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Brazil Singing Different Tune?
People test computers at a technology forum in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2006. Is Brazil singing a different tune when it comes to embracing innovation in the information technology sector? Could Brazilian...
View ArticleA Day to Celebrate Intellectual Propery Rights
April 26th is the date when intellectual property (IP) practitioners around the world gather to recognize the global intellectual property system and the role it plays in stimulating creativity and...
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Green is the Theme
An advertisement for World Intellectual Property Day The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) says “green” is the theme for this year’s World Intellectual Property (IP) Day. World IP Day is...
View ArticleCounterfeiting and Piracy Hurt Real People
Effective public awareness campaigns about intellectual property rights have been few and far between. Policymakers know they must educate the general public about issues such as counterfeiting and...
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Fakes Are Never in Fashion
Actress Sharon Stone poses beside a poster of the first Russian edition of Harper’s Bazaar magazine. The fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar wants you to know that “fakes are never in fashion.” Valerie...
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France Fighting Digital Crime
French Culture Minister Christine Albanel testifies in the French National Assembly in May about a bill outlawing Internet piracy. If you are illegally sharing copyrighted material in France, be...
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Swedish Voters Strike Back Against Copyright
In Stockholm, a man waves a pirate flag in support of file-sharing while Pirate Party founder Rickard Falkvinge talks in the background. In my last entry, I wrote about how the president of France,...
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What the World Needs Now Is Innovation, More Innovation
Guest blogger Joachim von Heimburg is one of the leading practitioners of “open innovation,” with 30 years of experience in R&D and product development at Procter and Gamble. Since 2009 he has...
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Research Universities: Engines for High-Tech Entrepreneurship
Guest blogger Jonathan Ortmans is president of the Public Forum Institute, a non-partisan organization dedicated to fostering dialogue on policy issues. He also serves as a senior fellow at the...
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Clinton on Violence in Egypt / Clinton in Security Talks / Black History Month
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calls for both sides to move toward a peaceful transition of power in Egypt. Next, Clinton is heading to Munich for international security talks. An...
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