Honeywell, inventor of 1950s computer system - the D1000 - has started selling its intellectual property online. Honeywell joins the ranks of Boeing and Polaroid, which are already boosting revenues by licensing their intellectual property.
The Strategic patent will enhance Oracle's intellectual property portfolio. Oracle has acquired Strategic Processing, a US-based company that holds a patent for online marketplace technology known as Interactive Market Management System.
The cases are already being examined by some intellectual-property lawyers for their potential to test the extremes of a controversial copyright law that block the distribution of information or software that breaks or 'circumvents' copy...
A proposed European Union law strengthening law-enforcement capabilities against intellectual-property violations has been delayed again, amid ongoing criticism that its implementation would criminalise many innocuous activities and harm European...
Representative Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican who joined Bush for the signing ceremony, said: "The protection of intellectual property rights is vital to the movie industry. In a statement, Motion Picture Association of America president, Dan...
The World Intellectual Property Organization, or Wipo, a specialised arm of the UN, gave the go-ahead in 2003 to begin drafting the treaty but a final version is still pending. The signatories included AT&T, Dell, HP, Intel, Sony, TiVo and Verizon...