Data Security and Identity Access Management
As originally published in Forbes on December 7, 2011. Data security is too often discussed at the macro level of data slicing, virtualization, and issues related to public vs. private clouds – extremely important concerns. I have been guilty of this, and of focusing on corporate firewalls and security concerns that arise outside of them (see above)... read more →
Enterprise Management of Intellectual Property
As originally published in Forbes (Aug. 11, 2011). According to former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, the ideas embodied in products and services that consumers value drive the majority of our national GDP growth. We protect those ideas with intellectual property (“IP”) rights. Individuals often hold IP rights, but more often they reside.. read more →
State of the Intellectual Property (IP) Union
As originally published in Forbes (July 22, 2011). Guest Post by Tyron Stading Only four years ago, the majority of patents and intellectual property (“IP”) concerns were confined to the legal department. Since then, the patent landscape has morphed into a complex terrain forcing corporations to create business teams with executive oversight to focus solely.. read more →
The Shifting Demarcations of the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine
As originally published in Forbes (June 17, 2011). In Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson, and Co. (Fed. Cir. May 25, 2011), the Federal Circuit en banc significantly changed the standards of patent law’s inequitable conduct doctrine. According to Karl Renner, a Principal at the law firm Fish & Richardson, this is particularly true with respect.. read more →
The Strategic Use of Patent Reexamination
As originally published in Forbes (June 6, 2011). Patent reexamination is the process whereby either a third party or a patentee can have a patent reexamined by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) to verify that the subject matter it claims is in fact still patentable. The party seeking reexamination must submit prior art.. read more →