By Daniel L. Rogna A year and a half after rolling out the first new generic top-level domain (gTLD), over 600 new domains have been delegated and about five million new domain names have been registered in the new gTLDs. Despite these impressive numbers, the feeling is that the average consumer is still unaware of […]
How Startup Patent Filing is Different
September 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Jackie Hutter The prevailing view of patent experts who advise innovators–be they individuals or companies–it that patent filings should occur as early as possible. This advice, which is even more prevalent now that the US has moved to a “first to file” system, exacerbates the significant problem of worthless patents that I have written […]
Patent Filing Strategy – Tips & Tensions
August 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Chhavi Bhandari Introduction Technological innovation is at an all-time high, with companies constantly competing to create next-generation technology and products. Media coverage of technology and intellectual property issues is ever-prevalent and companies are keen to be seen as innovative leaders in their field. With such competition, the technology sector has recognised the important role that […]
Three Intellectual Property Mistakes That are Killing Your Startup
July 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Mary Juetten You cannot sell or monetize what you do not own, and your startup will be dead in the water without revenue. What’s plaguing your fledgling venture? Intellectual property (IP) problems. One in three new ventures have IP issues when they go to raise money, and investors steer clear of that level of […]
Higher R&D does not necessarily result in more or better patents
June 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Bruce Berman It is unclear that companies with the most significant increases in R&D spending are securing more, better quality or valuable patents. A random study of the R&D spending and U.S. patent granted three years following of 12 leading technology companies conducted by Brody Berman Associates shows that costly corporate research spending does […]
10 Patents that Launched Billion-Dollar Empires
May 4, 2015 by 1 Comment
By Rupert Mayer To pivot or not to pivot. That’s the question hundreds of technology startups ponder when their original vision fails to take flight. For some, it’s a successful move. Consider Pinterest, which launched in 2009 as a mobile shopping app called Tote, or Groupon, which began life in 2007 to promote consumer activism […]
Top 5 IP challenges all executives will face in 2015 (Part 1)
March 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Cowan As much as the IP leaders wish IP to be top-of-mind in every business and investor, in reality this is not always the case. In an ever more globalised environment, there are seemingly more immediate needs to speed up R&D execution, lower local manufacturing costs to compete globally, and constant pressures to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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