Smarter manufacturing policies, not tariffs or negotiators, is what America...
The U.S. cannot win a trade war based on raising tariffs. Rather than engage in a trade war that the U.S. can’t win, why not embrace smarter manufacturing policies? when we outsource manufacturing we...
View ArticleThe Start of an Online Trademark Epidemic? Companies are attempting to...
The first month of 2016 has already seen two very high-profile trademark disputes, both in the area of online videos. Recently it has come to light that Sony has tried to trademark the phrase “Let’s...
View ArticleComing Soon to a TV Set Near You: Your Own Set-Top Cable Box (Maybe)
In the United States, 53 million people pay for cable, 2.7 million jobs (direct and indirect) are a result of the cable industry, and the average American adult watches approximately 32 hours of TV a...
View ArticleHacia la primera universidad sustentable de México
Por Lidia Vázquez FUENTE: CONACYT , Agencia Informativa CONACYT Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. 2 de febrero de 2016 (Agencia Informativa Conacyt).- La Universidad Panamericana (UP) registra un...
View ArticleCrece proyecto SenseCityVity en México
Por Ana Luisa Guerrero FUENTE: CONACYT, Agencia Informativa CONACYT México, DF. 2 de febrero de 2016 (Agencia Informativa Conacyt).- Los dispositivos móviles se han convertido en una nueva herramienta...
View Article“AT&T is the villain” in city broadband fight, Republican lawmaker says
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. (credit: AT&T) A Republican state senator in Tennessee is fed up with AT&T and other private Internet service providers that are trying to stop the spread of...
View ArticleSurvey on the DMCA Remedy for Online Piracy
The Copyright Alliance is conducting a survey on the effectiveness of the DMCA takedown provision for online infringements. It takes only a few minutes. Check Photo Attorney on Lynda.com, in the...
View ArticleDía Mundial contra el Cáncer: esfuerzos de la comunidad científica mexicana
Por Carmen Báez FUENTE: Agencia Informativa CONACYT México, DF. 3 de febrero de 2016 (Agencia Informativa Conacyt).- El cáncer, que se define como el crecimiento descontrolado de células anormales en...
View ArticleMéxico, un país de excelencia científica: Unesco
De: Verenise Sánchez FUENTE: CONACYT, Agencia Informativa CONACYT México, DF. 2 de febrero de 2016 (Agencia Informativa Conacyt).- México es un país de excelencia científica, “no hay ningún otro país...
View ArticleKatcall for new positions in the IPKat team
The IPKat is pleased to announce a new and exciting opportunity for aspiring community bloggers! Considering the running of the IPKat blog in the future, the IPKat team is proposing to create a new...
View ArticleGoogle Can Derive Undisclosed Economic Benefits From CAPTCHAs–Rojas-Lozano v....
paulista/shutterstock – explosive free tag isolated on white background This lawsuit alleges that Google benefits unfairly from consumers’ responses to Google’s CAPTCHA. Plaintiff, a Massachusetts...
View ArticleSix Hundred Million Dollars
The E.D. Texas is out with a $600,000,000+ jury verdict against Apple in favor of VirnetX. (VirnetXVerdict). Interesting, after the huge verdict bump, the market cap for the company is $250.9M. That...
View ArticleMysterious spike in WordPress hacks silently delivers ransomware to visitors
If you're a gamer (or anyone else), this is not a screen you want to see. (credit: Bromium Labs) It's still not clear how, but a disproportionately large number of websites that run on the WordPress...
View ArticleCan GIFs infringe copyright? In Europe the answer is potentially 'yes'
Facebook GIF buttonThanks to Katfriend and scholar Martin Husovec (Tilburg University) this Kat has become aware that, after Facebook, also Twitter is on the move to introduce a dedicated GIF button...
View ArticleN.D. of California finds Prosecution Estoppel Based on IPR
In a recent decision, the Northern District of California decided that a patent owner’s submissions in an inter partes review constituted a prosecution disclaimer for claim construction purposes. Ann...
View ArticleHey, drone owners! Don’t fly at the Super Bowl
Do not be trying to get aerial shots of Peyton Manning. Thanks, the FAA. (credit: Kevin Baird) Hey, all you newly minted unmanned air vehicle enthusiasts out there (and especially those of you in the...
View ArticleGas company hit with wrongful death suit over massive natural gas leak
Protesters and attendants at an Aliso Canyon community meeting. (credit: Cal OES) In late January, an elderly woman with lung cancer died in the community of Porter Ranch just north of Los Angeles....
View ArticleEurope’s top court mulls legality of hyperlinks to copyrighted content
(credit: Hernán Piñera) Europe's highest court is considering whether every hyperlink in a Web page should be checked for potentially linking to material that infringes copyright, before it can be...
View ArticlePor el derecho a ver las estrellas
Por Tania Robles México, DF. 3 de febrero de 2016 (Agencia Informativa Conacyt).- Alzar la mirada y contemplar un cielo oscuro lleno de estrellas ha quedado en el pasado por la contaminación lumínica...
View ArticleWatch Out DeVry, Don’t Get Caught In A Lie
It seems as if DeVry University’s Pinocchio nose just grew a little bit longer. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Education filed a complaint against the for-profit university...
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