86% of B2B and 77% of B2C organizations use content marketing . This makes the content marketing landscape extremely competitive. With more and more companies using content creation and its distribution to improve brand awareness, credibility and niche authority, run-of-the mill content marketing…

A bipartisan consensus to address the issue is building in Washington. Source: http://www.computerworld.com

The bill once again tries to curb abuses by non-practicing entities, also known as “patent trolls,” which frequently file lawsuits with the hope of getting fast payments from an established company. Source: http://www.insidecounsel.com

The PTO rejected Imes’s patent application (U.S. 09/874, 423) directed to a device for communicating digital camera images and video information over a network. Imes appealed. Source: http://www.mondaq.com

Watch a new video that outlines the options available to an entity that receives a demand letter requesting payment of a licensing fee from a non-practicing entity, or “patent troll.” Source: http://www.realtor.org

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers approved policy changes that could weaken the power of patent holders in setting technology standards. Source: http://www.wsj.com

Controversial patent giant Intellectual Ventures defeats cybersecurity firm Symantec after convincing a jury that two of its inventions had been infringed. Source: http://www.bbc.com

Apple Electric Car, Inc. has filed for a patent, once again raising questions about Apple’s electric car ambitions. Source: money.cnn.com

“Certification work” with Apple was all that was needed to add 200,000 vending and other self-service machines to the list of Apple Pay acceptance points Source: http://www.nfcworld.com

Square, the mobile payments service found in countless coffee shops across the country, may be working towards becoming less reliant on Apple’s products, according to a report from The Information…. Source: http://www.theverge.com