February 26, 2010

Why Copyright Law is Stupid – A New Series

I’ve written about why lawyers frustrate me, why FAS 157 (Topic 820) sucks and why the current state of patent law stinks.  In each case, I’ve tried to not just ...
3 Comments » | Posted in: Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
February 2, 2010

GREAT New Blog – IP Law for Startups

Today, I learned that former classmate of mine at the University of Michigan has started a blog for startups dealing with intellectual property issues. Jill Bowman is a great person and ...
2 Comments » | Posted in: Law, Law Firm 2.0, Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
September 21, 2009

An Open Letter to Mr. Obama on Innovation Policy

Dear Mr. President, I feel compelled to write you a letter to express my thoughts and frustrations regarding innovation policy in our country.  While I have modest expectations that you’ll actually ...
16 Comments » | Posted in: Entrepreneurship, Frustrations, NVCA, Patents / IP, Technology, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
September 9, 2009

Great Article on Intellectual Ventures (sucking)

For those of you who share my disgust with the current patent ecosystem, here is a great piece from Timothy B. Lee on “Intellectual Ventures.” I use quotations, because it’s nearly ...
13 Comments » | Posted in: Frustrations, Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
August 31, 2009

The End of Software Patents?

One can only hope.  I think it’s optimistic thinking on my part that software patents will one day go away, but until then I can enjoy a GREAT article from ...
1 Comment » | Posted in: Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
December 7, 2008

Coldplay Sued by Joe Satriani and Why I Love Music Copyright Lawsuits.

If you haven’t seen it yet, Coldplay has been sued by Joe Satriani over Cold Play’s hit song Viva La Vida.  Joe is claiming that his song was ripped off.  ...
1 Comment » | Posted in: Music, Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
November 19, 2008

Cool Patent Startup Pays People To Discover Prior Art

Article One Partners has recently launched and it looks like a winner.  In short, they are paying people to research and discover prior art related to patent studies they find ...
1 Comment » | Posted in: Patents / IP, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
November 7, 2008

A Patent Even I Can Support

My friend Craig Neugeboren sent me this link today on an interesting patent.  It’s essentially a patent for non-inventors acquiring and asserting patents against others.  Think of this as patenting ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
September 5, 2008

Interesting Patent Statistics

In my continuing venting of frustrations related to the current state of affairs of the patent system in our country, I was turned onto some very interesting statistics by my ...
2 Comments » | Posted in: Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
September 2, 2008

Update on "Stupid Patent Case of the Week"

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the "Stupid Patent Case of the Week."  The comments were much more interesting than the original blog, especially with some of the ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Patents / IP | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

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