Milwaukee, Wis. - By several measures, these should be heady days for American manufacturers. After a recession in which two million manufacturing jobs were lost, the economy is back, manufacturing revenue is back, and new orders are back. Yet there is a sense of unease...
The Supreme Court decision in eBay Inc. v. Mercexchange LLC may have a significant impact on the value of some patents because injunctions (as opposed to monetary awards) may be more difficult to obtain. The case may also impact the enforcement campaigns conducted by so-called...
As scientists and engineers build devices at smaller and smaller scales, grasping the dynamics of how materials behave when they are subjected to electrical signals, sound and other manipulations has proven to be beyond the reach of standard scientific techniques....
Waukesha, Wis. - Two healthcare giants, GE Healthcare and St. Jude Medical, will enter into a collaboration agreement to develop a state-of-the-art cardiovascular ultrasound imaging system for patients with heart rhythm disease....
The model is that the ownership of a patent right initially goes to the inventor. But who owns the rights to inventions made in the workplace? The company? The inventing employee? It depends on the circumstances....
Hartford-based api Software, Inc. has entered into agreements to provide its labor resource management software to four hospitals and health systems, for whom it may become a key retention tool....
There are many municipalities around the Midwest looking for new ways to increase sales tax revenues. While many are trying traditional and somewhat complicated approaches, municipalities grasping for economic development ideas should simply look to updating their old ordinances....
Madison, Wis. - The Wisconsin Angel Network, hoping to add another dimension to investment presentations, has launched its new ePlan system to enable companies to use rich media technology to make video presentations for would-be investors. ...
It's a busy time for product news. In fact, two DEMO alumni - the now-venerable Palm and the relative newcomer Streamload - are delivering significant new functionality to their faithful customers....
West Allis, Wis. - In the wake of shareholder lawsuits alleging violations of federal securities law, the board of directors of Merge Technologies, Inc. has accepted the resignation of company president and CEO Richard Linden....