Good conduct when fighting for your ideas
“In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for […]
Articles by Ch. Tronche
Software companies see themselves as losing money on patents, according to patent law blog
The Patently-O blog conducted an informal survey by asking its readers “Overall, has your company made money from the patent system?” On the software side, […]
SCO loses in court… and in stock market.
Judge Rules Novell Owns Key Software This is part of my series “valuation of so-called intellectual property is much less than you may think” (at […]
Qualcomm, Broadcom, and the valuation of patents.
You may remember that Broadcom claims Qualcomm is infringing some of its patents, and thus got a ban on Qualcomm patents based cell phone chips. […]
Jeffrey Pfeffer on the obsession for cost, strategic planning and execution
“If location [of R&D] was determined by cost, Silicon Valley would be empty.” “[strategic planning] is important (…). But doing that thing well—execution—is what sets […]
The thin line between IP and protectionism
Ruling Goes Against Qualcomm In Its Broadcom Patent Dispute. There’s a ban going on preventing import in the US of cell phones based on some […]
AFDEL, édition de logiciel, open source
Je viens de lire l’analyse de l’AFDEL sur le marché de l’édition logicielle en France. Quoi que l’étude soit intéressante, il me semble que l’absence […]
The IP specialist, the entrepreneur and the software patent.
Joff Wild wrote in the (excellent) IAM blog that he thought people having fought against the european CII directive, and software patents in Europe in […]