Keep Control in the Cloud: Good governance practices in the cloud reduce...
More companies are implementing cloud-computing solutions, lured by the promise of lower costs and the ability to adjust capacity as needed. While many companies have focused on cost, flexibility, and...
View ArticlePower to the People: Saving energy by sharing information
Social media adoption is increasing rapidly. So why not leverage this trend to realize a desired social outcome, like energy savings? That’s the inspiration behind a joint effort between San...
View ArticleRolling in the Deep: Piracy might get the headlines, but industry...
Shortly after the rude arrival of Napster, the pioneering peer-to-peer file-sharing site, in 1999, this uninvited guest was eating the music industry’s lunch and eyeing its supper too. Within a year,...
View ArticleBring Your Own Hassles
How to manage the explosion of employee-owned devices Time was, organizations provided employees with the computer hardware they needed for their jobs. Today, many workers prefer to use the same device...
View ArticleBiotech: Let’s Make a Deal
Scientific acumen is crucial—but so is an understanding of today’s deal market. The risks and costs of life sciences product development have become so high that few companies are willing to bear them...
View ArticleTelemarketing? Try Tweeting
The FCC’s revised rules for telemarketers and text marketers, taking effect in October, could signal a big shift in how companies direct market, posits Julie O’Neill, a Morrison & Foerster attorney...
View ArticleThe People Paradox
The marketplace for tech-savvy engineers and managers has become so competitive that companies like Yahoo! and Facebook are looking for new ways to find talent. One fresh approach they’re taking is to...
View ArticleFar Beyond the Valley
Global tech hubs are a source of technology, talent, and funding While media coverage of the technology industry focuses largely on Silicon Valley, savvy tech and life sciences executives have been...
View ArticleOutward Bound
As Chinese companies have matured, they’re eagerly looking to the U.S. as a source for technology innovation, talent and market penetration, says Jackie Liu, a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s San...
View ArticleA Smart Wallet
The Potential for mobile payments is huge. So are the potential legal and regulatory hurdles. Banks, retailers, and pundits are paying a lot of attention to mobile payments, which typically involve the...
View ArticleEurope’s Incubator Central
Berlin is becoming the Continent’s top start-up destination Jörg Meissner, a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s new Berlin office, had an eye-opening experience while visiting Silicon Valley to...
View ArticleThe “Internet of Things” Rises
Refrigerators that tell you you’re out of milk, cars that warn of an imminent collision, implants that know if you’ve taken your medicine—by tying almost anything into a wireless network, the “Internet...
View ArticleGermany’s Magic Portal
Representing about 40 million TV households, Germans now receive virtually all on-demand content by Blu-ray Disc or DVD. Video-on-demand services are set to change that over the next three to five...
View ArticleWiped Out
If you thought Google was the only organization affected by the European Court of Justice’s May decision honoring a Spanish man’s right to have a newspaper story about him erased from its search...
View ArticleA Yen for Israeli Technology
While Japanese companies have been investing in Israel for the past two decades, M&A activity has picked up significantly, concentrated in the science and technology (S&T) sectors. “Japanese...
View ArticleIt’s (Not) Only a Movie
By Advancing Film Digitization, Consolidating Content Delivery, and Adding Mobile Capabilities, Sam Sahana Helps Odeon’s Theaters Drive Sales and Fill Seats First, he brought mobile boarding passes to...
View ArticleShare and Share Alike
How the Patent Non-Assertion Pledge Can be a Savvy Business Strategy Tesla’s recent pledge not to sue those who use its patent-protected technology is evidence of the broadening popularity of patent...
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