By Ana Popescu Two of the key IP questions for small companies are: How can I base my business strategy on IP when I know that there is always a risk that I will be sued or that someone will steal my idea without me being able to retaliate? Is it not better to keep […]
Aligning IP with Corporate Strategy and Cultivating Corporate Patent Practices
August 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Naim Khan Presentation given at the 5th Patents as a Competitive Strategy Course, June 18, 19 2012. [This presentation is also available at Slideshare.]
Corporate Business Leaders: Want to Create Value from Your IP? Stop Making it Your Lawyers’ Problem.
August 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Jackie Hutter One of the biggest complaints I get from corporate innovation and product development professionals is how risk averse their lawyers tend to be about dealing with intellectual property (“IP”) issues. It doesn’t matter whether these business people are talking about their outside or in-house lawyers, either. To a person, the complaint generally […]
Running efficient and effective Patent Board meetings
August 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Donal O’Connell Patents Patents are generally intended to cover products or processes that contain new functional or technical aspects. They are therefore concerned with how things work, what they do, how they do it, what they are made of and how they are made. Patent protection means that the invention cannot be commercially made, […]
Occupy IP: New Economy Businesses Clash with Old
August 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Bruce Berman It May be Too Much, Too Late for Content Providers Finally Trying to Tame the Internet; a Fresh Approach is Needed [The following appears as an “Insider Views” commentary on Intellectual Property Watch] Have copyright holders become their own worst enemies? Poorly drafted bills in the U.S. Senate and Congress designed to […]
What is an Intellectual Property Strategy?
August 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Bill Meade Introduction: Intellectual property (IP) is as complicated as a gothic cathedral … and can be more expensive. The complexity of IP is such that if you do not manage your IP, it will manage itself. Now, autopilot can be a fine way to manage IP if your industry is stagnant, competitors are […]
A Quick Quiz: Do you have what it takes to realize the potential of a new innovation or IP asset?
August 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Mary Adams We had a really fun opportunity offered to us late last year. It came from an unexpected source but we were thrilled to do it. The opportunity was to build a “QuickScan” for business professionals to analyze the strength of a business opportunity. The request came from the folks at Transfer Pricing Associates, […]
The Elusiveness of Intellectual Assets
August 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By General Patent Corporation Today’s modern accounting systems are truly wondrous. They seem to account for everything…well, almost everything. When raw materials or finished goods are purchased, the double-entry basis of modern accounting creates an asset called inventory. When an invoice is issued, another asset – accounts receivables – is created. When an order is […]
The importance of patent protected differentiators to mobile device manufacturers
August 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Tim Higginson Mobile device manufacturers need to focus on acquiring or developing: user-facing, patent-protected differentiators in order to compete in the brutal game between non-Apple manufacturers. This is for two primary reasons 1) The vast number of consumers do not care about the internal specifications of mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, etc) • so differentiating […]
Japan’s patent portfolio growth
August 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Nick Redfearn Some patent data from Indonesia shows a trend: 2009 2010 2011 total patents filed 4829 5830 6130 1 US 1059 1255 1211 2 JP 862 1115 1202 3 ID 669 756 778 4 DE 347 449 541 5 CH 276 303 342 Overall patent filings in Indonesia are on the rise and in […]
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