Some good, thought-provoking reads from the IP blogs:
- Over at IP Watchdog, Stephon Sharon discusses the future of global copyrights. Sharon looks at the challenging issues presented by an increasingly global, networked economy. What does Sharon pinpoint as the best solution? Consistency, to start:
“It pains us to see our intellectual property ripped off in front of our faces, but even more so when it is done overseas and we feel powerless to stop the infringement. We have made small steps toward achieving some level of consistency, but looking at the big picture we are not heading down the right path.”
- Dennis Crouch at Patently-O details the implications of US patent filings falling in 2009 – for the first time in 13 years. Does that signal a step back in innovation? Not necessarily, says Crouch – the lag between invention and patent filing, changes in patent law independent of innovation, and the multi-year lag between foreign innovation and US patent filings discounts the concern that the US just isn’t as creative.
- BlawgIT warns attorneys/firms: protect your websites and networks – for your sake and your client’s.
- ABA Journal has released their 3rd Annual Blawg 100 list – a great resource for legal blogs and folks to follow on Twitter. [h/t to the Patent Baristas]
- Duncan Bucknell Company points to Seth Godin’s recent blog post about whether anyone needs to protect their ideas. Godin, a provocateur in marketing and communications in our social, digital and global age, says:
“It’s a real crapshoot to spend tens of thousands of dollars to patent an idea you thought up in the shower one day.
So, how to protect your ideas in a world where ideas spread?
Don’t.”
DBC asks:
“So, IP ecosystem – this is how you are thought of by people who have a very large impact on public opinion – what do you think and what are you going to do about it?”
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