At its Retail Reinvention Summit, PYMNTS presented research on what drives consumer purchases. Find out what is key to retailers’ 2016 strategic plans and Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Sell Small Business Owners A Training Course On How To Market Using SMS Text Messages. I Teach Business Owners How To Make More Money, While Their Customers Actually Pay Less – By Sending SMS Text Messages To Their Customers Mobile.…

SMS and MMS are types of messages delivered directly to a mobile phone that can be used with or without mobile app downloads. Sourced through Scoop.it from: au.marketo.com

“They make it clear that the patent examiner doesn’t have to cite evidence that something isn’t patentable.” Sourced through Scoop.it from: thinkprogress.org

IBM is moving into cloud patents, but that’s not necessarily going to upset established providers. In a pinch, they could end up as partners. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.informationweek.com

One does not get a patent on software. Software, just like electronic circuits, or steam, or solar energy, or gears, or rubber bands is only a means to an end. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

The most recent IPR statistics have shown a sharp increase in the number of settlements, both before and after institution decisions, as revealed in the following chart. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.mondaq.com

Reuters’ reported today that Marvell Technology wins cut in $1.54 billion Carnegie Mellon patent award. I read the Federal Circuit’s opinion, and I’m not so sure it’s time for Marvell to celebrate just yet. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.mondaq.com

A suggested definition of software patent has been proposed by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) as being a “patent on any performance … Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

Apple has been steadily building a portfolio of patents related to NFC and mobile payments over recent years, from as far back as 2009. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.nfcworld.com