Reading Legal Bizzle’s very interesting article Revolting pedants made me uncomfortable as he concluded: “And I’m happy to say it loud: I’m a pedant, and I’m proud”. Much as I want to agree with Legal Bizzle, I can’t do so given my strong dislike for pedantry. The word has connotations of officious types who are sticklers [...]
Fig No 5 from Apple's Patent Application Apple has recently filed a patent for an intra red device, which can disable your iphone from taking pictures or recording footage during a concert. This is an interesting development for digital rights management. It may be another move by Apple to build up kudos with the music [...]
Twitter is a great medium for stimulating debate, and an excellent forum for meeting new and like minded people. In terms of relationships, Twitter is essentially a forum for meeting others. You have to take that virtual meeting off line if you want to begin to create a real relationship. As they say on Twitter [...]
The internet revolutionised the way people could discover and share information, but as technology has developed, the volume of information which can be shared online, and the variety of its application have broadened significantly. When the bandwidth available to typical internet users was sufficient, there was an explosion in online sharing of music through services [...]
This is a group being launched jointly by Shireen Smith of Azrights and the Islington Chamber of Commerce. The objective of the group is to foster inventions and innovation, by bringing entrepreneurial businesses and inventors together to act as a catalyst for new ideas. Through bi-monthly guest presentations giving insights into starting up or growing [...]
If you are out of work and looking for a new job, you probably think that the previous job-hunting techniques are now obsolete. You might be left behind if you know nothing about social media, digital resumes and doesn’t have the “Google-ability”. Plus, there are extremely qualified job seekers who are willing to do low-paying [...]
The Hargreaves report was published on Wednesday. The report responds to the government’s instruction last autumn to look at whether current copyright laws are hindering innovation in this country. The short answer is, as Hargreaves succinctly puts it, ‘yes’; reform is needed (p1). The reaction to this report has been varied (for a list of [...]
We have been keeping an eye on developments in the dispute over the APP STORE mark. A new chapter in this interesting saga has begun. The challenge against Apple is bringing in more supporters and expanding to other jurisdictions. To recap, in our first blog we explained how Microsoft applied to the US Patent and [...]
Dieting might trigger some long-term damages to the body if not handled properly simply because it places a lot of focus to food intake, some of the necessary nutrients needed for the physique could be neglected in favor of accommodating the needs set by the dieting procedure, even in the expense of getting malnourished. Calcium [...]
The IPKat, reporting from the Fordham IP Conference, recently noted the upbeat tone of the keynote delivered by Victoria Espinel, White House IP Enforcement Coordinator. While new technology may have rendered effective copyright enforcement a daunting prospect, and in the minds of some a losing battle, Espinel’s keynote at the conference, and the Obama Administration’s [...]