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Microsoft posted revenue of $20.6 billion in the fourth quarter of its 2016 financial year, a decline of 7 percent year on year. Operating income was $3.1 billion, compared to a $2.1 billion loss in the same quarter last year. Net income was also $3.1 billion, as compared to a $3.2 billion loss, and earnings per share were $0.39.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/07/windows-surprisingly-strong-in-microsofts-20-6b-fourth-quarter/
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This New App From Duolingo Aims To Make Flash Cards Obsolete

This new app might make traditional flash cards obsolete (or at least fun).

http://ow.ly/QhcM502AGJp
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Baidu built an AI that composes music after looking at art

When we think about the applications for artificial intelligence (AI), we usually think about things like logistics efficiency, self-driving vehicle route-finding, language processing, and data-crunching. Computers are great at data crunching.

But the folks at Baidu, who’ve been building AI for all kinds of tasks, had another thought. What can AI offer to the realm of art? In a new exhibit at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, the company is showing off an early answer to that question: an AI that analyzes paintings and then composes original music inspired by them.

https://www.techinasia.com/baidu-ai-art
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IPONZ to implement WIPO Digital Access Service

The WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS) is an electronic system allowing priority documents and similar documents to be securely exchanged between participating intellectual property (IP) offices. This will allow IPONZ to retrieve priority documents from a central source without needing patent applicants to supply their own copies. IPONZ will also be able to supply patent documents to WIPO DAS on request, which removes the need to provide these as certified copies for applicants’ use. More details on IPONZ’s WIPO DAS implementation will be released after its start date.

•  View the list of participating DAS offices.
•  View more details on IPONZ’s DAS technical participation.

The third edition of the Marcathlon

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Entrance is free to charge to the Marcathlon which is an event organized by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM) and the Association for the Defence of Trademarks (ANDEMA) that seeks to raise public awareness of the importance of innovation, branding and design for our economy (investment in R&D, tax revenues, employment, etc.) and how to avoid i violation of these rights. In its second edition, the Marcathlon brought together more than 80 institutions, both public and private, 200 children and more than 300 runners interested in Industrial Property and had a great impact on social networks. This year the event will mainly focuse on informing society of the damage caused by counterfeiting.

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€170 million annual losses due to music piracy

Overall, in music sales, €57 million were lost in physical formats (e.g. CDs) and €113 million in digital formats. This was equivalent to 2.9 % of all music sales in physical formats and 8.8 % of all music sales in digital formats. The study, issued by the EUIPO through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, analyses the recording industry's direct sales of music products to domestic retailers or intermediaries. It does not include sales by music distributors, like online platforms, or retailers. The EUIPO's Executive Director, António Campinos, said:
The question of whether piracy reduces or increases sales of recorded music has been the subject of many studies with contradictory results. Our study's results are in line with the prevailing consensus and find that piracy reduces the revenue of legitimate industry in both digital and physical formats. The study is based on data from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents recording and music licensing companies worldwide. It analyses sales data from the 19 EU Member States where 99 % of all such EU sales took place in 2014. Germany
https://ptmo.org/nc/news/article/EUR170-million-annual-losses-due-to-music-piracy.html

The third edition of the Marcathlon

https://ptmo.org/nc/news/article/the-third-edition-of-the-marcathlon.html