much opportunity iii. Patents‚ industrial designs‚ but also trademarks and copyright: iv. Economic value of IPRs through legal mechanisms: 1. For their granting (through registration or automatically) 2. For their enforcement. v. Exclude others from a property right. c. Two ways to get the rights vi. Through registration 3. Italian patent application – app. Reviewed by patent office. Not verified and therefore
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dispute had threatened to end RIM’s BlackBerry e-mail service to millions of users in the U.S. and has been the subject of a four-year patent battle between the two companies. Under the agreement‚ RIM received rights to NTP’s patents going forward. RIM made a one-time payment to NTP. Even if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office eventually overturned NTP’s patents‚ NTP would not have to repay the $612.5 million. "There is no provision for the PTO re-exam. This is a full and final settlement‚" he said
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Travis Peartree Six Sigma 3M Case QM 10/9/12 3M Six-Sigma Case Write-Up 1. To successfully implement Six Sigma‚ 3M must think about its effects now and its effects in the future. The leadership team must also take into account the expenses of any Six Sigma processes and how to fund them. A lot of research and development will lead to greater success of Six Sigma‚ but will also be at a very high cost. The leadership team must set up a vision for implementation of Six Sigma. The team must
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company----3M. 3M is a manufacturing company that has a long history‚ it has a series of well-known products and brands. The first part of the paper will identify and discuss three issues in the case study of 3M‚ which intrigues me the most. In the next part of the paper‚ the creative innovation method used in 3M will be hypothetically applied to an electronic company in Hong Kong; the difficulty that might be confronted will be discussed. In the last part of the paper‚ the method of 3M will be applied
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“…it combines proven repair serum benefits‚ RVF-10 cell boosting technology and advanced hydration into a single skin-renewing breakthrough.” At the very end‚ Estee Lauder claims to have “25 Patents Worldwide*” with fine print underneath “Patents and patents pending”‚ so they basically they have less than 25 patents. The ad features a very polished‚ beautiful slim woman. She looks to be in her late 30s to early 40s. The shot of the model takes up the whole page‚ a head to mid-thigh shot. Her hair
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Julieta G. Manzano MM 240 Six Sigma at 3M‚ Inc. Brief Summary of the Case: When James McNerndy was announced the Chairman and Chief Executive of 3M‚ Inc. his top priority is to implement Six Sigma in the company as he envision this as the solution to the lagging profit of the company. His first step is to training hundreds of his senior executives to lead the implementation and train the middle management as well. The current Director of Six Sigma Operations‚ Jeanne O’Connell had mentioned four
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IBM’s Decade of Transformation: Turnaround to Growth Case I – 1 (Applegate et al. Textbook p5-38) Material IBM’s Decade of Transformation case study Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to your advantage (http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5636.html). Assignment Questions: What factors led to IBM’s success during the 1960s and 1970s and its problems during the late 1980s and early 1990s? What did Gerstner do when he assumed the role of CEO in April 1993? Evaluate Gerstner’s approach to crisisa
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The effects of computers on society especially in recent years have been both numerous and profound. Almost every aspect of our lives has been changed in some way by this incredible and incomparable invention. With all the ways computers are put to use nowadays it is hard to imagine what life was like before they were invented. It is important to mention that along with inventing computers scientist‚ mathematicians and researchers a bit later created also the Internet‚ which now is an inseparable
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During ancient times‚ human beings were just beginning to unveil the wonders of our world: developing language and other forms of communication‚ discovering fire and ice along with other elements of nature‚ domesticating animals‚ hunting and gathering‚ growing crops and creating order in society. From this sudden spark of curiosity arose practices such as agriculture‚ blacksmithing‚ fishing‚ and with these skills provided by the people‚ grew a government as well‚ to control them and create order
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OUTLINE TOPIC 6: TALK ABOUT THE MASS MEDIA. NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR ATTRACTION FOR YOU 1. The mass media: - What is the mass media? What are the types of the mass media? The mass media is means of providing information and entertainment such as television‚ radio‚ Internet and newspapers. - What are their features? They provide information and entertainment orally‚ visually 2. Newspapers and their attraction for you a) Newspapers: - Newspaper is a type of the mass media
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