Rich Steeves
March 21, 2014 | Inside Counsel
The relationship between reputation and trustIn a session at the 2014 Global Ethics Summit, companies like Hasbro and Marriott that were identified as most ethical by Ethisphere spoke about the relationship between brand, reputation and trust.
By Rich Steeves
3 minute read
March 21, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Crisis managementThese were the opening remarks at the second keynote session at the sixth annual Global Ethics Summit. The topic was Lessons from a Crisis and the two chief compliance officers shared their experiences with crises.
By Rich Steeves
3 minute read
March 20, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Ethics and compliance top of mind for GCsI sleep like a baby, meaning I wake up every night screaming and crying.
By Rich Steeves
4 minute read
March 19, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Achieving true diversity in the C-SuiteMost businesses hold a common conception of diversity, but whether considering race, gender or other factors, it is important for companies to move beyond the existing paradigm to embrace actual change in corporate culture.
By Rich Steeves
6 minute read
March 19, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Technology, feminism and executive leadershipFrom Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman, women are making headway in hi-tech corporations. So, what is the role of technology in modern feminism?
By Rich Steeves
5 minute read
March 18, 2014 | Inside Counsel
MoveOn.org in trademark dispute with state of LouisianaLike MoveOn.org, Louisiana has a slogan as well, a tourism slogan: Pick your passion! This is the intellectual property that Lt. Governor (and Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism) Jay Dardenne has accused MoveOn of infringing upon.
By Rich Steeves
3 minute read
March 17, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Hollywood battles torrent servicesBut, like those pesky kernels at the bottom of the bucket that wont go away, Popcorn Time may still linger. Developers from movie torrent site YTS have indicated that they might take on the Popcorn Time project.
By Rich Steeves
2 minute read
March 13, 2014 | Inside Counsel
The best approach to patent valuationLast week at the Best Practices in Patent Monetization conference, Dr. Ryan Sullivan, president of Quant Economics, Inc., gave a lecture on the best approaches to patent valuation.
By Rich Steeves
2 minute read
March 12, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Sonos plans to ‘forward-publish’ patent applicationsAccording to a blog post by the company, it plans to publish some of its patent applications before the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office does.
By Rich Steeves
2 minute read
March 11, 2014 | Inside Counsel
Recent developments in patent damages casesRecent cases have highlighted reasonable royalties and have focused on the concept of the smallest saleable unit, or the smallest piece of technology that contains the patented tech.
By Rich Steeves
6 minute read
