By Donal O’Connell Definition: Patent claims can be mapped to a variety of parameters to support critical business decisions. As the name suggests, patent product mapping is about clearly linking a patent and one or more of the claims of that patent to a specific product or a specific component, part, feature or function within […]
Patent Product Mapping – the rationale, the challenges and the techniques
March 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Strategic Implications of Trade Secrets
March 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By David Wanetick Trade secrets are the Rodney Dangerfield of intangible asset management: they don’t receive the respect they deserve. Trade secrets are valuable both as an as an alternative to patents and as a compliment to patents. What are Trade Secrets? Trade secrets are proprietary information, knowledge, formulas, methods, designs or processes. What differentiates trade […]
5 Best Practices For Creating a Winning IP Strategy
March 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Efrat Kasznik New patent laws in the U.S., the long backlog at the patent office, as well as the increased risk of patent litigation, make it absolutely critical for a startup to start building its intellectual property (IP) portfolio as early as possible. Unfortunately in our startup advisory practice, we repeatedly see startups come […]
Distinguishing NPEs and Trolls
February 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Marshall Phelps The growing attention being paid to the immense value of IP is still relatively new. Not very long ago, few companies paid much attention to their intellectual property, instead prioritizing other areas of value that were easier to get your arms around. Because the IP advantage was not familiar or well understood, […]
Patent Early? Maybe Not
February 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Jackie Hutter Patent lawyers almost always instruct inventors to file for patent protection at the earliest possible date, but maybe this is not the best advice for many startups. To the contrary, I think this conventional advice is flawed–at least when it applies to inventions involving unproven products with no known customer base. Put […]
Some Licensing Companies will Likely Benefit from Higher Patent Hurdles
February 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Bruce Berman As businesses adjust to new judicial and legislative requirements public patent licensing companies will have to work harder and think smarter to compete against the stock market and each other. Some are better-positioned to succeed than other. Investors will soon learn which patent licensing companies are best-prepared to respond to the new […]
What You Need to Know about Your European Patent Strategy …
February 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Doreen Davis-Owen With US tech and life sciences companies expanding globally faster than ever before, it has become increasingly important to have an international patent strategy for both the protection of products/software and potential infringement disputes. I recently attended a seminar on “Mastering the Global Patent Game,” which was sponsored by both the Licensing Executives […]
The One Question All Trade-Secret Owners Must Ask In 2015
January 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Eric Ostroff It seems like threats to trade secrets and proprietary information are increasing exponentially. News reports of large-scale data thefts have become an almost daily occurrence. And employees are more likely to switch jobs, taking your proprietary information with them. Meanwhile, technology has increased the risk of inadvertent disclosure, since most employees are […]
Who Needs a Patent?
January 19, 2015 by 1 Comment
By Jackie Hutter My response to the question posed in the title of this post is typically: “the only person who needs a patent is a patent attorney.” Indeed, if a patent attorney fails to convince clients like you that they need to obtain a patent, she will quickly lose her livelihood. You should therefore be skeptical […]
Predict Your Competitor’s Innovation Strategy
January 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By David R. Jarczyk How Intellectual Property Big Data Leads to a CI Advantage By some estimates, Intellectual Property (“IP”) represents up to 80% of corporate value. Therefore, knowing your competitor’s innovation strategy is equivalent to understanding their business strategy. The question then becomes, how do we accurately predict a competitor’s innovation strategy? Historically, understanding […]
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