Author name: Lynne Kiesling

Lynne Kiesling SoundExchange is a nonprofit that is meant to collect royalties on behalf of artists and recording labels. As such, its legal activities are strongly legislatively circumscribed; this Wired article cites SoundExchange’s legal activities according to the relevant legislation: “(A) the administration of the collection, distribution, and calculation of the royalties; “(B) the settlement …

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Lynne Kiesling Jeff Jacoby has a nice column in yesterday’s Boston Globe on ticket scalping laws, and how they are being eliminated in some states but not others. He picks up on some of the same themes that Mike did in his recent post about how Major League Baseball has jumped on the StubHub bandwagon …

Jacoby and Roberts on Ticket Scalping Read More »

Lynne Kiesling Last week’s Economist had a writeup and synopsis about Nayan Chanda’s new book, Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization. I have not yet read the book, but given that he starts from the premise that globalization started the moment that humans left Africa, I am certainly intrigued. The rise …

Nayan Chanda’s Book On The History Of Trade Read More »

Lynne Kiesling Mike and I are on the same wavelength this morning; his earlier post about the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger case came right as I was reading this morning’s paper. Today’s Wall Street Journal has a story about the expert testimony for both sides (WF/WO and FTC) of the case (sub. required). Of course, …

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Lynne Kiesling Remember in the spring, when the Supreme Court decided in KSR v. Teleflex that courts should use more flexibility in determining whether new ideas are “obvious” and therefore not patentable? Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article discussing the ramifications of that decision (sub. required): “The Supreme Court has made it clear what …

Supreme Court Patent Decision Trickles Down Into Precedent Read More »

Lynne Kiesling Recently I mentioned Zappo’s as an example of an innovative business model that defies preconceptions about consumer behavior. Here’s a coda to that observation: the success Zappo’s has seen has brought both imitation and innovation. Hello, perennial gale of creative destruction! Exhibit A: Endless, a new shoe and handbag site with free overnight …

Competition + Technology = Business Model Innovation Read More »