 billion in  2011 and 2012 and will have continued impact. The Ten Biggest Selling Drugs that are About to Lose their Patents notes that an estimated […]

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