I came across a wonderful article through a Linked-In group called OnStartups that illuminates the process of pricing a product. Click here for access to the article. The article summarizes the key points of a free e-book called “Don’t Just Roll the Dice”.
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November 23, 2009Categories: Entrepreneurship, Worth Reading
Tags: authors, brands, entrepreneurs, innovation
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Entrepreneurship Week at Michigan Tech & Poppy King Video
November 21, 2009Michigan Tech joined hundreds of other academic institutions by celebrating entrepreneurship week. This week-long event celebrated the spirit of entrepreneurship on campus by inviting famous and inspiring speakers like Poppy King, author of the entrepreneurship book “Lessons of a Lipstick Queen“. Too see the video of Poppy’s Library reading and lecture click here: An on-campus [...]
Categories: Contests, Entrepreneurship
Tags: artists, authors, entrepreneurs, innovation, inventors, Poppy King
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Copyright and Terrorism Suspects
October 24, 2009Here’s an interesting blog post a few years ago on the objections voiced by musicians against the alleged use of their songs in suspected torture cases in Guantanamo. The article discusses some of the copyright claims the artists may raise. Most recently, artists including R.E.M. and Pearl Jam have filed a freedom of information act [...]
Categories: Copyrights, Intellectual property controversies
Tags: artists, authors, civil liberties, copyright criminals, Copyrights, Intellectual property controversies, law
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J.D. Salinger Wins Copyright Lawsuit
July 5, 2009A federal judge in New York upholds J.D. Salinger’s copyright and issued an injunction to prevent a modified version of “Catcher in the Rye” from being published in the U.S. The New York Times reports the story here. To learn more about the lawsuit click here.
Categories: Copyrights, Intellectual property controversies
Tags: artists, authors, copyright, copyright criminals, derivative, Intellectual property controversies, law, license
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J.D. Salinger Sues Author of Catcher in the Rye Sequel for Copyright Infringement
June 10, 2009J.D. Salinger, author of the classic Catcher in the Rye novel filed a lawsuit in Manhattan alleging that the authors of a sequel to his acclaimed novel have committed copyright infringement. In the complaint, Mr. Salinger alleges that the unauthorized sequel involves an elderly Holden Caulfield who leaves a retirement home to spend a few [...]
Categories: Copyrights, Intellectual property controversies
Tags: artists, authors, copyright criminals, Copyrights, derivative, fair use, Intellectual property controversies, law, license
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Can you copyright a tweet?
May 29, 2009With the rise of Twitter it was inevitable that intellectual property issues would surface regarding “tweets” (information snippets under 140 characters in length). Some are concerned that copyright might stifle the ability to reproduce tweets for collaborative projects. Twitter itself states, “We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you provide. Your profile and [...]
Categories: Copyrights, Intellectual property controversies, Legal resources, Public domain
Tags: artists, authors, copyright, copyright criminals, creative commons, Intellectual property controversies, law 2.0, license, web
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Blogger Sues Goldman Sachs For Domain Rights
April 17, 2009It would be an understatement to say that Michael Morgan dislikes Goldman Sachs. Mr. Morgan expresses his vitriol against the large investment bank in not-so-subtle terms. Mr. Morgan writes on his blog: “Yes, I am short Goldman Sachs stock. I believe this company is evil and should not exist. We need to begin to break [...]
Categories: Intellectual property controversies, Trademarks
Tags: authors, brands, controversial trademarks, domain name, fair use, Intellectual property controversies, license, Trademarks
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What A Business Plan Competition Judge Looks For
March 26, 2009Successful entrepreneurs write good business plans. Good business plans win competitions. I routinely conduct business plan competitions in my entrepreneurship class. As part of the job, I have to recruit savvy and successful entrepreneurs to serve as judges for each competition. Someone who I have often asked to judge is Dan Brown, President of Loggerhead [...]
Categories: Entrepreneurship
Tags: artists, authors, Design, entrepreneurs, innovation, inventors, legal innovation
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Kauffman Foundation Lecture
March 25, 2009I just finished leading an intellectual property workshop for entrepreneurs here in Houghton, MI. The event was sponsored by the SmartZone, a local high-tech business incubator. The FastTrac TechVenture Program is a learning program administered by the Kauffman Foundation. Here are some of the topics covered in this program: Determine market opportunities and business strategies [...]
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Tags: artists, authors, Design, entrepreneurs, innovation, inventors, legal innovation, license
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Art for Free?
March 9, 2009Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure, has recently gained a lot of attention by publicly criticizing the growing “art for free” movement. Here is what Smith says on his site, speaking about Radiohead’s decision to release their In Rainbows album under a donation pricing model: “ANY FAMOUS ARTIST WITH A HUGE AND DEVOTED FAN [...]
Categories: Copyrights, Intellectual property controversies, Public domain
Tags: artists, authors, copyright, copyright criminals, Intellectual property controversies, license
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