Safford & Baker - Legal Advisors to Technology Businesses » Patent http://www.saffordbaker.com/writings Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:34:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 So, what exactly is “intellectual property”? http://www.saffordbaker.com/writings/2009/01/so-what-exactly-is-intellectual-property/ http://www.saffordbaker.com/writings/2009/01/so-what-exactly-is-intellectual-property/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:46:22 +0000 mbower http://saffordbaker.com/writings/?p=172 Copyright:  A copyright is a form of protection granted by law for original works of authorship (including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works; such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture) fixed in a tangible medium of expression.  A copyright generally gives the copyright holder the exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted work, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, or ...read more]]> http://www.saffordbaker.com/writings/2009/01/so-what-exactly-is-intellectual-property/feed/ 0 Safford & Baker PLLC in the NEWS. http://www.saffordbaker.com/writings/2008/10/safford-baker-pllc-in-the-news/ http://www.saffordbaker.com/writings/2008/10/safford-baker-pllc-in-the-news/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:18:38 +0000 mbower http://saffordbaker.com/writings/?p=81 article appearing in the October 2008 issue of Technology Transfer Tactics.  The article concerns an "inventor" trying to secure a business method patent for a technology commercialization model he claims is novel.  Many others disagree. Money quote:
The same goes for Donald H. Baker Jr., managing partner at Safford & Baker PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI. There are already foundations that hold entire portfolios for their respective universities doing the very thing Buck envisions, he says, pointing to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation as an example. Other universities have similar outside "holders" of their IP, he adds, and several private companies employ a similar model. "The patent application is very much non-novel ...read more]]> http://www.saffordbaker.com/writings/2008/10/safford-baker-pllc-in-the-news/feed/ 0