Innovation

Innovations and Opportunities in Energy Efficiency Finance

by Kendall Bodden, Josh Bushinsky, Charlotte Kim, Randy Lewis, Wendra Liang, Robert O’Connor, Sheridan Pauker, Scott Zimmermann | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/21/2013

In this white paper: - Introduction - Energy Efficiency Finance Structures, New and Familiar, and Negotiating Key Agreements - Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) and Applying REITs to Energy...more

Graphene Technology Increases Anode Capacity For Lithium-Ion Batteries

by Bruce Goodman | Varnum LLP on 5/15/2013

XG Sciences Inc. of Lansing has used its proprietary know-how to improve lithium-ion battery capacity by a factor of four over conventional anodes. Using graphene nanoplatelet anode material not only improves charge storage...more

What Is Your Compliance Strategy?

by Thomas Fox on 5/14/2013

Do you have a strategy? The Houston Astros claim to have a strategy that involves being the worst team in baseball for up to the next five years and then magically they will become a winner. ...more

Capital Infusion - May 2013: Deal Spotlight: Patton Boggs Advises on Innovative Health Care Transaction

by Adam Connatser, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, David McLean | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/13/2013

Patton Boggs recently advised Satori Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, on its acquisition of Longhorn Health Solutions, Inc. Longhorn is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is a leading direct-to-home provider of...more

Energy Innovation With Nanoparticles

by Bruce Goodman | Varnum LLP on 5/6/2013

Grid Logic Incorporated of Lapeer is developing a low-cost superconducting wire for electric utility application. Using a new manufacturing technique, it will embed very fine particles into metals to induce superconductivity....more

An “App” a Day Will NOT Keep the FDA Away: The Rise of Mobile Medical Applications

by Nicholas Weiss | Sedgwick LLP on 4/26/2013

The number of mobile applications (apps) available to consumers on their iPhones, Androids, and iPads is astonishing. As of January 2013, there were more than 775,000 different apps available to iPhone and iPad users. It...more

Hot Companies In Digital Health

by Michael Esquivel | Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group on 4/23/2013

With venture capital funding of digital health up 45 percent in 2012, according to Rock Health, we're hearing a lot about mobile health apps and healthcare IT. You may be asking yourself what is digital health? Hear my take...more

Edgar Allen Poe And Innovation In The Compliance Function

by Thomas Fox on 4/19/2013

Tomorrow, April 20 is the anniversary of a truly innovative work of literature. On April 20, 1841, Edgar Allen Poe’s story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, first appeared in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. The tale...more

Law Firm Websites for the iPad Generation.

by Great Jakes Marketing on 4/18/2013

A prediction: The next website your firm launches will be built for the iPad generation – and incorporate something called “responsive design.” Why? Because all websites – including law firm sites – are seeing a sharp...more

Techshow Takeaways

by JD Blogger LLC on 4/15/2013

This is a guest post by Cynthia LaLuna, Creative Director of Rowboat Media. For the past few years, I’ve been hearing about the ABA Techshow. This year, I was finally able to attend....more

California Considers Revisions To Its Money Transmission Act

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/4/2013

On March 11, the California State Assembly Standing Committee on Banking and Finance held a hearing entitled “Emerging Technology and the California Money Transmission Act.” The hearing’s purpose was to discuss the MTA’s...more

3D Printing: How Will IP Law Handle The “Next Revolution” In Manufacturing?

by Cathleen Stadecker | Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 4/4/2013

3D printing technology is becoming more popular as companies such as MakerBot Industries continue to introduce more affordable desktop 3D printers. With these machines, which work by printing layers of plastic, metal,...more

Episode 90 – Nikhil Arora Discusses Connecting Families to Food

by Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP on 2/15/2013

In Episode 90 of The Wendel Forum (originally aired on February 9, 2013, on 960 KNEW AM radio), show moderator Bill Acevedo, chair of Wendel Rosen’s sustainable business practice group, welcomes Nikhil Arora, co-founder of...more

