Jun 29, 2021Open Source Architecture for Data & Digital RightsConverting centralized monopoly platforms into decentralized protocols and standards Part 3 of 3 — Smart Data & Digital Rule of Law Series: Part 1: Creating Digital Rule of Law Part 2: Smart Data — A Brief Timeline of Intelligent Technology Part 3: Open Source Architecture for Smart Data and Digital Rights This is the third part in a three part series about data…Data11 min readData11 min read
Jun 29, 2021Smart Data — A Brief Timeline of Intelligent TechnologyThe unstoppable progression to “Smart Everything” also known as “Software-Defined Everything” Part 2 of 3 — Smart Data & Digital Rule of Law Series: Part 1: Creating Digital Rule of Law Part 2: Smart Data — A Brief Timeline of Intelligent Technology Part 3: Open Source Architecture for Smart Data and Digital Rights This is the second part in a three part series…Data7 min readData7 min read
Apr 15, 2021Creating Digital Rule of LawMost people don’t know, but the creators of the Internet also worked on technology to control our data with digital contracts. But all their efforts ended abruptly in 2012. Part 1 of 3 — Smart Data & Digital Rule of Law Series: Part 1: Creating Digital Rule of Law Part 2: Smart Data — A Brief Timeline of Intelligent Technology Part 3: Open…Data13 min readData13 min read
Mar 19, 2020Execute an IP Process in Six StepsLaunch past your competition to own every important innovation — Start by planning for 2x to 4x increase in the number of enforceable patents over the next decade. First mover advantages will be immense. Those organizations that operationalize intellectual property acquisition will also capture emergent digital business models and practices as monopolistic assets. We start by focusing on five to…Patents4 min readPatents4 min read
Mar 18, 2020Why the USPTO changed software patent eligibility guidelines?ANSWER: China’s growing leadership in 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Robotics intellectual property — While Covid-19 continues to complicate and politicize the US/China economic and geopolitical relationship, the facts illustrate for the last decade innovation and information technology dominance has been a strategic part of a broad and carefully coordinated Chinese Government strategy that shows many signs of success. …Patents4 min readPatents4 min read
Mar 18, 2020The Great Digital Land GrabLate 2019 USPTO patent eligibility changes open the flood-gates for software patents — Abstract Ideas have always been ineligible patent subject matter Since the establishment of the US Patent and Trademark Office, the idea of Judicial Exception has been instrumental in determining a patent’s eligibility. Judicial Exception excludes the following as patentable subject matter: Laws of Nature Natural Phenomenon (Product of Nature)Patents5 min readPatents5 min read