Intellectual Property Watch » Blog Archive » Study Of Public Domain, Copyright At WIPO Offers Recommendations
A better definition of the public domain is needed, but copyright and public domain are not antagonistic, said a study commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organization presented this week. Also this week, a book on the role of copyright in access to knowledge in Africa was launched. The study was presented in a side event to the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), which monitors the implementation of the 45 recommendations of the WIPO Development Agenda and is meeting from 22 to 26 November. Among those recommendations, some are specifically targeted towards the preservation of the public domain. The public domain is an important part of copyright and IP in general, said study author Severine Dusollier, professor at the University of Namur (Belgium).The study was completed in May, and commissioned by WIPO as part of a series of studies and surveys to address concerns raised under recommendations 16 and 20 of the WIPO Development
Ten Rules for Web Startup
#1: Be NarrowFocus on the smallest possible problem you could solve that would potentially be useful. Most companies start out trying to do too many things, which makes life difficult and turns you into a me-too. Focusing on a small niche has so many advantages: With much less work, you can be the best at what you do. Small things, like a microscopic world, almost always turn out to be bigger than you think when you zoom in. You can much more easily position and market yourself when more focused. And when it comes to partnering, or being acquired, there's less chance for conflict. #2: Be DifferentIdeas are in the air. #3: Be CasualWe're moving into what I call the era of the "Casual Web" (and casual content creation). #4: Be PickyAnother perennial business rule, and it applies to everything you do: features, employees, investors, partners, press opportunities. #5: Be User-CentricUser experience is everything. #7: Be GreedyIt's always good to have options. #11 (bonus!)
Dr Shailendra Vyakarnam
will seed
The Secret to Starting a Successful Company
Stock Market Fail Are you sick and tired of losing money in the market and figuring out if you are going to keep your job? Excuses I met an executive of a mid-sized company today that is awfully miserable in his position and has been dreaming about starting a company that he is passionate about. - I don’t even know how to get started - I have no funding - I don’t know if I can give up my salary - It’s too risky, what if I fail - If I had a nice retirement nest egg I’d start it now Are you making excuses as well? I’d always encourage people to jump with both feet in, sometimes it’s just not practical so building a company and getting started in the evenings when you’re not working is a great way to get started. Here are some specifics that I’d encourage you to think about as you get serious about starting your business: 1) Be very passionate about the business. 2) Build a focus plan - 30, 60, 90 days out. 3) Be creative. 4) Network. 5) Learn to sell. 1) People are hunkering down.
Fire your Boss! The Successful Home Freela
Most people, at one time or another, have a job that rewards their time and effort with wages or salaries. An increasing number of people, however, are becoming dissatisfied with that time-and-effort economy and seek the greater rewards that a results economy can provide. Indeed, more and more managers are abandoning the safety of company careers to become consultants in their chosen fields. They cite a number of reasons — a need to pursue their vision, a desire for increased independence, the lack of a meaningful future in a large organisation, or the reality of redundancy. This change inevitably means establishing their own businesses, working for themselves, and — if necessary — employing others. Making the decision to start your own freelance business or consultancy from home is not an easy one. Here’s what we’ll consider: Are you ready to start your own business? Let’s get started! Are you Ready to Start your own Business? — (Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 400 BC.) Are you a self-starter? 1.
Commercialization
Commercialization is often confused with sales, marketing or business development. The commercialization process has three key aspects: Proposed commercialization of a product can raise the following questions: When to launch. References[edit] Jolly, Vijay K.(1997) :Commercializing New Technologies: Getting from Mind to Market;Harvard Business School Press. Further reading[edit] Clemens, F. et al. (2003): Xelibri: A Siemens Mobile Adventure; case study of WHU School of Management, Vallendar, Germany; distributed by ECCH Collection, England and USA.Dibb, S. et al. (2001): Marketing – Concepts and Strategies; Fourth European Edition Houghton Mifflin; Boston.Jobber, D. (2001): Principles & Practice of Marketing; Third Edition McGraw-Hill; London.Kotler, P. et al. (1996): Principles of Marketing; Fourth European Edition Prentice Hall; Harlow (UK).Lancaster, G. and Massingham, L. (1999): Essentials of Marketing; Third Edition McGraw-Hill; London. See also[edit]
The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur
This is a guest post by Mark Suster, a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC. He started his first company in 1999 and was headquartered in London, leaving in 2005 and selling to a publicly traded French services company. He founded his second company in Palo Alto in 2005 and sold this company to Salesforce.com, becoming VP Product Management. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner focusing on early-stage technology companies. TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. Of course articles like these are going to inflame people because not everybody who is running their own business (or aspires to) wants to believe that you need to go all out to compete and win on a global scale. I was now 33 years old.
