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Knowledge isn't like money, when you give it away you don't have less. Ron Lusk points us to a wiki page on knowledge sharing started by Denham Grey. Denham is out there, often on the way, far, celestial event horizon of knowledge management, but he comes up with some excellent stuff. This page is a great resource with case studies, strategy papers, essays and fruitful links on every aspect of knowledge sharing.

KnowledgeSharing. Wanted to bring this page (last updated a few days ago) back to mind for all of us.
Asking WIIIFM before you share defeats the objective, you are starting off on the wrong foot. In the same vein, asking you to enter a password protected space with the aim of sharing should send up the warning signals. If your CEO comes back from a KM conference and sets up Lotus Notes with complex access privileges you should question if they have really got the message. Is giving in the knowledge economy just being naive? How about the groupware vendor that sells tools, but sponsors no work on understanding collaboration, group processes or conducts no ethnographic research? Do you believe they have collaboration at heart or are they just selling more software?
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ImageX Files First Suit to Test Patent Strategy

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The fine folks at ImageX have filed their first test suit to try and establish a legal precedent for their patents. Selecting the financially strapped iPrint as the first target seems an irrational choice if the goal is to prove lost revenues and recoup damages.

As noted before, this company appears to be developing the foundation for a series of law suits against industry players, and is carefully building a base of both commercial and legal precendent by targeting smaller players.

ImageX Files Lawsuit Against iPrint for Patent Infringement
KIRKLAND, Wash., Aug. 29 -- ImageX (R), Inc., the leading provider of online solutions for distributing, managing and producing sales and marketing materials, today announced that it has filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against iPrint Technologies, Inc. for infringement of U.S. Patent number 6,429,947, which covers technology that automates the prepress process. ImageX also has filed a preliminary injunction motion requesting an expedited hearing, citing that iPrint should be prohibited from continuing its use of its online print technology.
"We are taking this action after informing iPrint on multiple occasions that its product is likely infringing of our patents and after receiving no response from iPrint," said Rich Begert, president and CEO. "ImageX has made a significant investment in developing cutting-edge technology that is revolutionizing the print industry. We intend to take all necessary steps to ensure that this investment is fully protected and its full market value is realized. We believe we will prevail on the merits if compelled to litigate this action in court." [WhatTheyThink?]

With luck, ImageX will not get a pass on this suit. Although it's unlikely, let's hope that iPrint forces the issue and places ImageX in court where a thorough analysis of their patented technology can take place.