Laurene Powell Jobs’ company is taking majority ownership of The Atlantic

Neilson Barnard / Getty Images Laurene Powell Jobs, through her company Emerson Collective, will take majority ownership of The Atlantic, the company announced Friday. The majority ownership gives Emerson Collective access to the magazine’s digital properties, live events business, and consulting services, according to the press release. Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple’s Steve Jobs, who […]

Supreme Court decision lifts ownership rights over patent law

In a win for anyone who has ever been frustrated by overpriced ink, the Supreme Court ruled today (PDF) that printer maker Lexmark can’t sue companies that refill old cartridges and sell them at a discount. More specifically, the court ruled that Lexmark gave away its patent rights to the cartridges (and their single-use microchips) […]

Establish ownership of your photos by creating a simple visible watermark

With the ability to copy an image off the web as easily as right-click and save, a simple and quick way to protect your images is visible watermark. When it comes to watermarks, however, you either love or hate them. They tend to look ugly and can ruin an image, but they’re a necessary evil […]