Patent Reform Act of 2009

knowledge economy. Intellectual property typically covers the areas of Copyright, Patents and trademark law. In recent years, firms have chosen to protect software based patents commonly used in smartphones. The use of patents to protect software-based technologies has increased exponentially in the past 10 years since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 by Apple. Empirically, there is no clear correlation between patent protection and economic growth (Iwaisako and Futagami). However companies are

Health care reform continues to be an ongoing topic throughout the Unites States. A continuous focus remains on the restructuring of the delivery system. According to Si and Singh (2015) cost, access and delivery of care are three major aspects of a healthcare system and the United States (US) has a unique system unlike any other in the world. Specifically, the US does not have a government run health insurance program that entitles all citizens to have health insurance automatically. Additionally

DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (MBA – Spring 2011) Strategic Management Case Study Executive Summary: 3 Current Vision 4 Current Mission 4 Values 5 Current Strategies: 6 Developed Vision 7 Developed Mission 7 Reason for new mission 8 SWOT Analysis 9 External opportunities: 9 External Threats: 10 Financial and Operating Performance Analysis 11 Close Competitors 11 Ratio Analysis 11 Key Industry Ratios 14 Operating Profit margin

In its beginning, the United States based its code of laws on the British Law (Moser & Slay, 2011, 16). Connecticut passed the first state copyright bill: an Act for the Encouragement of Literature and Genius in 1783 (Moser & Slay, 2011, 16). By 1786, twelve out of the thirteen states had passed copyright statutes. However, the fact that each state had its own copyright laws created inconsistency and inconvenience for enforcement from one state to another. A federal copyright law was necessary. On

trade organisation is the progressive opening and regulation of markets. The primary mission of the organisation is to open markets gradually while ensuring that the rules and policies are respected (Gupta, 2006). Secondly, the World trade Origination acts as conductor and tribunal. The international trade is governed by rules and regulations developed by WTO member countries (Van den Bossche & Zdouc, 2013, p107). Therefore, members must apply these rules when engaging in trade activities between and

Encouragement of Small Business Introduction The Congress has the authority to impose requirements for the federal procurement policies. Through the acquisition process, the government procures goods and services from diverse players. The process consists of three phases that are, acquisition planning and need recognition, contract formation and contract administration. Federal acquisition regulation (FAR) regulates the activities of the government in the procurement process. The system does not

Health care reform has been a big topic since the Clinton administration when First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, took it under her belt to devise a new system. Health care is the provision taken to preserve mental and physical health using prevention and treatment. Compared to other health care systems in the world, the United States is ranked 37th in terms of care, claims Michael Moore (2007). Ironically, our health care system spends more than any other nation on its patients, averaging nearly

By addressing both consumer and producer concerns with the simultaneous implementation of these two strategies, both parties, pharmaceutical companies in particular who have influential lobbyists at their disposal, would be more likely to support reform. For the first step, the US may find a solution in the

According to government surveys, about 25 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year. More than 14 million do it regularly. (NORML: Working to Reform Marijuana Laws, 2015) Marijuana has been the topic of much discussion these past decades. The main factor of discussion is whether or not to legalize it and the outcome it would have on the states. Some states have already legalized but for medicinal purposes only. Much research has come out in this decade that marijuana just isn’t for

make up approximately 30 percent of the population in federal, state and local prisons and that the total cost of incarcerating them is more than $1.6 billion annually (The Economic Collapse). “One way to strengthen the middle class in America is to reform the immigration system, so that there is no longer a massive underground economy that exploits a cheap source of labor while depressing wages for everybody else.” quote from Barack Obama. “Gang investigators in Virginia estimate that 90% of the members