Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
Legislation to Rein in Patent Trolls Passes the House of Representatives
By Brad Meyer On December 5, 2013, the U.S. House passed the Innovation Act by a vote of 325 to 91. The bill is aimed at reining in the most egregious practices of so-called patent trolls (also known as Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) and Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs)). Although trolls do not physically produce any goods…
Read MoreHarQen CEO Stresses the Importance of Innovation and IP Protection
If you’re able to imagineer – yes, that’s a combination of imagine and engineer – the freaky future, you might have what it takes to call yourself an innovator. Just ask Ane Ohm, an accountant from University of Wisconsin-Madison, who started her career as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and is now…
Read MoreBoyle Fredrickson sponsors local high school innovators
The 2013 FIRST Robotics and BattleBot seasons are underway and Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin’s largest intellectual property law firm, is proud to step into the high school competition joining the ranks of NASA and Rockwell Automation as team sponsors. For the first time ever, the firm will support Hilltopper Robotics with members from both Marquette University…
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