ANN ARBOR - John Lingl, an Intellectual Property law attorney with Brinks, Hofer, Gilson and Lione, discusses in this Brinks channel legal update what is patentable, how is that determination made, and what you need to write in your patent application. To listen to thie audio podccast, click on MITechNews.Com a>>
EAST LANSING - Phil Powers, former newspaper mogul, serial entrepreneur and angel investor, says Michigan's political and policy system is broken. So now he's leading the citizen agenda for Michigan's transformation. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
GRAND RAPIDS - Some 3000 new jobs are coming to West Michigan through the expansion of Foremost Insurance Group and the Roskam Baking contract food supplier, twin announcement heralded Tuesday. Farmers Insurance Group plans to bring 1600 jobs to it�??s the Farmers complex in Caledonia Township, part of an $84.4 million expansion. It may be
TRAVERSE CITY - Even with the push to develop alternative energy and energy efficiency, utility rates and regulations, by and large, still encourage growth in use of energy and resources, panelists said at the Mid-American Regulatory Conference Tuesday. Michigan utilities are able to collect fees to cover energy efficiency programs, but the majority of their
TRAVERSE CITY - Electric transmission facilities are currently designed to get power from power plants to local communities. But with the growth of alternative energy, those transmission systems need to expand to pass power around states, regions and the nation, officials told the Mid-American Regulatory Conference Tuesday. The nation's current electric grid is still based
TRAVERSE CITY - Michigan and Ohio have the opportunity to provide more power than they need just from offshore wind turbines, according to recent studies. And Ohio could have the first turbines on the lakes given the progress on projects and applications. But there are still some questions on the cost and viability of such
GRAND RAPIDS - In response to the record unemployment rates in Michigan, the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation are announcing the statewide expansion of a program offering training to displaced workers interested in starting a new business or retooling an existing business that is struggling in the
DETROIT - At the National Summit in Detroit yesterday, Bill Ford, Jr. called for more transparency in how the U.S. government is involved in running General Motors and Chrysler. The Detroit News quoted Bill Ford as saying, "There are issues that we just don�??t have answers to yet in terms of government ownership in our
ANN ARBOR - A record crowd of over 200 information technology professionals from organizations across Michigan came to Ann Arbor on June 11-12 to attend the 2009 Merit Member Conference, Merit Network's annual two-day networking and technology conference. This year's event featured over 40 presentations and discussions spanning a wide range of topics in information
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft plans to announce next month more of the business details behind its Windows Azure operating system, a cloud-based operating system. The software maker unveiled the operating system at a developer conference last year. It has said that some of the services, currently in free testing, will be released in final form