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 […]
Some Licensing Companies will Likely Benefit from Higher Patent Hurdles
February 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
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 […]
Do Patents Truly Promote Innovation?
June 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By David Kline Do patents actually promote innovation and economic growth? We know from the historical record that in 19th century America, at least, most observers had no doubt that that the patent system was absolutely vital to U.S. economic success. Sir William Thompson, a British inventor and scientist attending the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in […]
Why E-mail and Word Processing Were Not Computer-Implemented Inventions: A Response to Alice v CLS Bank Oral Arguments
June 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Martin A. Goetz This article tries to bring a little more clarity to what is a computer-implemented invention —and what is an obvious use of a computer —by reviewing some of the Alice v CLS Bank oral arguments. Certain things are obvious. It was obvious in the oral arguments that it was a challenge […]
Misnomers, Myths, Misunderstandings and Misconceptions about Software Patents
June 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Martin A. Goetz This article is a follow-up to my January 21st article Why the Supreme Court in the CLS Bank v. Alice Case Should Not Answer the Question on Computer-Implemented Invention. As I enter my 60th year in the Software Products and Services Industry I am amazed that the question of the patentability […]
Why the Supreme Court in the CLS Bank v. Alice Case Should Not Answer the Question on Computer-Implemented Invention
May 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Martin A. Goetz An open letter to the Supreme Court….. In the CLS Bank v. Alice Corp upcoming Supreme Court case, Alice poses the question… “Whether claims to computer-implemented inventions – including claims to systems and machines, processes, and items of manufacture – are directed to patent-eligible subject matter…” That’s absolutely the wrong way […]
Myths of the Patent Wars: Are Software Patents Stifling Innovation?
May 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By David Kline and Bernard J. Cassidy What if (Almost) Everything You Thought You Knew About America’s “Broken” Patent System Was Wrong? What follows is the fourth and final installment in the “Myths of the Patent Wars” series. The necessary legislative effort to curb bad actors in the patent industry has been “hijacked” by a small […]
Is disintermediation of patent search on the horizon?
April 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Ian Maxwell Recently I had the opportunity to talk to Richard Jefferson, the CEO of Cambia, a not-for-profit (limited by guarantee) company operating out of the Queensland University of Technology. Over the last 22 years Cambia has received funding from various government and private organisations including the Gates Foundation, Moore Foundation and the USPTO. […]
New Book Takes a Hard Look at How Businesses and People Profit from IP
April 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
What is innovative? Who owns it? What is the best way to generate return on inventions and other works? These are among the most vexing questions facing businesses today. A new book, by Bruce Berman, The Intangible Investor, takes a hard look at the ways companies, large and small, profit from inventions, and the rights […]
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