Category «Intellectual Property»

New GAO Reports: Emergency Preparedness, Intellectual Property, International Food Assistance, Medicaid, Nuclear Waste

Emergency Preparedness: Improved Planning and Coordination Necessary for Development of Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, GAO-09-1044T, September 30, 2009 Intellectual Property: Enhanced Planning by U.S. Personnel Overseas Could Strengthen Efforts, GAO-09-863, September 30, 2009 International Food Assistance: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight, GAO-09-977SP, September 30, 2009 International Trade: U.S. Agencies Have Taken Some Steps, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Intellectual Property

TwitterTerms of Service – You Own Your Tweets

Terms of Service – “These Terms of Service (Terms) govern your access to and use of the services and Twitters websites (the Services), and any information, text, graphics, or other materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Services (collectively referred to as Content). Your access to and use of the Services is conditioned on your …

Subjects: Blogs, Copyright, Intellectual Property

IBM Patent Application – 'Platform for Capturing Knowledge'

IBM Patent Application: Platform for Capturing Knowledge, September 10, 2009: “A platform used for capturing knowledge. More specifically, a framework configured to capture expert knowledge (e.g., of trained and/or skilled workers) for future instructional purposes (e.g., training of a younger, or less experienced, workforce). The platform comprises a knowledge recorder, instructional design tool, standardized XML, …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Knowledge Management, Patent and Trademark

Free Search Engine for All U.S. Trademarks Filed Since 1870

TradeMarkia – Search for a trademark by: name (here is the result for beSpacific), filing date(s), category, goods & services, company name, status [via Google Blogoscoped]

Subjects: Intellectual Property, Legal Research

CDT Urges Privacy Requirements Be Included in Google Books Settlement

“CDT filed a “friend of the court” brief in the Southern District of New York [September 4, 2009] requesting that key privacy requirements be included in the Court’s approval of the class-action settlement that would dramatically expand Google Book Search. CDT previously released a report in July analyzing the privacy implications of this settlement and …

Subjects: Copyright, Courts, Intellectual Property, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Privacy

Privacy Opposition to Google Books Settlement Grows

The ACLU of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at Berkeley Law School sent a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt (PDF) today. It was about books. Why books? Google is planning to dramatically expand its book service, Google Book Search. The good news is that …

Subjects: Copyright, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Filesharing music amongst UK teens down by a third

“UK Music fans are turning their backs on regular file-sharing in favour of streaming and other ways of sharing music, especially amongst teens, according to the latest survey by The Leading Question, the specialist media and technology research agency. Following the recent Digital Britain Report which set out the UK Governments stance on how to …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Intellectual Property

International publishers demand new intellectual property rights protection to safeguard the future of journalism

News release, July 9, 2009: “On the day that Commissioner Viviane Reding unveils her strategy for a Digital Europe during the Lisbon Council, and as the European Commission’s consultation on the Content Online Report draws to a close this week, senior members of the publishing world are presenting to Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding and …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Internet

Google Book Search Settlement Continues to Generate Controversy

TIME: “In a complex settlement agreement, which took three years to hammer out and spans 135 pages excluding attachments, Google will be allowed to show up to 20% of the books’ text online at no charge to Web surfers. But the part of the settlement that deals with so-called orphan books which refers to …

Subjects: Copyright, E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal Research, Libraries

Penske and General Motors Announce Proposed Deal for Purchase of Saturn

Follow up to previous postings on GM bankruptcy and auto industry, this press release: “Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an international automotive retailer, announced today that is has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with General Motors regarding the Saturn brand. Under the terms of the MOU, if the transaction is completed, Penske Automotive Group would …

Subjects: Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Legal Research

Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide

Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide: Sabrina I. Pacifici’s completely revised and updated pathfinder focuses on leveraging selected reliable, focused, free and low cost sites and sources to effectively profile and monitor companies, markets, countries, people, and issues. This guide is a “best of list” of web, database and email alert products, services and …

Subjects: Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, RSS, Search Engines

Sony eBookstore Provides Access to Half-Million Free Public Domain Books From Google

News release: “Starting today, The eBook Store from Sony will provide access to more than a half-million public domain books from Google optimized for current models of the Reader. At Sonys eBook store (ebookstore.sony.com), a button on the front page leads to the books from Google, which people can transfer to their PRS-505 or PRS-700 …

Subjects: Copyright, Intellectual Property, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

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