by Ian Burns | Aug 28, 2013 | Indexes, Innovation, Intellectual Property Law, Uncategorized
Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization recently released The Global Innovation Index for 2013 (GII). The top 25 countries are provided below: Global Innovation Index Country/Economy Score(0-100) Rank Switzerland 66.59 1 Sweden...
by Ian Burns | Aug 15, 2013 | Engineers, General, Innovation, Nevada Courts, UAV, Uncategorized
Nevada is no stranger to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, sometimes called drones). Many Predator and Reaper UAVs that fly missions around the world are piloted from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. If you drive north from Las Vegas on highway US95, look up when you...
by Ian Burns | Aug 5, 2013 | Innovation, Intellectual Property Law, Invention, Patents, Technology, Uncategorized
Innovation and the Economy The Brookings Institution recently released a study in which it concluded that there is a strong connection between innovation and the economy. We have previously discussed patent rate as a measure of innovation. The Brookings study shows...
by Ian Burns | Aug 1, 2013 | Innovation, Intellectual Property Law, Invention, Patents, Uncategorized
Google Car In 2011 Nevada passed a law that permits operation of autonomous vehicles in the State. The first driverless vehicle license was issued to Google, the internet search giant. The licensed Google car is a Toyota Prius that uses Google’s experimental...
by Ian Burns | Jul 18, 2013 | Innovation, Intellectual Property Law, Invention, Patents, Uncategorized
Rate of Innovation Rate of innovation can be measured in different ways. One method uses the rate by which patents are granted (patent rate). The greater the number of patents granted, the greater the number of inventions and the greater the rage of innovation....
