By Neil Wilkof Forget Silicon Valley and Apple. If one really wants to understand long-term success in innovation, one should leave the California West Coast and sojourn in the US Midwest. In particular, one should focus on the likes of 3M (in Minneapolis) here and Procter & Gamble (in Cincinnati) here. Is is here, where […]
IP strategy tips for exporters
December 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Sebastien Aymeric, Solicitor, James & Wells Intellectual Property The value of IP does not only lie in its commercial potential, but also in its use as a tool in defending infringement allegations Intellectual Property issues are important for exporting businesses. It is one of the areas where contentious issues can arise and businesses should […]
Intangible Assets: Nine Facts Management Teams and Boards Absolutely Need To Know!
December 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Michael D. Moberly 1. It’s an economic fact that 65+% of most company’s value, sources of revenue, sustainability, and growth potential evolve directly from intangible assets, therefore its all-the-more likely intangible assets will be in play and integral to most deals and/or transactions. 2. Conventional intellectual property protections issued, i.e., patents, copyrights, trademarks a. […]
Re-Fighting the Last IP War: Dot-Com Ideas in the 21st Century
December 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Joseph E. Root Generals are often accused of re-fighting the last war, and sometimes they are. During the 1930s, André Maginot and the French general staff were horrified at the specter of a return to the trench warfare of World War I, so they build a series of impregnable fortifications, designed to safeguard the […]
University-generated information: Is it more public or private?
December 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Neil Wilkof The involvement of universities in commercial activities is a complex issue. Roughly speaking, these endeavours can be divided into two categories. First there is the commercialization of publicly-funded university research and the concomitant rise of technology university transfer offers. Secondly, especially in the U.S., universities have sought to earn licence fees through […]
Patents and scientific integrity
December 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Cole When inventors, whose background is overwhelmingly in science or engineering, become involved with the patent system, they are entering the domain of law which to them is a foreign country. The ninth commandment1 provides a useful guide through the unfamiliar country: its specific prohibition is against false testimony in a legal dispute, […]
Kodak, Patents and the Deal That You Can’t Refuse?
December 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Neil Wilkof Let’s start from the end: No, I am not going to let this subject disappear quietly. Several months ago I wrote about “Patent Valuation, T.S. Eliot and the Theatre of the Absurd” here, where I commented on the steadily decreasing valuation of the Kodak patent portfolio. The saga continues. Last week it […]
The Use of IP Valuation in IP Transactions: A Global Survey of IP Brokers
November 30, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Efrat Kasznik and Luca Escoffier The valuation of Intellectual Property (IP) such as patents, or of non-patented technologies, is still considered by many to be more of an art than a science. While IP valuation might appear to be a routine task for a technology/patent broker, in fact most of the time it can […]
Intellectual Property and the Business Model
November 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Fred Logue Intellectual Property can be used in three ways in a business. Each of the dimensions gives the business leader more degrees of freedom when constructing his or her strategy when compared to the case where there is little valuable intellectual property. The degrees of freedom are well illustrated in the diagram below […]
Patent Valuation, T.S. Eliot and the Theatre of the Absurd
November 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Neil Wilkof It is one of the most famous stanzas of modern English language poetry. Thus T.S. Eliot concluded his poem– “The Hollow Men”: This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. And so […]
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