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Don't Get Caught With Your Patents Down
December 28, 2007
Part One of this series discussed the history of licensing and the need to prove infringement. This month's installment addresses patent trolls and the rise of the Asian IP powerhouse.
Searching for BRICS
December 28, 2007
The worldwide patenting landscape is undergoing slow but inevitable tectonic shifts. During the first half of this century, the oligopoly of the United States, Europe, and Japan as the source of the vast majority of new ideas will be broken with the rise of innovation concentrated in other nations beyond the Trilateral, as the USPTO, EPO, and JPO are known.
Intellectual Property: Currency of the New Economy
December 28, 2007
This article considers the way in which the capital markets view IP assets and the means by which IP is emerging as the currency of the new economy.
Five Significant Inter-Generational Relations Blunders
December 28, 2007
Firms are struggling with generational divides because they make the blunders enumerated in this article.
It's No Coincidence: The Successful Firms Have Strong Management and Leadership
December 28, 2007
Nothing is as important to the success of a law firm as strong leadership at the top. Yet, in far too many firms, the partners are still reluctant to give anyone the CEO authority needed for effective management and leadership.
Advancing Women in Law Firms
December 28, 2007
This article lays the groundwork for those in power to learn how they can help women lawyers succeed.
Forfeiture-for-Competition Agreements
December 28, 2007
Law firms are constrained by professional ethics in how they address the issues of lawyer mobility. Rule 5.6 of the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility expressly prohibits lawyers from entering into agreements that restrict their right to practice, including covenants not to compete. The overwhelming majority of jurisdictions interpret the rule to preclude less direct restrictions on competition, including financial penalties known as 'forfeiture-for-competition' agreements.
IT''S ALL ABOUT YOU
December 28, 2007
This is YOUR web site for YOUR practice. It doesn't belong to us, it belongs to YOU. Let's make 2008 the Year of Becoming Interactive. Let's make you the star(s).
Movers & Shakers
December 27, 2007
News about lawyers and law firms in the franchising industry.
News Briefs
December 27, 2007
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

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