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Bitange Ndemo: Protecting Local Innovation
November 1, 2012 Editor 0
As the Kenyan ICT industry grows, protection of intellectual property (IP) is becoming increasingly important. Protection of IP rights for computer software can be challenging, particularly in the area of patents. (Read More) . Below is Dr. Bitange Ndemo’s, PS for Ministry of Information, talk on protecting local innovation. He was speaking during the Intellectual Property […]
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Apple/Samsung: The Verdict on Innovation
September 16, 2012 Editor 0
The uncertainty over Android could slow the development of technology. Knockoff?: The Samsung Galaxy S, left, next to Apple’s iPhone 4 in a store window last year in Seoul, South Korea. Last week a U.S.
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Copy that
August 25, 2012 Editor 0
AFTER a jury in a federal court in California ruled on August 24th that Samsung had violated some of Apple’s patents, one wag online began referring to the South Korean company as “Samesung”. But for Samsung, the verdict is no laughing matter. As well as vindicating Apple, the jury awarded it $1 billion in damages—an […]
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Markets for standardized technologies: Patent licensing with principle of proportionality
August 24, 2012 Editor 0
Publication year: 2012 Source:Technovation, Volume 32, Issues 9–10 Henri Hytönen, Toni Jarimo, Ahti Salo, Erkki Yli-Juuti In this paper, we study the licensing of standard-related patents among companies that employ a two-level licensing model where (i) the aggregated value of technology in the end product is divided among the integrated technologies in the product, and […]
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