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2 Dec

The ugly process of patent enforcement

by Barry Ritholtz
The long ugly process of collecting on your patents . . . Excerpt: “If you’ve ever used a modem to surf the Internet, chances...

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11 Nov

Apple’s iTunes wins “Coolest Innovation” of...

by Barry Ritholtz
The 99¢ Solution: Time magazine picked Apple’s iTunes as the “coolest new technology” in the music category for 2003....

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27 Oct

MIT’s legal alternative to file-swapping

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s a clever way around the file sharing conundrum: Essentially a streaming audio over cable (similar to a Satellite Radio, only...

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21 Oct

Is iTunes Link Maker Patentable?

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s a thought: If Amazon‘s One Click purchase system is patentable — and lets not kid ourselves, its nothing more...

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19 Oct

Transparent Factory

by Barry Ritholtz
I’m planning on linking to this in tomorrow’s Big Picture, but the car junkie in me found it just so fascinating I had to...

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15 Oct

10 Commandments of Research

by Barry Ritholtz
ThinkEquity Partners is a research centric investment bank headquartered in San Francisco (with offices in New York, Chicago, San...

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13 Oct

iRATE Radio follow up

by Barry Ritholtz
UPDATE Here’s a quick update since we first looked at iRATE Radio. I’ve been playing with iRate for the past week or so. A few...

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10 Oct

iRATE Radio: Music Business Model IV

by Barry Ritholtz
As part of our continuing search for a viable music industry business model . . . iRATE Radio: An open source, collaborative, web...

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9 Oct

Abusing DMCA and other frivolous litigation (SunnComm)

by Barry Ritholtz
I just came across the story of Alex Halderman, the Princeton University grad student, who had discovered that SunnComm’s copy...

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8 Oct

10,000!

by Barry Ritholtz
No, not the Dow — Big Picture’s hit count. (essays & effluvia also hit 4,000) Not too shabby for a few months.

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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