Every day, the intellectual property assets of businesses increase their importance. They are not, and should not, seen any longer as a by-product, but as a fundamental asset for the survival, well-being and prosperity of businesses.
Employees and their activity are a very important source of intangible assets, so adopting a clear, well supported and fair policy in connection to the intellectual property generated by employees should be considered as strategic in any innovative business. Further, an inadequate intellectual property policy inside a business organization may lead to potential liability issues and reduce the value of the company.
Mexican copyright and patent law are similar to the laws of other jurisdictions concerning the exclusivity rights stipulated for the
Victoria Slind-Flor reports at http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=at.BdRGGrFkk&refer=germany that the leading large firms in the area of WIMax technology pool their patents in this area in order to ease using the technology in consumer electronics.
This step should reduce royalties, can anyone refer to such a step in other areas of
Posted by: Ophir Tal in Royalties, Film industry on
Feb 25, 2008
The heirs of JRR Tolkien sue New Line Cinema for £75 million, claiming the studios have inflated costs to avoid paying royalties. The film rights were sold in 1969 for about £100,000 and a percentage of the royalties. The suit also relates to the ongoing production of The Hobbit. See the full article at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/12/wring212.xml
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