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The Changing Face of Technology Transfer

Technology transfer, and the exchange of patents in particular, entering a phase reflecting a maturing of the practice.   In the past I’ve reported about the Oc…

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Law Grad, 32: Don’t Do What I Did

Martha Neil yesterday on the ABA Journal blog: "A 32-year-old Boston University law graduate is on a one-woman crusade to save others from making the same…

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Game theory and pre-emptive warfare

Peter Byrne in Silicon Valley Metro (from 2006): "During the Cold War, {Daniel} Ellsberg worked as a "game theorist" for the Rand Corporation and…

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Tim Wu On Why Rowling Is Wrong

Today on Slate, Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu lays out an excellent explanation of why RDR Books has the right to publish the Harry Potter Lexicon, and why J.K.…

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The Powder & The Glory

The Powder & the Glory tells the story of two of the first highly successful women entrepreneurs in America, Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein. One hund…

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Game theory and human destiny

I'm reading a fantastic book by Robert Wright called NonZero.  As the website for the book describes it: '"Ingeniously employing game theory—the l…

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I love it

Reason’s Jesse Walker on the fall of Mitt Romney: “I have to confess I’m enjoying Mike Huckabee’s victory, even though I disagree with virtually all of his plat…