CI and M&A

CI and M&A It is a fact of life that many companies prefer to steal their ideas for products as opposed to license them. Every manager is looking for their edge. Add to that the massive intelligence gathering … Read More

TiO2 and China

TiO2 and China The story of Pangang Group, of China, a State Owned Enterprise in China, Walter Liew and Robert Maegerle of California ended in March with the two individuals being convicted of espionage. It also … Read More

Venture Capital

Venture Capital I, one of your editors, often invest my time and work with small ventures. Start up companies with no revenue or just starting to make revenue in exchange for some deeply discounted stock or stock … Read More

Trends In Intellectual Property Loss

Trends In Intellectual Property Loss - A Private Survey Intellectual property loss is defined as any theft, misappropriation, or inadvertent disclosure of an organization’s intellectual property or proprietary … Read More

Patent Search Tools

Some good patent search tools when doing patent research or looking for help with the research. Resources The US Patent and Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov/) has an excellent pubic interface. And while not the … Read More

Patent Whiners

I have been reading a series of stories in the Wall Street Journal, Tech Republic, Business Week, Wired etc.. about what a horrible world it is as people are working with Patent Trolls to enforce patent right on … Read More

Open Source Innovation

We all get it, innovate or die. More acutely we must craft profitable innovations that are unique where above average margins can be harvested, at least for a bit of time. The idea of Open Innovation (OI) is … Read More

Aegis Journal got hacked!

With the recent changes to Google’s search engine, one can now do the opposite of Search Engine Optimization called Negative Search Engine Optimization. Through leveraging certain tactics found unfavorable by … Read More

The Future of the Security Industry

Jules Trocchi, CEO Security Direction International Ltd. The eminent 20th century psychologist Abraham Maslow placed security next in line after physiological drives in his famous hierarchy of human needs. Indeed … Read More

Wi-Fi Blocking Wallpaper

Researchers in Grenoble have had an original idea to prevent your Wi-Fi network from being hacked, you can use wallpaper that block your Wi-Fi signal from leaving the apartment and thus keeping it safe from … Read More

Food Riots in the EU?

aka The Pingo Doce riots. Pingo Doce is a chain of stores in Portugal with some 300 to 350 locations. It was May 1st and while May Day is not a big holiday in the US, for many around the world - especially … Read More

Mind The Snail Mail

We seem to be very conscious of e-mail security, but are often oblivious to the security of the "snail mail" we receive at our homes and offices. Recently, in our role as consultants in the due diligence arena, we … Read More