By Bruce Berman A song writer makes a strong case against businesses that profit wildly from his and others innovators’ work. Heavy metal band Metallica got serious about battling illegal downloading of their work in 2000 when drummer Lars Ulrich filed an unpopular copyright infringement law suit against Napster, naming 300,000 users. Everyone complained, but Napster was eventually […]
Patent Holders can Learn from Angry Musician’s File Sharing Fight
January 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Players and the Future of the $180 Billion Global IP Market
January 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Danny Cook, Guy Manno and Kevin Bellette Overview The dream of most inventors is to turn their idea into a commercial reality. The goal of most investors is to minimize their capital outlay, reduce their risk and maximize their return. A new paradigm – Patent Syndication, provides inventors and investors with the opportunity to […]
Patent Holders Learn to Adapt to More Investor Scrutiny
December 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Bruce Berman With a greater role in more businesses’ performance, patent assets and strategy are going under the microscope. The required disclosure and hyper-scrutiny that small public patent licensing companies are subject to may be starting to affect larger, more defensive IP holders, including Apple, Intel and Sony. The increased interest is more likely to benefit […]
Licensing and IP Issues for Mobile and Social Game Developers
June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Sam Wiley and Adam Falconer Introduction Gaming is big business, involving unique opportunities and challenges. In the gaming ecosystem, there are technology and hardware companies, production companies, investors and publishers, content owners, consumers, and of course developers, designers and artists. As the lines between mobile app development, social gaming and traditional gaming continue to […]
Patent Valuation and Baseball Players
April 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By David Wanetick It appears that patents and baseball players share the same value curve. Similar Life Expectancy: The statutory life of a patent is 20 years. Twenty years is about as long as you can expect a baseball player to last. After studying the 5,989 position players who began their careers between 1902 and […]
What Exactly Does Intellectual Ventures Do That Seems to Bother (Some) People?
April 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Neil Wilkof There are few companies in the IP firmament that attract as much as pro and con as Intellectual Ventures, here and here. Since its establishment more than a decade ago, this privately-held company has engaged in a combination of carrying out internal R&D, partnering with research entities and acquiring patent rights (apparently […]
The Pareto Principle and the Commercial World of Smartphone Apps
February 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Neil Wilkof I will admit: I am Pareto’s principal devotee. The basic idea that numerous phenomena can be characterized by the “notion of the vital few” will account for the lion’s share of something seems to resonate with my own anecdotal and analytical experience. Often referred to as the “80/20 rule” (such as “80% […]
Strategies for Negotiating Licenses
February 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By David Wanetick You will never get the license agreement your technology deserves. You get the license agreement you negotiate. With this in mind, it is important for inventors, licensing professionals and intellectual property lawyers to constantly hone their negotiating skills. Below are some pertinent considerations. Stay Away from the Negotiating Table A general principle […]
The Role of a Corporate IP/IA Function
February 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Exponent IP Please click on the image to view the presentation [This presentation originally appeared on the Exponent IP site]
Public IP Cos (PIPCOs) – An Expanding Universe
February 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Bruce Berman IP-centric businesses whose shares trade on the public markets come in many shapes and sizes — some are better suited for return than others. Many of the most interesting IP-rich businesses, from an investor perspective, are publicly traded, thinly capitalized companies with experienced management. The best have a realistic view of their […]
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