by Ian Burns | Jan 11, 2013 | Innovation, Patent Attorneys, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
Technology Readiness Levels Technology Readiness Levels can be used by entrepreneurs, inventors and others to rate and evaluate a technology. The United States government and some companies rate the maturity of technologies with various scales. These Technology...
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...