Top 50 US patent assignees
Top 50 US patent assignees (from IFI Claims Patent Services)
IBM top the list with 6180 granted patents.
Take a glimpse of Winner of 2010 InnoCentive Video Challenge
Good news ! 2012 InnoCentive Video Challenge is now open !
InnoCentive 2012 Video Challenge : Unlikely Innovation
Award: $5,000 USD | Deadline: 12/30/11
This Challenge is open to everyone, with prizes in three categories: open, US colleges, and international colleges.
From its website,
What is InnoCentive?
InnoCentive is the global innovation marketplace where creative minds solve some of the world’s most important problems for cash awards up to $1 million. Commercial, governmental and humanitarian organizations engage with InnoCentive to solve problems that can impact humankind in areas ranging from the environment to medical advancements.
Webinar: Best Practices to Avoid Patent Litigation
I accidentally post wrongly the blogpost about this webinar on my investment blog, instead of my innovation blog. Since it’s related to business and investment too, I might as well keep this post.
This webinar event is organized by Article One Partners.
Webinar title: Best Practices to Avoid Patent Litigation
Date: Tue, Jun 28, 2011
Time: 12:00 PM EDT
Duration: 1 hour
You may refer to more details from my innovation blogpost of the same name.
S$880,000 HDB flat - most expensive HDB flats in Singapore
The most expensive five-room flats at Centrale 8, in Tampines, is built by developer Sim Lian, under DBSS scheme (Design, Build and Sell Scheme).
DBSS flats are public housing units designed and built by private-sector developers
Eurozone Debt Crisis in graphics
Reuters’ s Eurozone Debt Crisis in graphics, is a one-stop insightful presentation on data regarding recent Greece-related Eurozone Debt Crisis.
It covers:
- Eurozone bond yields
- Credit ratings
- Euro futures positioning
- Debt share (good for looking at the contagion effect)
- Debt maturity
- Bank exposures (and types)
- ECB hawks and doves
- GDP growth
- Economy comparison
- Labour costs
- Unemployment
Informative indeed !
Solution to Global Food Crisis, from Japan scientist
It’s a rich source of protein and can be made into artificial meat.
Guess what the raw material is ?
Check out other sites that I participate in…
Check out other sites (crowdsourcing sites with rewards, market place etc.) that I participate in here, and my older blog too.
BCG Global Wealth Report 2011
There has been quite some discussions on the news that “15 per cent of households in Singapore have over a million dollars in assets under management” and “Singapore is having the highest concentration of millionaire households”.
Straits Times: Singapore millionaires rise by almost 33%: Study
The report is from Boston Consulting Group, titled:
Global Wealth 2011: Shaping a New Tomorrow
Too bad the insightful report needs registration and is by invitation only. However, we can get some insights from its press release:
USA Inc. - USA’s income statement and balance sheet
USA Inc. - this is a shocking report that analyses US federal government as if it were a business. It covers the country’s income statement and balance sheet. Basic scenarios on changes of revenue and expense growth that may improve USA on cashflow are discussed.
USA Inc. - A Basic Summary of America’s Financial Statements The full report can be downloaded at USA Inc. website. The report is quite a long one, at least read the summary. A printed copy is also available from Amazon.
