Maria Pallante out of Copyright. Unified IP?

Maria Pallante: out of Copyright Office

Great article by Dennis Crouch over at Patently-O. (But then aren't they all great over there.)

Apparently Pallante is out as Chief of the Copyright office. And the clamor is up as to why we don't have a unified IP at the patent and trademark office, kind of a US PTOC. (I guess that would be pronounced Pea-Talk, or PeeTalk, if you wanted to talk dirty.)

Back in 2012, Crouch recommended creating an integrated US Intellectual Property Organization, or USIPO (you sip oh) akin to WIPO for the world of IP.

The argument for an integrated IP approach "...  is that many operating businesses relying upon intellectual property (IP) rights typically do not focus on a single form of IP rights but instead take a layered approach that includes some combination of patent, trademark, copyright, contractual, employment, trade secret, and design rights, for instance."

With all the changes happening, or potentially happening, in the IP world this integration seems like a great idea when the time has come.

Let's go with USIPO, not PTOC, on this one.

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Photographer Files $1 Billion Suit Against Getty for Licensing Her Public Domain Images

Photographer Files $1 Billion Suit Against Getty for Licensing Her Public Domain Images [UPDATED] - Hyperallergic:

Wow. Getty was selling public domain photos to everyone, including the photog herself.

Getty was notifying people with the images that they must pay money to keep using them (on their own web sites, etc.). So the copyright owner, Carol Highsmith, gets a $120 bill for using her own picture on her own web site.

Highsmith had donated the pictures to the library of congress for use by the general public at no charge.

Getty says, no, we were simply providing a service by selling these photos to people.

You say "potato", I say "Stolen Tomato".

Oh, by the way,

Highsmith is a really, really good photographer.

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Studio must consider fair use before taking down video, court rules - Fortune

Studio must consider fair use before taking down video, court rules - Fortune:

This is a big win for those people who would like to use copyrighted materials in any way they want.

Simply wind up your baby to copyrighted muzak and press <record>.


Of course it probably does no great publicity to Prince to have law suits against babies at play with his music.


The unanimous vote to allow the mom to use the prince music centers around fair use.

Here's the key quote from this article:

Fair use, as the court made clear, is an independent right that permits people to use copyrighted material in certain situations such as parody or news reporting. Under the law, there is a four-part test for fair use but, for practical purposes, the deciding factors are usually whether the new work is transformative and if it will impact the market for the original work.

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The Refractive Thinker® Radio Show: Trademark, Patents, and Perpetual Innovation 07/07 by Cheryl Kulikowski Lentz | Entrepreneur Podcasts

The Refractive Thinker® Radio Show: Trademark, Patents, and Perpetual Innovation 07/07 by Cheryl Kulikowski Lentz | Entrepreneur Podcasts:
(30 minute broadcast on BlogTalkRadio.)
This is an interview with Dr. Elmer Hall about Intellectual Property and the types of information included in the Patent Primer 3.0.

Hall talks about the basic processes that entrepreneurs can take to capitalize on Intellectual Property (IP). This interview is an excellent overview of that the approaches that creators and inventors should consider in bringing IP protection to their creative efforts.

The books (and eBooks) in the Perpetual Innovation(tm) series are:

Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2013). Perpetual Innovation™: A guide to strategic
planning, patent commercialization and enduring competitive advantage, Version
2.0. Morrisville, NC: LuLu Press. ISBN: 978-1-304-11687-1  Retrieved from: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan

Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2015). Perpetual Innovation™: Patent primer 3.0:
Patents, the great equalizer of our time! An overview of intellectual property
for inventors and entrepreneurs. Morrisville, NC: LuLu Press. ISBN: 978-1-329-17833-5  Retrieved from: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan

Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2015). Perpetual Innovation™: Patent primer 3.0e:
Patents, the great equalizer of our time! An overview of intellectual property
with patenting cost estimates for inventors and entrepreneurs.  [Amazon Kindle eBook].  ASIN: B010ISU7ZG  Retrieved from: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B010ISU7ZG   

Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2015). Perpetual Innovation™: Innovator’s  primer 3.0: The basics on intellectual property protection for the creator and inventor.  Morrisville, NC: LuLu Press.  ISBN: 978-1-329-23954-8  Retrieved from: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan  

Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2015). Perpetual Innovation™: Innovator’s  primer 3.0e: The basics on intellectual property protection for the creator and inventor.   [Amazon Kindle eBook].  ASIN: B0115BG35I  Retrieved from: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0115BG35I   

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copyrights win, kindof. Aereo gets hammered pirating broadcast content, kindof

Justices Rule Aereo Violates Broadcasters' Copyrights http://online.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-rules-against-aereo-sides-with-broadcasters-in-copyright-case-1403705891
Interesting ruling today. Kind of reminds you of the old NAPSTER daze when pirating muzak was king, and paying for music was passe.
This is interesting. So you can not necessarily pay someone to put up rabbit ears for you, and steam you the air broadcast shows. The commercials would still be in the live shows, right. So the only difference is that you got someone else to record it for you, and give you the playback options. The BIG winners are the cable guys, who already have a local monopoly, and only partially kept honest by the satellite duopopoly. See what CEO Chet Kanojia had to say about the ruling.
Watch as the major content providers jumped in trading today, based on this ruling.
I wonder if this move against smaller and innovative options will not stop the anti-trust rulings associated with the AT&T and DirecTV merger?
This might shift people to totally pirated options where they don't pay anything (except the price of adware and viruses).
Note that the ruling tried to  be very focused and narrow as it pertains to "cloud computing". Not knowing where the clouds might go, the judges didn't want to get too far out in front of the foggy future of innovation.
Napster got shut down from their music-sharing and went out of business, but the piracy of muzak -- as Celion will chant to you -- goes on, and on.

The opinion of the court is here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-461_l537.pdf 

Strong Copyright Law supports journalism and more

This is a great editorial by Caroline Little (June 8, 2014) on the value of good journalism and the part that IP law plays in supporting good journalism:
TBO: news-opinion-commentary/strong-copyright-law-supports-journalism-and-informs-communities
We totally agree.
The parallel problem is with pirating, knock off, and just plain duplication. It Is hard to make money on something, when most of the copies sold are illegal sourced or counterfeit.
The additional problem, now, is that everyone has a license to write, the solo publisher and the blog journalist.
There needs to be protection for the people who do the real work and the real research.
There also needs to be accountability for everybody, those who generate content and those who perpetuate it.
Ideally, there needs to be ways to "call out" those who would borrow and steal the works of others.

The Rise of the Intangible Economy: U.S. GDP Counts R&D, Artistic Creation - Businessweek

The Rise of the Intangible Economy: U.S. GDP Counts R&D, Artistic Creation - Businessweek:

WOW. GDP is going to be re-calibrated to include Intangible assets. They hadn't been included because, well, they were kinda hard to measure. ? Huh ?

So expenses on a bridge or a factory becomes part of GDP and part of the "capital" of a working economy, but investment in R&D is simply an expense, with no intrinsic value for the future of the economy and economic development.

It is about time that Intangible assets finally get some respect.! Intellectual Property has been the Rodney Dangerfield of assets. Yet they are far more important than anyone in business schools will admit. And more critical than most companies realize (except media like Disney and Big Pharma).

It looks like the book Perpetual Innovation: A(tm): Guide to Strategic Planning, Patent Commercialization, and Enduring Competitive Advantage, Version 2.0. is simply ahead of its time.

Reference

Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2013). Perpetual Innovation™: A guide to strategic planning, patent commercialization and enduring competitive advantage, Version 2.0. Morrisville, NC: LuLu Press. (Available at the LuLu Press Store for SBP at: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan.)

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eBook Patent Primer 2.0, Patents, the Great Equalizer of our Time! An Overview of Intellectual Property with Patenting Cost Estimates for Inventors and Entrepreneurs (Perpetual Innovation): Elmer B. Hall, Robert M. Hinkelman: Amazon.com: Kindle Store

Patent Primer 2.0, Patents, the Great Equalizer of our Time! An Overview of Intellectual Property with Patenting Cost Estimates for Inventors and Entrepreneurs (Perpetual Innovation): Elmer B. Hall, Robert M. Hinkelman: Amazon.com: Kindle Store:

Kindle eBook version of the Patent Primer 2.0 is here!!!

