This is a metaphorical question of course. It represents another universal issue in strategy. Renowned generals throughout history have shown a propensity to win great battles, but fail to win their...
For some reason the Google news about the acquisition of Motorola Mobility made me think of a song about nuclear proliferation written by Tom Lehrer for the 1965 album That Was...
Most of us are aware and probably agree that a reasonable portion of a company’s success lies in its ability to protect its intellectual property (IP). Conversely, the failure to protect...
On 25th April 2011, the China Supreme Court and 27 ministries of China Central Government jointly released their 2011 Action Plan on Intellectual Property. The plan indicates that the Chinese government...
If you look at past issues of IAM from the last 6 months you will see on average one article per month dealing with the topic of reputation management. And for...
In March, 50 well-known Chinese writers made an announcement against Baidu.com which provides a platform named Baidu Online Library for users to upload all kinds of literature including novels, business documents,...
Some time ago, Bill Gates made an interesting statement about software piracy. “As long as they are going to steal it (software), we want them to steal ours. They’ll get sort...
The greatest risk in strategy is neither the probability that any given harmful event will occur nor the extent of the negative consequences of that given event. If we know either...
As we announced at the beginning of the month, to take advantage of all of us getting together as part of our annual team retreat, we have decided to organize a...
Just how far can you protect your IP once you’ve licensed it out? Here’s a shining example. What are your thoughts? On January 24th, 2011, Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”), a...
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