Google, FTC Agreement Could Make Mobile More Hospitable for Smaller Players January 4th, 2013Mobility Law & Compliance Google has reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission over its antitrust suit that will give competitors greater access to its mobile patents and could mean fewer patent-related lawsuits. Read More
Financial Services Expected to Dominate Mobile Payments January 4th, 2013Mobility Law & Compliance Click here for article. Mobile payments will be the breakthrough category in mobile in 2013, according to the 2013 Mobile Industry Predictions Survey Read More
Regulatory Watch: Cracking Down on Data Brokers January 4th, 2013Data Centers The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up its efforts to protect consumers from data brokers. Read More
Patent Office to Explore Ways to Improve Quality of Software Patents January 4th, 2013Patents/IP by: John R. Harris The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is apparently feeling public pressure to address the perception that it is issuing too many low quality patents on software-related inventions. A number of high-profile events such as the patent lawsuits between Apple and Samsung on smartphones, articles in business magazines and by law professors criticizing the patent system, and the emergence of so-called “patent trolls” have raised the public’s awareness about software patents. The whole notion of granting patents on inventions that are primarily implemented in software is a complex legal and philosophical quagmire. Major criticisms of Read More
R&D Tax Credit Renewal an Incremental Positive January 3rd, 2013Health IT Click here for article. R&D Tax Credit Renewal an Incremental Positive – ISRG, HRC, MASI Benefit Most Read More
Winners and Losers In The Last-Second Economy January 2nd, 2013Venture Capital 4 significant implications of the last-second economy. Read More
US, EU Join Forces To Create Global Patent Search January 2nd, 2013Patents/IP The U.S. and European patent offices said Wednesday they have joined forces to create a global system for classifying technical patent documents. Read More
Financial Technology Industry Update December 2012 December 28th, 2012Resources & Tools The public market performance of the FinTech industry’s sectors was strong over the past 12 months. Read More
Finders Fee Payment To Unregistered Broker Leads To Chapter XI December 28th, 2012Finance, Accounting & Compensation Video discussion on the risks from payment of illegal finders fees. Read More
Healthcare IT Liability — Medical Transcription Errors December 28th, 2012Health IT Thomas Hospital hit with $140 million verdict in death of Daphne woman. Read More