Dario Gil, Director of IBM Research, Forbes; On National Inventors’ Day, Celebrating IBM’s Innovators
"It all boils down to the culture, and the diverse global network of human beings who drive it. As Chieko Asakawa,
who lost her eyesight at age 14 and went on to pioneer technologies
that open the wonders of the Internet to visually impaired users, puts
it: “IBM has a culture that respects each person’s own perspective. It’s
a culture of listening, discussion and thinking about ideas together.”
Asakawa was recently inducted into the National Inventors Hall of
Fame for her work to create the Home Page Reader, a web-to-speech
system, improving internet accessibility and usability for the visually
impaired.
“When I started working for IBM,” she reflects, “my blindness became my strength.”
And her strength—along with the talent of all her inventive colleagues—is one of IBM’s greatest assets."
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Online auction to sell Hemingway and Kerouac typewriters, Samuel Colt gun patents; Hartford Courant, February 17, 2020
Kathleen McWilliams, Hartford Courant; Online auction to sell Hemingway and Kerouac typewriters, Samuel Colt gun patents
"Three 1830s patent documents for Hartford native Samuel Colt’s revolving cylinder guns are another notable item that will be auctioned off. The patents are valued between $40,000 and $50,000.
Bids will start at $13,000 for the patents for Colt’s Paterson Revolver No. 5 The guns achieved legendary status in the American West because they did not require their users to reload them after one shot."
"Three 1830s patent documents for Hartford native Samuel Colt’s revolving cylinder guns are another notable item that will be auctioned off. The patents are valued between $40,000 and $50,000.
Bids will start at $13,000 for the patents for Colt’s Paterson Revolver No. 5 The guns achieved legendary status in the American West because they did not require their users to reload them after one shot."
CalTech wins $1.1 billion jury verdict in patent case against Apple, Broadcom; Reuters, January 29, 2020
"The California Institute of Technology said on Wednesday that it won a $1.1 billion jury verdict in a patent case against Apple (AAPL.O) and Broadcom (AVGO.O).
In a case filed in federal court in Los Angeles in 2016, the Pasadena, California-based research university alleged that Broadcom wi-fi chips used in hundreds of millions of Apple iPhones infringed patents relating to data transmission technology."
Oracle Files Response To Google and API Copyright - We Are All Doomed; i-Programmer, February 17, 2020
Mike James, i-Programmer; Oracle Files Response To Google and API Copyright - We Are All Doomed
"If I invent an API, of course I want it to be copyright. If I use an API then the last thing I want is for it to be copyright."
"If I invent an API, of course I want it to be copyright. If I use an API then the last thing I want is for it to be copyright."
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Huge Job Fair at United States Patent & Trademark Office; Zebra, February 28-29, 2020
Mary Wadland, Zebra; Huge Job Fair at United States Patent & Trademark Office, February 28-29, 2020
USPTO is hiring hundreds of new examiners in 2020
"Are you ready to protect what’s next in American ingenuity? The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is holding a job fair and hiring 100s of engineers to examine America’s patents in 2020!
The Alexandria job fair will take place at the Madison Building at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria. Day one will take place in the Global IP Academy (GIPA) and day two in the Clara Barton Auditorium. The dates are on Friday, February 28th, and Saturday, February 29th.
Walk-ins are welcome. Register now!"
USPTO is hiring hundreds of new examiners in 2020
"Are you ready to protect what’s next in American ingenuity? The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is holding a job fair and hiring 100s of engineers to examine America’s patents in 2020!
Hundreds of Open Positions
The Patent Examiner Recruitment Open House event in Alexandria, VA (DC
Metro Area) is designed to attract soon-to-be graduates and
professionals with backgrounds in biomedical, computer, electrical, and
mechanical engineering by offering actionable information about job
opportunities, salary, benefits, and how to apply to hundreds of open
positions currently available in Alexandria, Virginia; San Jose, California; and Detroit. Even more positions will be opening up in the agency’s Rocky Mountain regional office in Denver later in the year...Recruiters Will Be On Site
In addition to learning about the work of patent examination and hearing directly from those who love what they do, attendees will get a chance to speak one-on-one with recruiters who will review resumes and discuss qualifications.The Alexandria job fair will take place at the Madison Building at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria. Day one will take place in the Global IP Academy (GIPA) and day two in the Clara Barton Auditorium. The dates are on Friday, February 28th, and Saturday, February 29th.
Walk-ins are welcome. Register now!"
Job Posting, Copyright Librarian in Circulation Department, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
Job Posting, Copyright Librarian in Circulation Department, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
"Don’t miss out on this opportunity to practice librarianship in
this highly desirable location: Newport,
Rhode Island. The U.S.
Naval War College (NWC) Library is hiring! The NWC Library invites
applications for a newly created position as Copyright Librarian in the
Circulation Department. Named in honor of Rear Admiral Henry Effingham Eccles,
the Library recently adopted a Learning Commons model with the completion of a
new, state-of-the-art, 86,000 square foot facility that brings together under
one roof the Library, Writing Center, Information Resources Department (IT),
Dean of Students, Café, and Bookstore.
The Copyright Librarian serves as a knowledgeable and service-oriented
licensing and copyright professional who leads the copyright program for the
NWC. This includes performing a variety
of functions and processes that relate to the implementation of copyright policy,
formulation of procedures, licensing negotiation, workflows, and obtaining
copyright permissions for all forms of published and unpublished materials
requested by all NWC faculty and staff.
This federal (GS)
position is open to all qualified U.S. citizens. See USAJOBS announcement for requirements. Salary is competitive and commensurate with
qualifications and experience; position includes a full federal benefits
package.
Applications will be made online at USAJobs. USAJobs postings are
typically open for only five days. To
find job openings at the Naval War College search on the keywords Naval War
College or Newport Rhode Island. Individuals interested in this
position can learn more about the application
process by visiting USAJobs and can
begin by creating their account and uploading their resume.
The Naval War College is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Employer.
For additional information about the position please contact Lori
Brostuen, Library Deputy Director at 401-841-2642 or email loribrostuen@usnwc.edu."
Steal This Intellectual Property; Reason, March 2020 Issue
Dierdre McCloskey, Reason; Steal This Intellectual Property
What?!
A liberal (in the classical sense) wants people to steal? You bet.
Here's why. An idea, after it is produced, has no opportunity cost."
"I want you to steal what the lawyers self-interestedly call "intellectual property": Hoffman's book or my books or E=mc2 or
the Alzheimer's drug that the Food and Drug Administration is "testing"
in its usual bogus and unethical fashion. I want the Chinese to steal
"our" intellectual property, so that consumers worldwide get stuff
cheaply. I want everybody to steal every idea, book, chemical formula,
Stephen Foster lyric—all of it. Steal, steal, steal. You have my
official economic permission.
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