OUR PARTNERS

Archives

The Leahy Smith America Invents Act

The Leahy Smith America Invents Act was signed by President Obama on 16th September 2011, bringing to culmination a succession of proposed revisions to Patent Law in the US.  However, some commentators are expecting the new act to be subjected to revision as a consequence of concerns about potential loopholes.  As far as laboratory notebooks [...]

Share

The America Invents Act

With the passage of the America Invents Act by the House of Representatives on June 23 and of similar legislation by the Senate in March, the United States is on the verge of implementing the most sweeping patent reform in decades.  Follow this link to the article ‘Balancing Disclosure, Protection of Trade Secrets, and Patentability in [...]

Share

eOrganizedWorld Online Information Management Newsletter

PowerPoint Records PowerPoint can be misused just as badly as a person trying to hammer a nail into a wooden board with a wet noodle.

Let’s first consider its avowed purpose as a speaker’s aid.

I recently attended a presentation put on by a very large vendor in the records business. All of the presenters [...]

Share

eOrganizedWorld Online Information Management Newsletter

Media for Learning It wasn’t that long ago when the only books to read were printed on paper. Electronic books have been around for more than 15 years, but only recently have caught on with the public. Try to remember the last time that you read a one of two pages that was hand written. [...]

Share

Paper vs Electronic

In the relentless pursuit of increased efficiency and better productivity in our laboratories we turn to computers and automation to drive out inefficient human and paper-based processes. So it was with some surprise that amongst my daily news feeds that keep me informed of the latest and greatest breakthroughs in laboratory matters, I came across [...]

Share