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 […]
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 […]
Eight Species of Patent Strategy – Part 2 Five levels of IP management and how intellectual property management develops from stage 1 to stage 2
August 14, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Bill Meade Introduction: In part 1 of this article series on patent strategy we derived eight species of strategy from the steps a successful/profitable patent goes through over its lifetime. In part 2 (this article) we are going to use the eight species framework to illustrate how intellectual property management evolves through five phases […]
Using your assets strategically
August 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Jackie Maguire Most businesses know that intellectual property (IP) is important; but many are not really sure how to make the most of it. Yet a comprehensive IP strategy affects just about every aspect of a company’s day-to-day business, says Jackie Maguire, CEO of Coller IP. When it comes to tackling IP, there are […]
Visualizing Invention
August 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Bill Meade As we were writing ‘The pocket guide to invention workshops’ Bob Sesek (HP super-inventor with 600 disclosures and forty-some patents issued) came up with a great graphic to visualize the inventing which was and was not happening. Here it is: The blue boxes are ideasthat could be disclosed, but which are not […]
Rating inventions and patents
August 11, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Severin de Wit We constantly rate things. A motion picture rating system is designated to classify films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity, impudence or other types of mature content. A credit rating estimates the credit worthiness of an individual, corporation, or even […]
Three insights into how Intellectual Property can benefit an innovative business.
August 8, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Joren De Wachter All technology businesses innovate. It is what they do. They tackle a market opportunity by innovating. But innovation can happen at any level. It can be inventing a new technology, it can be process or method based, it can be through applying existing ideas in a novel way, or in many […]
How to Improve your Innovation ROI with Early Stage Patent Expertise
August 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Jackie Hutter Innovation teams are often removed organizationally from a company’s patent matters. This can mean that corporate innovation processes move forward with little or no consideration of whether competitors can legally “knock off” the resulting consumer offering. Companies may then not attain expected ROI because competitors can legally copy the innovation—be it a […]
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