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....
by Ian Burns | Jun 24, 2013 | General, Innovation, Technology, Uncategorized
Flying Pizza Domino’s Pizza is developing a flying pizza delivery drone. The “DomiCopter” prototype has already taken a test flight that lasted a full ten minutes and was able to efficiently deliver pizza to a nearby customer. Videos of this test flight are...
by Ian Burns | Jan 3, 2013 | Innovation, Intellectual Property Law, Myanmar, Uncategorized
Economy in Myanmar From 1962 to 2011, the country of Myanmar, also known as Burma, was under military rule. The military junta was accused of many human rights abuses and shunned by most developed countries. As a result, Myanmar did not experience rapid growth seen in...
by Ian Burns | Dec 5, 2012 | Hong Kong, Innovation, Uncategorized
Bamboo Scaffolding Still Used in Hong Kong On my first visit to Hong Kong in the ’90s I was impressed with the bamboo scaffolding being used in construction. Instead of metal scaffolding you may be more familiar with, the local construction crews used bamboo...
by Ian Burns | Dec 5, 2012 | Hong Kong, Innovation, Uncategorized
Gamification Gamification is the use of games in a non-game context for problem solving and engaging users. This process improves user engagement, return on investment, data quality, and learning. Construction I recently arrived in Hong Kong and was reminded how...
