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R&D and Patent Strategy for International Competition

The headline blares: "U.S. Loses High-Tech Jobs as R&D Shifts Toward Asia," WSJ at B1 (Jan. 18, 2012). You know the story: Multinationals spend billions to expand overseas research. More than half of the world's engineering degrees are granted in Asia, as against only 4% granted in the U.S. More than half of U.S. PhDs in engineering are granted to foreigners—mostly to East Asians and Indians. High tech manufacturing jobs have been moved from the U.S. to other countries.
But here’s an important point not mentioned in the above-cited article: Patents and intellectual property...

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Patents Promote USA Manufacturing in 1787, 1859 and 2012

In a prominent article in this morning's New York Times business section, Floyd Norris, in “Making More Things in the U.S.A." (Jan. 6, 2012, p. B1), correctly reminds us that the United States "remains" a "manufacturing power." The questions are, how did we get there, and how do we reclaim that lead? The answer to both questions can be found in the U.S. Constitution, implementing the Founders' recognition that the patent system...

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Beem Patent Law and Beijing China

Rich Beem welcomed Chinese patent lawyer Liu Sen and friends from Han Horizon Law Firm of Beijing to Beem Patent Law Firm, Chicago, on November 14, 2011. China leads the world in filing of patent applications and, contrary to popular belief, patent infringement in China can be stopped through the legal system. Protect your international intellectual property rights!

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America Invents Act - Patents for High School Inventors

On Friday morning, Sept. 16, 2011, a historic day, President Obama signed the Leahy Smith America Invents Act into law at an Arlington VA high school.
The nation’s response was a collective yawn.
But wait a minute! This is the biggest change in U.S. patent law in 175 years. The last big reform was when Andrew Jackson was President, in 1836. Jackson put...
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Beem in 5 Words & Phrases

Beem in 5 words and phrases:
1. Client-Lawyer
2. Intellectual Property: Patents
3. Invention-Creativity
4. Mutual Profit
5. Community-Global

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