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Towering IP Resources in a Flat World
If you have read, or even heard about, Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat or Fareed Zakaria's The Post-American World, you will recognize a theme in common with what patent attorneys do every day.
We write for one-fifth of a century later. Our words, building fences around ideas, are likely expressions of intellectual property grants by governments still in place 20 years hence. If there is a profession in which the long term is more consistently important than ours, it is not immediately apparent. To be sure, there are plenty of issues for the near and medium term: which inventions to protect, how to survive examination with meaningful claims allowed, etc. But selection of countries based on not just the current world, but the future world, is a province that requires us to be Economic Futurists.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.