Intellectual Property
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By John Walker on March 14, 2012
An Irish inventor has developed a product which can help large supermarket retailers cut carbon emmissions and save money.
Tom Glynn, 55, from Galway Ireland, first spotted the opportunity when he noticed that the retail of ice, the type used to cool drinks at parties and celebrations, was a major problem for the €30m turnover [...]
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By John Walker on March 12, 2012
Festival : Lovebytes Digital Spring. Festival of Art, Science and Technology
Date: Thursday 22nd-Saturday 24th March 2012
Venue: Across the city of Sheffield
Event Website: www.lovebytes.org.uk
This inspiring programme of events includes interactive art, music, performances, films, talks, workshops and educational projects for all ages. The events are open to everyone and many are free of charge.
I have visited [...]
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By John Walker on February 15, 2012
Lunch time talk: Mark Stephens discusses his work as a solicitor specialising in media law, intellectual property rights and human rights.
Date: Friday 24th February 2012
Time: 1:15 pm at,
Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH
Mark Stephens joins the ICA for this lunch time talk to discuss his work as a solicitor [...]
Posted in Arts, Sports and Recreation, Contact Management, Film Production and Distribution, Governance, Information Security, Intellectual Property, Legal Advice, Legal services, Manufacturing, Media and Creative Services, Not-For-Profit Sector, Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, South West London (S.W.), Technology, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions | Tagged ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Mark Stephens |
By John Walker on January 27, 2012
Last Year’s Dragons’ Den was record breaking, attracting more viewers than ever before. New Dragon Hilary Devey arrived, arched her shoulder pads and firmly established her place amongst the revered business leaders, and some of Britain’s best entrepreneurs gained the cash they desperately needed to turn their business fortunes around. Now it’s 2012 and [...]
Posted in Announcements, Business Continuity Planning, Business Support Services, Deals and Agreements, Expansion, Financial Capital, Financial Services, Franchising Out, Fundability, Ideas and Innovation, Intellectual Property, Lending and Borrowing, Loans and Finance, Management Consultancy, People and Players, Product Research and Development, Reputation, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Startups, TV & Media Opportunities (Announcements of), Television and Radio Broadcasting, UK | Tagged Alan Colleran, Barack Obama, Chris Hopkins, Deborah Meaden, Dragons' Den, Duncan Bannatyne, Georgette Hewitt, Hilary Devey, Kirsty Henshaw, Liz Colleran, Natalie Ellis, Peter Jones, Richard Branson, Theo Paphitis |
By John Walker on December 12, 2011
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Monday, December 12, 2011
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the dates for its upcoming LibrePlanet 2012 conference as March 24th and 25th, 2012, at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. A call for papers has also been announced. The conference will include talks from the FSF staff and board, GNU project [...]
Posted in Business Software, Charities, Community Interest Companies - CICs, Cost Management, E-commerce, Equipment & Operational Resources, IT and Telecommunications Services, Ideas and Innovation, Information Security, Intellectual Property, North America, Not-For-Profit Sector, Outsourcing, Political and Economic Philosophies, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Technology, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions | Tagged call for papers, Eben Moglen, Fedora, Free Software Foundation, Freedom Box Foundation, GNOME Foundation, GNU, Jeremy Allison, John Gilmore, Karen Sandler, LibrePlanet, Máirín Duffy, Matt Lee, PostgreSQL, Richard Stallman, Rob Savoye, Samba, Selena Deckelmann, Software Freedom Law Center, University of Massachusetts |
By John Walker on December 1, 2011
UK scientists and businesses will have access to the most sophisticated technology keeping them at the cutting edge of research and development, as details of the Government’s multi-million pound e-infrastructure investment were announced today by David Willetts.
The investment includes £43 million for ARCHER, a new national supercomputer to support advanced research, such as complex chemistry [...]
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By John Walker on November 22, 2011
The UK’s most innovative firms share their business secrets.
Every day across the British business landscape new companies are starting up and fresh ideas are being generated. 2011 has seen a plethora of bolder and better business ideas. These gems can be new products and service ideas or equally new ways to improve existing offerings. The [...]
Posted in Business Continuity Planning, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Ideas and Innovation, Intellectual Property, Market Research, Product Research and Development, Project Management, Standards, Startups, Technology, Telecommunications, UK, Worldwide | Tagged Anthony Keyworth, British Library Business & IP Centre, Dominic Swords, Everything Everywhere, Henley Business School, Jim Shaikh, Naked Wines, Orange, Rowan Gormley, Steve van Dulken, yoomi |
By Robert Steadman on October 14, 2011
Hot water and central heating costs are unavoidable and becoming increasingly expensive but they can easily be managed keeping the size of your bills to the bare minimum. There are many ways to achieve lower fuel bills ranging from changing your fuel supplier to the installation of cavity wall and loft insulation. But, [...]
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By John Walker on September 30, 2011
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the re-launch of its Free Software Directory at directory.fsf.org. The Directory lists over 6,500 programs that are free for any computer user to download, run, and share. It was first launched nearly a decade ago, but the new version brings a [...]
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By John Walker on November 15, 2010
Incident and vulnerability research points to anticipated information security trends
Imperva, the global leader in data security, announced today its predictions for the top ten information security trends expected in 2011. The report, compiled by Imperva’s Application Defense Center (ADC), led by CTO Amichai Shulman, is based on analysis of incident and vulnerability data from the [...]
Posted in Business Continuity Planning, Business Software, Critical Infrastructure, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Forecasts, IT and Telecommunications Services, Industry Reports, Information Security, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Regulatory Compliance, Technology, UK, Worldwide | Tagged Advanced Persistent Threat, Amichai Shulman, CISOs, Cloud Computing, cyber security, data breaches, data theft, Hacker Intelligence Initiative, Imperva, Information Security, malware, Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) Attacks, Open Source, social networks, Stuxnet worm |
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