Of course you can still buy the hard copy of the Primer 2.0 over a LuLu Press: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan

Patent Primer 2.0 is an overview of IP protection in the US and globally with a focus on patents and the patenting process. Intellectual property – especially patents – provides one of the greatest competitive advantages of our time. Patents are a great equalizer, putting the individual inventor on the same footing as corporate giants.  The Patent Primer is an update from the original edition that was included as Appendix B in Perpetual Innovation, Hall and Hinkelman’s 2007 patent commercialization book. (Look for edition 2.0!)

With so much depending on intellectual property, inventors and entrepreneurs must have a good understanding of IP tools to be successful. Patent Primer 2.0 is what everyone needs before launching new product development and invention commercialization. It gives a quick overview of IP and brand building. It addresses the various patent-protection alternatives. The Primer offers example of costs for a small entity to bring a patent-protected invention to market-readiness. The 2.0 version of the Primer includes major changes in U.S. patent laws and the new fees initiated in March 2013.

Hall and Hinkelman are executives of Strategic Business Planning Company (SBP), a company that helps businesses and individuals Plan for Sustainable Success™. SBP helps innovators build strong IP Business Plans. The company is active in sustainability and advocates initiatives that offer payback of investment in 1 to 5 years while delivering perpetual savings to the business, to the community and to the environment – win, win, win!

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Patent Primer 2.0 is released. Overview of IP and Patent Process.

Perpetual Innovation™: Patent Primer 2.o

Patents, the Great Equalizer of our Time!

An Overview of Intellectual Property with Patenting Cost Estimates for Inventors and Entrepreneurs

By Elmer Hall & Robert Hinkelman

Visit LuLu Press storefront at: www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan

The Patent Primer 2.0 is an overview of intellectual property (IP) protection in the US and globally with a focus on patents and the patenting process. Intellectual property – especially patents – provides one of the greatest competitive advantages of our time. Patents are a great equalizer, putting the individual inventor on the same footing as corporate giants.

   Intangible assets have expanded such that most of the value of most companies is non-tangible, especially patents. Even though there is such a huge competitive advantage associated with IP, intangible assets often go unmanaged. IP is generally omitted from the books on new product development, marketing, and business strategy.

With so much depending on intellectual property, inventors and entrepreneurs must have a good understanding of IP tools to be successful. Patent Primer 2.0 is what everyone needs before launching into new product development and invention commercialization. It gives a quick overview of IP and brand building. It addresses the various patent-protection maneuvers. The Primer offers example of costs for a small entity to bring an invention to market-readiness with patent protection. The 2.0 version of the Primer includes major changes in U.S. patent laws and the new fee schedule initiated in March 2013.

   The information at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (U.S. PTO web site) has evolved over 200 years into a mixed collage of information. Details are buried within laws, regulations, policies and procedures. Additionally, books on patenting and do-it-yourself patent tools are complicated and obtuse. Less-than-reputable companies with 800 numbers target inventors to “help” with the patenting, licensing and funding.

The 2.0 version of the Patent Primer is a complete rewrite and update of the original primer included in Appendix B of Hall and Hinkelman’s 2007 book on patent commercialization. (Visit: www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan) 

   Hall and Hinkelman are executives of Strategic BusinessPlanning Company, a company that does consulting, helping businesses and individuals Plan for Sustainable Success™. SBP helps innovators build strong IP Business Plans. The company is active in sustainability and advocates initiatives that offer payback of investment in 1 to 5 years while delivering perpetual savings to the business, to the community and to the environment – win, win, win!

Simon & Schuster Joins Forces With Author Solutions To Rip Off Writers | David Gaughran

Simon & Schuster Joins Forces With Author Solutions To Rip Off Writers | David Gaughran:

The (self) publishing business is pretty ugly, just like the inventor help business. Let's take 'em for all they've got!

When I read of this press announcement the other day, a flurry of questions flittered through my mind. And now that we have the skinny on it, hope that the warnings raised here by David twitter through cyberspace.

"So crooked they can't sleep in a straight bed." :-)

Ouch!:-(

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Court Refuses to Hear Case From Apple Mac Clone Maker Psystar - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD

Court Refuses to Hear Case From Apple Mac Clone Maker Psystar - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD:

This is an interesting what the case being presented is.

"Hackintoch" is a good and descriptive term for them. And, somehow they don't see a problem here with ripping off the Mac OS and more.?

It is a good for intellectual property that this company finally fades away.

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