The Twitter IPA What does defensive really mean?

By Leonid Kravets Twitter is an innovative company, and the introduction of the Innovator’s Patent Agreement shows that their legal department can be innovative too.  The Innovator’s Patent Agreement, a draft of which was released on GitHub, will allow inventors to retain control of their inventions to make sure that they are only used for […]

Top 10 Ideas for Restarting an IP Program

By Bill Meade Isolate your patent business model. The big question here is how will patents pay for themselves? By protecting markets from competitors? By being licensed? By reducing the rate of patent litigation? The best place to start an IP program is with a solid foundation on profitability. Then, once you’ve decided what the […]

The judge’s role in IP rulings and forum shopping

By Michael Factor When an IP complaint is filed, there is an aggrieved party, the plaintiff, who believes that his IP rights are infringed. If the case is one of clear cut infringement, much of the time, the parties settle out of court. So, where a case actually reaches trial, both parties think they have […]