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Price:$249.95$229.99- The design features a low-power standby and Auto Power Down with variable time settings
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How does Costco and American Express benefit from co-branding with ...
I don’t know the definite answer but I’m fairly sure that American Express pays Costco a large sum of money and in return Costco requires that all it’s customers obtain an American Express card. This way American Express earns more money because people are forced to use their card to go to Costco and Costco gets money from AE.
Update on patent trolls
The America Invents Act (AIA), which became fully implemented March 16, 2013, revised U.S. patent law but included few reforms directed to curbing Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) or “patent troll” activity. Thus, not surprisingly, patent troll activity has continued at an alarming rate during the early months of 2013. Summarized below are the recent activities of the most infamous patent trolls.
Fortunately, the president and the legislature appear to desire additional patent reform to address patent trolls. On Feb. 14, 2013, President Barack Obama addressed patent trolls and the need for more comprehensive patent reform in a "Fireside Hangout" which is a live question and answer session hosted in a Google+ hangout. President Obama acknowledged that the reforms of the AIA "only went about halfway to where we need to go."
On Feb. 25, 2013, the Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD) Act of 2013 (H.R. 845) was reintroduced into the House by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. The SHIELD Act mandates a fee award to any party victorious on the issue of non-infringement or invalidity. This means that a company can sue for declaratory relief and recover its costs, even though the patentee never filed suit. The SHIELD Act excludes the inventors or “original assignees”, universities and their technology transfer organizations, and patentees that have a “substantial investment” in the exploitation of a patent via production or sale. The SHIELD Act requires NPEs to post a bond for the fees upon filing an infringement lawsuit. While this legislation raises many questions, at least it keeps the issue on the minds of the legislature and public.