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National Defense September 2015 Kopp & Bhatia |
U.S. Cracking Down on Defense Industry Corruption Overseas The race for international sales during the past few years has been followed by a wave of government investigations into defense companies for both major and relatively minor violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. |
Entrepreneur September 2004 Jane Easter Bahls |
Illicit Affairs? If you do business overseas, be certain your "administrative fees" aren't really illegal bribes. And because complying with the many overlapping laws is tricky, hire a lawyer with experience in international business. |
Entrepreneur June 2005 Joshua Kurlantzick |
On Foreign Soil Arm yourself with the information and advice you need for sourcing your product overseas so your effort doesn't get lost in translation. |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2003 John Teresko |
Intellectual Property, It's Worth Keeping An Eye On Making sure intellectual property is protected can reap benefits and prevent hassles. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 9, 2008 Sean Silverthorne |
Monetizing IP: The Executive's Challenge In this Q&A, Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner discusses current trends in Intellectual property, including the rise of patent pools. |
Entrepreneur November 2006 Geoff Williams |
Small-Business Answer Book Get the answers to your crucial business questions about finding investors and hiring the right employees. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Kirk Teska |
The Foreign Patent Money Trap You may well need patents in many countries, but that doesn't mean you can afford them. |
Inc. September 2005 |
Ask Inc. Who's responsible for offshored patent violations... Making on-demand work for you... |
Entrepreneur June 2007 |
In the Know Find out all you can about patents, trademarks and copyrights now - your business will thank you later. |
Bank Technology News January 2004 Karen Krebsbach |
Bight Ideas Financial services firms are deluging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with applications, which soared 15-fold between 1995 and 2002. Patent attorney Dale Lazar urges banks to get in line: converting valuable ideas into assets can pay off big time. |
Global Services July 30, 2007 Vashistha & Khan |
Hire and Fire: Regional Labor Laws In these times when businesses thrive on global labor, companies must know and understand the employment laws of the countries they operate in. |
National Defense November 2015 Bradel & Ralph |
Justice Memo Calls for Absolute Cooperation The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is a statute aimed at eliminating corporate bribery of foreign government officials. A defense contractor doing work overseas must be familiar with its tenets. |
Registered Rep. April 11, 2014 Mark Miller |
Are You Considering Retirement Abroad? What You Need to Know Are you encountering clients thinking of retiring abroad? It's a growing trend: the number of retirees, spouses and widows receiving Social Security benefit payments outside the U.S. rose 26 percent between 2006 and 2012 |
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 James T. Walsh |
New Customs Squaring new security concerns with the need to facilitate trade is a daunting challenge for many customs administrations. |
CFO January 1, 2005 David M. Katz |
The Bribery Gap While foreign rivals may make payoffs routinely, U.S. firms face new pressure to root out abuses. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2005 Ben Klemens |
New Legal Code Copyrights should replace software patents. |
CIO September 28, 2012 Kim S. Nash |
Companies Race to the Patent Office to Protect Their IT Breakthroughs There's a patent gold rush under way as savvy companies seek to lock in the competitive advantage from their IT innovations. CIOs ought to seek patents for unique business methods and other inventions made possible by new technology. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 James V. DeLong |
Old law vs. the new economy How New Deal-era regulations stifle flexible work arrangements... |
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Speed Bumps On The Road To More Jobs American businesses face powerful reasons not to hire |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Patent Protection Your valuable intellectual property requires keen oversight. To help keep it safe, consider these actions. |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 John Teresko |
Protecting Intellectual Capital Strategic initiatives such as nanotechnology heighten the need for intellectual property safeguards. Here is a list of steps you can take to protect your company. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Why High-Tech Firms Can't Afford to Ignore Patents When it comes to patents, high technology firms are, out of necessity, interdependent... |
Registered Rep. June 24, 2015 Gregory Taggart |
FATCA And The New Era of Global Transparency It's taken some time, but it's harder for U.S. citizens to hold foreign accounts away from the eyes of the IRS. |
AskMen.com Aaron Broverman |
How To: Protect An Idea While the majority of ideas have already been thought of, if yours is unique, here are some tips to protect them and reap the benefits. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Lee A. Hollaar |
