By Jackie Hutter The Take Away: Those seeking to generate market-making patent coverage for new innovations must recognize that patent coverage should focus not on how the problem is solved but instead on the benefits provided to the customer. Most patent coverage is directed to a specific solution to a customer need that is characterized […]
Strategic Patenting Part 3: Why (Almost) Every Innovator Fails to Maximize Patent Value
September 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Invention Commercialization Critical Questions Affecting Outcome
August 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Michael D. Moberly Often, the unrecognized and under-valued intellectual and structural capital initiators to intellectual property rich corporate – university R&D collaborations are the numerous intangible asset underliers, i.e., intellectual and structural capital which inevitably play a significant role in an invention and/or technology transfer initiatives, in general. But, when the stewardship, oversight, and […]
The Real Value of Patents
July 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Jeremy M. Ben-David, at JMB Davis Ben-David. “Do you know how much money we spent on patents last year?” This is a common opener to a panic attack, shortly before all the money that has been invested, is shown to be a waste, as the CEO or Chief Legal Counsel, having no idea why their […]
IP Strategies for Valuing, Protecting and Monetizing IP in the International Supply Chain
June 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Jackie Maguire Supply chain management can be complex and key considerations include logistics planning, organizational design and transfer pricing optimization. Inventory flow control and supply chain hub management create hurdles to overcome. Areas that can be particularly challenging are where to place and how to protect your intangible assets in a supply chain environment. […]
Strategic Patenting Part 2: It’s Not Your Patent Attorney’s Job to Get it Right
April 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Jackie Hutter From the last post, we see that it is very rare for patents to create value for their owners. Moreover, if the “big guys” with pockets deep enough to hire the best lawyers can get it right only 5% of the time, there should be no doubt that smaller companies and individuals […]
Strategic Patenting Part 1: Why So Few Patents Create Real Value
April 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Jackie Hutter Many business people are surprised to find out that all patents are not created equal. A recent study of Fortune 500 companies reported in Suzanne Harrison’s Edison in the Boardroom Revisited indicates that only a very small number of patents–namely, 5%– obtained by these top patent filers created strategic value for their owners. If […]
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 […]
Bold IP Moves Enable Microsoft to Lead in Patent Performance
April 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Bruce Berman The inability to dominate in its product lines has not prevented Microsoft from crafting a purposeful IP strategy that has generated billions in patent licensing and enables it to participate in other technology businesses’ success. Microsoft is not your typical technology company. The software business has taken more heat over the past […]
Utilizing the Patent Syndication System for Patent Portfolios 101
March 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Guy Manno and Kevin Bellette Considering that the Intellectual Property industry supports around 40 million jobs in the US alone or around 25% of all US jobs, the IP industry is an important growth industry contributing over 5 trillion in US GDP annually. Portfolio Covers MULPIN The MRLL Portfolio contains numerous strong claims with wide applicability. […]
Intangible Asset Backed Lending: Starts By Ensuring Economic – Competitive Advantage Clarity…
February 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Michael D. Moberly There is no doubt, receptivity among the business lending – financial services sectors’ to (intangible) asset-backed lending proposals is well beyond merely being some an esoteric, on the horizon capability. What can quicken the pace of realizing this inevitability is for management teams’, particularly those engaged in (intangible) asset intensive – […]
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