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There is more to holding a patent than actually holding a patent. Once patents are granted, they must be managed and managed in accordance with patent law, notes Michael Best & Friedrich attorney Edward Sarskas, especially with existing patents coming under fire. In this...

Rick Davidson, who has served as senior vice president of global information services for Manpower since 2003, has left the Milwaukee-based staffing and recruitment services firm to pursue other business interests. He will be succeeded by Denis Edwards, who joined Manpower in 2007....

By John McKee With unemployment rates climbing into the stratosphere and job prospects becoming increasingly tenuous, IT pros need to think strategically and act effectively to keep their heads above water. Here are some recommendations to help you safeguard your career during the months to come. Read...

Merge Healthcare (MRGE) announced this morning that it has reacquired its operations in China. Last March, Milwaukee-based Merge announced that it had sold Cedara Software Shanghai Co. to Inqgen Technology Ltd. That sale has now been terminated. Read more...

The Wisconsin Biotechnology & Medical Device Association, the member organization that represents the state's bioscience industry, has announced the election of six new members to its board of directors. The new board members include representatives from the Marshfield Clinic, Promega Corp., Flugen, Inc., Covance, GTI...

Post-holiday-season sales estimates from a number of research firms suggest sales might have grown even more slowly. comScore estimated that online sales from November 1 through December 23 were actually down three percent from the year before. The final numbers are still coming in. But on...

Newspapers, or at least the actual paper versions of them, are losing readership to online news sources, a development that concerns former newspaper editor Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still explains why this development should concern a democratic society and how it...