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It frustrates me when I hear business owners say “we are too small to worry about IP”. When you are small you are at your most vulnerable. When your brand is very new, you may not have established sufficient reputation to defend it by suing others for passing off or ... keep reading
Written by Simon Rowell in September 2011, about Branding, Clean Tech, Copyright, Design, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Licensing (1 comment)
Next week we start getting pinged for downloading when there is no paid option for that downloading.Even if you want to respect copyright , you can't and for us here the idea that we can lose our rights of access to the web is scary stuff. For those who ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in August 2011, about Copyright, Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Intellectual Property, Population, Technology
A Kiwi company could be revolutionising the electric car market, thanks to the recent London launch of the world’s first wireless technology, which allows parked or moving electric cars to charge automatically. Called IPT (Inductive Power Transfer), it works by fitting cars with a receiver pad to charge automatically ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert in November 2010, about Air Quality, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Copyright, Design, Economics, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Pollution, Technology, Transport (1 comment)
Insulation made from buckwheat and mushroom derivatives? Why not. Greensulate is Ecovative Design’s award-winning sustainable alternative to synthetic insulation. Both better and cheaper than synthetic alternatives, it requires little energy or expense to produce because it’s grown from organic material. It also resists temperature change, stops fires and ... keep reading
Written by The Next Plays in September 2010, about Consumerism, Copyright, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Energy Saving, Innovation, Sustainability
The embracing of all things “green” by the public has meant that if companies want to stay in the game, they need to be at the forefront of green technologies, or green-tech. Driven by efforts to curb fossil fuel use, and concerns about the security of energy supplies, governments worldwide ... keep reading
Written by Mike Biagio in August 2010, about Clean Tech, Copyright, Design, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Law, Licensing
A former engineer of General Motors (GM) was recently charged with conspiring to steal trade secrets about GM’s hybrid technology. Apparently, the engineer (and her husband) had intented to sell this information to one of GM’s competitors in China. This case highlights the problem that exists with trade ... keep reading
Written by Anton Blijlevens, Partner, A J Park in August 2010, about Anti-counterfeiting, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Tech, Copyright, Design, Industry & Business, Intellectual Property, Law, Licensing (1 comment)
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B3W is Colmar Brunton’s investigation into all things sustainable from the consumers’ point of view. It came about when we ... more »
