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 27^th 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 1^st 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

15^th January - Patent law changes in US mean there are potentially billions of dollars of write-downs on public company balance sheets, says Spangenberg

10^th April - Ericsson and Nokia the latest to confirm that they will not license under the new IEEE patent policy

7^th April - IPXI demise caused by a US patent system that offers no incentive for good-faith licensing, says exchange's CEO

24^th February - Big names among those laid off from Alcatel-Lucent's IP group

26^th June - BlackBerry's deal with Cisco could mark the Canadian company's coming of age as a big patent licensor

24^th April - The Microsoft patent portfolio: 40,000+ active patents; China biggest jurisdiction after US; 15% of total acquired

19^th January - Hammering “trolls” harms US prosperity, says top BASF IP strategist

2^nd April - The 2015 inductees into the IP Hall of Fame are revealed

26^th February - Don’t bet against Apple turning the tables in its $500 million battle with NPE Smartflash

17^th May - The PPP may be great news for Google, but less good for the blood pressures of its patent team members

19^th May - There is nothing wrong with privateering; patent owners are entitled to maximise the value of their assets

28^th April - “Bring us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of patents,” Google tells the market

1^st March - Deal with Ford is potentially very good news for IV and also indicates patents are coming to the fore in auto sector

10^th January - NPE suits in the US down significantly in 2014 and figures make it clear that SMEs are very much a secondary target

6^th January - The IAM IP personalities of 2014, part two

17^th July – The Kyle Bass pharma patent IPR strategy looks to be a lot more sophisticated and long-term than many think

5^th January - The IAM IP personalities of 2014, part one

24^th March - InterDigital reveals that, like Qualcomm, it is reworking relationship with IEEE after introduction of new patent policy

30^th March - No ifs, no buts - it is time to shine a bright and permanent light on the full workings of the EPO