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    Landslide® May/June 2016

    Volume 8 Issue 5  

    Intellectual Property

    IP and the Romance with its Policy Makers: Can This Marriage Be Saved?

    Hayden W. Gregory

    The article examines changes over the past 30 years in the perception and treatment of intellectual property by policy makers in all three branches of the federal government. As IP has grown in importance and value, so too have interests that may not benefit from stronger protection of intellectual property, and these interests and concerns may be influencing policy makers in producing results considerably less favorable to IP than those of two or three decades earlier.

    Intellectual Property

    Don’t Start Recruiting Computers as Associates Just Yet

    Kenneth A. Grady

    When IBM's Watson won Jeopardy!, many thought computers were ready to become law firm associates. Instead, the author believes we are entering the age of the augmented lawyer.

    Intellectual Property

    The Future of IP: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same?

    Christophe van Zyl

    In the past three decades, the practice of intellectual property has evolved due to technological changes and changing needs of clients. The article reviews some of the changes and focuses on how, in the author’s opinion, technology and automation are likely to impact the future practice of IP.

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