By Erin-Michael Gill (Credit: Brian Glucroft) The news around Nokia has been understandably negative recently, with some calling its collapse “one of the most spectacular implosions in the history of business.” Last month, Nokia lost its top spot as the world’s largest cell phone manufacturer. Last week, it announced a reduction of 10,000 jobs globally […]

By Erin-Michael Gill Today, technology companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter are getting a scary wake-up call on the importance of IP issues. My personal wake-up call happened in November 2008. The financial crisis was exploding, the hot start-up computer company I worked for, OQO, was in the process of shutting down, and my 19-month-old […]