By Duncan Bucknell “And the core of the strategist’s work is always the same, discover the crucial factors in a situation and design a way to coordinate and focus actions to deal with them.” (Richard Rumelt in the June 2011 McKinsey Quarterly.) I think this is a great summary – it gets to the heart […]
Patent Thickets, right or wrong?
July 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Severin de Wit Patents are instituted to provide an incentive to innovate, which is important considering that innovation is a key driver for economic prosperity. Yet, what happens if the company that holds the patent right does not want to produce anything, but instead holds-up other patent right holders? Certain combinations of patent rights, […]
New Patent Businesses are Diverse and Well-Capitalized
July 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Bruce Berman A wider range of intelligent businesses are achieving higher returns on patents by extracting direct profits or providing defensive leverage. The Patent Monetization Landscape below is a graphic illustration of these businesses developed by Brody Berman Associates in conjunction with the IP Investment Group at Coller Captial, a London-based private equity firm and one the of the leading independent patent holders. Patent Monetization Landscape […]
Understanding the IP Wars
July 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Erin-Michael Gill Today, technology companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter are getting a scary wake-up call on the importance of IP issues. My personal wake-up call happened in November 2008. The financial crisis was exploding, the hot start-up computer company I worked for, OQO, was in the process of shutting down, and my 19-month-old […]
Eight Species of Patent Strategy – Part 1 the framework
July 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Bill Meade Introduction: When invited to give a talk for an American Corporate Council Association (which changed its name to the Association of Corporate Council) in 2004 I was asked to speak on “patent strategy.” When I complained “That is a pretty big topic, can you narrow it down a little for me?” the […]
Facebook’s Patent Acquisitions? They’re More About Google Than Yahoo
July 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Leonid Kravets Facebook’s patent portfolio has grown exponentially as a result of acquisitions of patent portfolios from IBM and Microsoft. After acquiring 650 AOL patents and patent applications from Microsoft, the company now has approximately 1,400 patent assets. Amazingly, only 46 of these assets (24 issued patents and22 published applications) were originally filed by Facebook. In recent years, Facebook […]
The invisible hand of the intellectual market
July 18, 2012 by 8 Comments
By Ana Popescu While recently reading a post at the excellent IAM blog about the acquisition of Core Wireless Licensing (a Luxemburg based company established by Nokia and holding 400 patents families related to wireless technology) by MOSAID (a Canadian NPE) I came across this sentence: “Critics of NPEs… have always based their condemnation on […]
Trolls Are Capitalists Too
July 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Mary Adams My work with Intangible Capital intersects with the field and practice of intellectual property (IP). In conversations about IP, especially in my monthly programs at the Intangible Asset Finance Society, trolls are a frequent topic of discussion. In fact, some colleagues from IAFS and I ran a workshop about modeling IP-intensive businesses […]
6 qualities of the best in-house IP Strategists
July 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Duncan Bucknell It’s all very well for external consultants to talk about what’s needed in IP Strategy. Most IP Strategy is done in-house, with internal clients and with considerable personal risk. Here are 6 qualities we’ve noticed in those operating at a very high level as in-house IP Strategists. Thank you to those brilliant […]
IP as an exit strategy
July 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Leonid Kravets For any entrepreneur starting their company, the reward for a lot of hard work is typically a great new product that hopefully leads to customers, sales and wealth. Of course, the end goal also often includes an exit strategy. Generally, the exit strategy has been to be acquired or to have a […]
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