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Continued from the home page… Before Internet search was ubiquitous, im+m partnered with NCHELP to developed CD-ROM InfoPaks with a searchable library of documents relating to financial aid, including copies of Federal Student Aid publications. A “Common Manual” for loan processing was authored by an NCHELP working committee and published by a small team of […]

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Payments for use of Intellectual Property, or Protection Money?

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According to “’Patent flipping’, market making and patent trolls” there is an emerging market as users purchase patents for technology they need, but do not own. But a few, labelled “patent trolls” purchase patents to seek payment from those who cannot afford to defend themselves in multi-million dollar trials. Research shows “aggressive trolls” held 17% […]

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Oracle v. Google: lessons from a trial

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In July 2010 software giant Oracle sued  search engine giant Google for infringing on its patents. Oracle sought at least $1 billion in damages, but won nothing as their case collapsed. This outcome may have been strongly influenced by a judge who learned the Java programming language to better understand the case. This was unknown […]

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The Internet: law, politics and engineering

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On 24 May 2011 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) chair Steve Crocker warned provisions of the SOPA and PIPA legislation would degrade the operation of the Internet. Subsequently the courts have seized domain names—with no warning to the innocent, adopted procedures that make the implementation of Internet name security—DNSSEC—impractical, and required […]

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US Implements Free-Trade Agreements

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In the December/January issue of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer reports on recent U.S. trade agreements with Columbia, Korea, and Panama. The U.S. has sought broad protection for intellectual property in their agreements. But US corporations are now disrupting trade of electronic goods through patent enforcement rather than licensing. An example of this is Apple, […]

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Open-source software: in search of a business model

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Open-source software: in search of a business model In the October issue of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer describes the businesses emerging from open-source software. In addition to product support, he identified complementary products, support, insurance, and market entry. Software patents are becoming a threat to open-source software. Red Hat indemnifies users of its versions […]

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