Publications

The 20th century saw the trial and error of a philosophy that privately-owned economic goods did not benefit the general public. However, the 21st century has begun with a new twist: Is the public harmed by private ownership of intellectual property goods? Fortunately, earlier and wiser voices were insightful enough to include intellectual property protection in some of the basic documents that the world looks to as pillars of civil society.

Though it is known as the land down under, Australia’s understanding and respect for intellectual property rights are anything but upside down.

Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc, death and destruction on hundreds of miles of the Gulf Coast shoreline.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is promoting a new IT policy that seems intended to exclude proprietary software products from state use.

The airlines are seeking a one-year reprieve from the federal tax on aviation fuel.

Jason Smathers reportedly teared up when he was sentenced on Aug.

Cities around the country are ponying up taxpayer funds for new stadiums to get, or keep, professional sports teams.

America is no longer a smokestack economy.

Judging from public statements from the president’s commission on tax reform, the Hues Corporation’s 1974 hit may as well be its theme song.

Some of today’s biggest tech breakthroughs are small, so small that a tiny dust mite is enormous by comparison.