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
Innocent infringement of Copyrights reduces damages for the Infringer:
US Court reduced damages for infringement of copyrights by downloading of music over the notorious KaZaA , to a good 200$ per downloaded infringed song (the 750$-30,000$ per song normally allowed under the Copyright Act) in the case of Whitney Harper a sixteen year old of innocence.
The Judge has claimed that since the infringement was "an innocent infringement" the damage per each infringed song track downloaded is significantly reduced.
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Jan 21, 2008
I'd like to share 10 IP related blog posts that caught my eye in the previous week.
Patents
1. Dennis Crouch, in his blog "PatentlyO", writes about one of the suggested changes mentioned in the Senate report on patent reform and in particular to the elimination of
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