CMS’s Innovation Center Announces New Initiative on Comprehensive ESRD Care

by King & Spalding on 2/13/2013

On February 4, 2013, CMS’s Innovation Center announced a new initiative to test a payment and service delivery model for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The initiative, named Comprehensive ESRD Care (CEC),...more

Up, Up, and Away - Fast, flat, and lean, SpaceX is helping America’s space industry regain its competitive edge.

by MoFo Tech on 2/13/2013

Ten years ago, SpaceX was barely a blip on the aerospace industry’s radar screen. Since then it has skyrocketed to prominence, notably as the first private company to have berthed a spacecraft at the International Space...more

The Patent-Antitrust Interface: Are There Any No-No's Today?

by William Coston | Venable LLP on 1/31/2013

Antitrust law and patent law are legal tectonic plates – always in motion, occasionally converging, occasionally diverging, and occasionally moving in parallel relation. As patent suits have recently multiplied, the...more

Energy Innovation: Monopoly vs. Competition

by Bruce Goodman | Varnum LLP on 1/25/2013

When does a monopoly hinder innovation? I would assert the answer is “always.” The American free enterprise system thrives on competition. The search for a better mousetrap has long been touted as the driver of innovation....more

Episode 89 – East Bay Economic Development Alliance Launches Innovation Awards

by Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP on 1/23/2013

In Episode 89 of The Wendel Forum (originally aired on January 19, 2013, on 960 KNEW AM radio), show moderator Bill Acevedo, chair of Wendel Rosen’s sustainable business practice group, welcomes Karen Engel, executive...more

Watt’s New? Michigan Energy Newsletter - January 2013

by Laura Chappelle, Matthew B. Eugster, Bruce Goodman, Randall Kraker, Timothy J. Lundgren, Toni Newell, David Preston, Jack Sage, Eric Schneidewind, Matthew Zimmerman | Varnum LLP on 1/22/2013

In This Issue: - Another Baseload Natural Gas Plant for Consumers Energy - Favorable Tax Decision on Solar Array - Quackenbush/Bakkal to Prepare Energy Report - Plastic Solar Cells on the Horizon? - Law Suit...more

Canadian Federal Government Announces Plans to Support Venture Capital

by Dentons on 1/18/2013

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper shared major plans to bolster Canada’s venture capital (VC) industry by injecting $400 million in new capital over the next seven to ten years. The Government’s Venture Capital...more

Learning From Germany re Advanced Manufacturing, Including 3-D Printing and Nanotechnology

by J. Steven Rutt | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/17/2013

In Germany this week on business which has me thinking about some things related to Germany. For example, what can we learn from Germany and their relative economic success, including energy policy and manufacturing?...more

How Do You Solve a Problem Like PAEs?

by Robert P. Davis, Jeffri Kaminski | Venable LLP on 1/17/2013

Policy makers in Washington, DC have been hearing about the problems created by patent assertion entities – PAEs or, to some, “patent trolls” – from a number of quarters over the past few years. PAEs are generally entities...more

Chinese FDA Unveils Plan for Regulatory Reform

by Katherine Wang | Ropes & Gray LLP on 1/9/2013

The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (“SFDA”) announced a plan for regulatory reform (“Reform Plan”) and is soliciting public comments through January 15, 2013. The Reform Plan sets forth the following key strategic...more

Kicking The Can Down The Road On Renewable Energy

by Bruce Goodman | Varnum LLP on 12/28/2012

For those renewable and alternative energy proponents who have been waiting since May 2011 (when Governor Snyder promised an energy policy within four months), the oft delayed energy “message” was a disappointment. Where is...more

Are the Regulators Coming after the Patent Trolls?

by Bill Devinney | BakerHostetler on 12/24/2012

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice recently held a workshop to discuss the effects of patent assertion entities (PAEs) on innovation and competition....more

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