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Roundtrip for the Luxury Brand: Chinese Tourists Seeking Luxury Brand Discounts at Outlets in the United States 26 Aug 2013 | 11:41 am
The Sacramento Bee published an article on Sunday, August 25, 2013, authored by Richard Chang, titled, “Big Spenders from China Have Outlet Malls Elated.” The article discusses the financial impact o...
ALCS August Distribution:a glimpse at the bottom end of authors' earnings 25 Aug 2013 | 02:22 pm
The August 2013 issue of the Authors' Licensing and Copyright Society (ALCS) News has now been published. One of the most interesting items this month is entitled "The August Distribution". In brief...
Patents as incentives: when $2 million doesn't sound like very much 23 Aug 2013 | 03:35 pm
A press release from Northwestern University has picked up a tidy sum to do some research the results of which will doubtless interest readers of this weblog. It runs, in relevant part, like this: "W...
The Recording Industry Has Revenue Growth: The “Sweet Spot” with Licensed Digital Services and New Markets 22 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has released two reports concerning recorded music. The first is The Recording Industry in Numbers 2013 Report (RIN 2013) and the seco...
“A Kodak Moment” or “Rembrandts in the Attic”: The Valuation for the BlackBerry Patent Portfolio 17 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm
On the heels of the announcement that BlackBerry would start looking “at strategic alternatives,” the web has lit up with commentary and speculation on the value of the BlackBerry patent portfolio—a w...
How Important Are Patents for Big Oil? 14 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am
What are patents worth? If one is to believe what was reported by The Economist in its August 3, 2013 issue ("Supermajordammerung"), the answer may be, at least for the huge integrated international o...
President Obama’s Legacy: An “Innovation Deficit” or Greater Wealth (and wider distribution)? 10 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
When we look back at Obama’s presidency, my guess is that he will be known for several things. He’ll be remembered for health care reform and as the President of “The Great Recession,” and maybe even...
Keeping Tabs on “Patent Trolls”: "Trolling Effects" 9 Aug 2013 | 10:41 pm
The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently released its “Trolling Effects” website. The purpose of the website is to collect information, specifically cease and desist letters [C&D letters] sent by ...
A Need for Trademark Bullies (or at least more trademark enforcement)? 3 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
"Patent troll," "copyright troll," and "trademark bully" are labels with generally negative connotations. Most may say that we need less of all of the above, including less enforcement by these "evil ...
Does Carsharing Threaten the Centrality of Design? 31 Jul 2013 | 02:04 am
With Apple products leading the popular vanguard, the centrality of design has become a common theme in contemporary product development. As it says on the back of my Apple Nano, "Designed by Apple in...
