Amazon cloud contract IP warning tops most read blogs of the year so far list as we take a summer break
After a very busy seven months, the IAM blog is now taking its annual summer break. We’ll be back reporting on 27th August. For those of you not enjoying a holiday this month, here are a few stats to chew on. According to Google Analytics we have had 77,107 unique users since 1st January, who between them have visited us 138,254 times. The top 10 countries for visitors are (in order): 1. The US; 2. The UK; 3. Canada; 4. Germany; 5. India; 6. Japan; 7. The Netherlands; 8. South Korea; 9. France; 10. China. And our top 10 cities are (in order): 1. New York; 2. London; 3. San Francisco; 4. Washington DC; 5. Chicago; 6. Munich; 7. Ottawa; 8. Los Angeles; 9. Seoul; 10. Toronto. The 20 most read blog stories of the year so far are, in descending order:
12th July - Beware the IP non-assert clause in AWS cloud service agreement, warns ex-Microsoft patent chief
10th April - Ericsson and Nokia the latest to confirm that they will not license under the new IEEE patent policy
24th February - Big names among those laid off from Alcatel-Lucent's IP group
26th June - BlackBerry's deal with Cisco could mark the Canadian company's coming of age as a big patent licensor
24th April - The Microsoft patent portfolio: 40,000+ active patents; China biggest jurisdiction after US; 15% of total acquired
19th January - Hammering “trolls” harms US prosperity, says top BASF IP strategist
2nd April - The 2015 inductees into the IP Hall of Fame are revealed
26th February - Don’t bet against Apple turning the tables in its $500 million battle with NPE Smartflash
28th April - “Bring us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of patents,” Google tells the market
10th January - NPE suits in the US down significantly in 2014 and figures make it clear that SMEs are very much a secondary target
6th January - The IAM IP personalities of 2014, part two
17th July – The Kyle Bass pharma patent IPR strategy looks to be a lot more sophisticated and long-term than many think
5th January - The IAM IP personalities of 2014, part one
30th March - No ifs, no buts - it is time to shine a bright and permanent light on the full workings of the EPO