Patents 2.0 There are big problems with patents, especially software patents. A new type of patent is needed -- Congress should create a new, limited protection that protects against knockoffs without overreaching. |
CFO July 1, 2006 Linda Corman |
What Do You Know? Tracking patent portfolios is not only critical for growth, it's necessary for survival. Here are the top 10 patent recipients for 2005: IBM... Canon Kabushiki Kaisha... Hewlett-Packard Development... etc. |
Wall Street & Technology September 19, 2006 Paul Allen |
Patent Processing For both the patent holders and potential transgressors, technology patents can be a high-stakes game in the financial world, in both monetary awards and ongoing business feasibility. |
Chemistry World March 9, 2011 Andrew Turley |
Court halts EU patent progress The intellectual property community will have to wait a little longer for its one-size-fits-all European patent, following a key ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union |
National Defense November 2005 Paul F. McQuade |
Unexpected Pitfalls In Offshore Patent Preparation Clearly, there are ways to explore ethical cost savings through intellectual property outsourcing. However, contractors should be wary of service providers who promise costs savings without regulatory review. |
InternetNews September 3, 2009 |
Microsoft: Can't Our Patent Systems Get Along? Senior Microsoft legal eagle advocates "harmonization" of patent systems worldwide in blog post. |
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Dexter Roberts |
The Higher Costs of Bribery in China The U.S. is policing the activities of big multinationals in China more aggressively, with China's own prosecutors sometimes following suit. |
Information Today July 21, 2011 Barbara Quint |
Thomson IP Management Services Upgrades IP Manager There are other IP management software providers, but Thomson has a unique advantage in the patent area when it comes to data validation. |
Searcher September 2000 Margaret Gross |
Competitive Intelligence: A Librarian's Empirical Approach Competitive intelligence within an organization serves as a catalyst in the decision-making process... Includes a list of useful web sites. |
Entrepreneur January 2005 Joshua Kurlantzick |
Management Buzz 01/05 Important changes to COBRA... Department of Commerce is reaching out to smaller exporters with its new trade website... etc. |
AskMen.com March 19, 2003 Steve Richer |
How To: Patent An Invention Investors will not do business with you until you have that precious little number that guarantees that you own the rights to the invention. Read on to see how you can obtain a patent. |
National Defense August 2006 Shaheen & Bombach |
Anti-Bribery Enforcement On the Increase Overseas U.S. government contractors involved in overseas sales recognize the need to comply with the anti-bribery provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. |
Bank Technology News April 2006 Glen Fest |
Patently Unaware Bankers breathing easier because their Blackberry still work have no cause for relief over patent disputes in their industry. Intellectual property litigation is a booming business against financial institutions. |
InternetNews May 20, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT. |
HBS Working Knowledge December 20, 2004 Ann Cullen |
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It Innovators and society are paying too high a price in the current patent system, says Adam B. Jaffe and Harvard Business School's Josh Lerner in their new book, 'Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress,' excerpted here. |
Salon.com March 21, 2001 Damien Cave |
Patents are your friends Can open-source programmers use intellectual property laws to protect themselves from corporate software snatchers? Publishing work on IP.com ensures the patent office will see it and not issue patent for the idea to someone else. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Michael Arndt |
Innovation: Ben Franklin, Where Are You? Hurt by smaller R&D budgets and offshoring, Yankees are winning fewer U.S. patents than non-residents |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2005 Dave Mock |
The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes. |
Bank Technology News July 2008 Glen Fest |
IP Practices Core to Patent Strategy John Cronin, managing director of ipCapital Group, but best known as the founder of IBM's "Patent Factory," says banks themselves are to blame for their patent predicament. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Treating Patents It may seem unusual that a court ruling challenging patent protections is considered a victory for Big Pharma. But the decision was supported by pharmaceutical companies, along with the Justice Department, as a way to spur biomedical research and new-drug development. |
Inc. July 24, 2002 Jennifer A. Redmond |
Strategic Patenting What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make. |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2009 Jill Jusko |
Upgrading the U.S.A.'s Innovation Infrastructure U.S. Chamber of Commerce delivers blueprint to improve the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Alan Lavine |
U.S. Dollar Under Pressure Some observers believe currency should be part of a diversified portfolio. Here's what to consider. |