What other public-policy issues must we address to get our country focused on a real direction for success? It's a question posed by James Carlini in this edition of Carlini's Comments, where he explores this and other questions as readers sound off on a recent...
Can websites, like magazine covers and book jackets, be protected by the trade-dress branch of trademark law, which refers to image and appearance? While trade-dress law is well established, attorney John Zabriskie explains that business owners and their legal counsel are just beginning to explore...
The global market for stem-cell therapies, diagnostics, and other products could top $10 billion by 2016, which ...
Tom Koulopoulos didn't have to stay home to have the customer service experience from heck; no, Tom had to go around the world (to South Korea) for this episode involving his cell phone. In this edtion of the Innovation Zone, he finds common ground...
Angel investing often is the first money coming into a young company, and although it is a large segment of overall venture capital, it hasn't been tracked as closely. That's beginning to change, according to columnist Michael Rosen, and in this edition of Yer Biotech...
Does anyone believe the major presidential candidates could wax eloquently on high-speed broadband without a lot of coaching from their handlers? Columnist James Carlini doubts it very much, yet he noted that they may want to get up to speed and embrace this issue and...
Midwestern guvs met in Milwaukee last week to work on slashing greenhouse gases, but that will take a healthy business climate, not just putting ink to paper, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, he writes that technology and the markets...
A well-drafted license agreement can be crucial to a start-up firm's successful exploitation of technology, says Madison attorney Joe Boucher. In this edition of Early Stage, Boucher notes that the significance of a license agreement extends beyond the licensor and licensee because it may be...
Widgets of the web variety have been created for personal computing, but like other online social tools they have applications in the enterprise as well. In this edition of Buzz Networks, columnist Paul Gibler recommends them as a way to disseminate your message, build your...
As a means of executive comp, the stock option - particularly the back-dated variety - has landed tech executives and companies in plenty of legal hot water. But in this Guest Column for WTN, attorney Sverre Roang offers some guidance to tech organizations that still...