By Jackie Hutter Open Innovation guru Stefan Lindegaard recently asked me what the biggest IP legal mistakes small companies make when they are working with large companies. This is a subject very near and dear to my heart, as I am currently “moonlighting” as GC of a start up energy company that is moving toward […]
Open Innovation Insights: 5 Biggest IP Legal Mistakes Small Companies Make When Working with Large Companies
September 11, 2012 by 1 Comment
Human capital in IP Strategy
September 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Ana Popescu Today I was about to set forth to discuss the difference between the market value and the business value of patents and their utility. As my thought process expanded I realized however that what I initially considered to be important seemed to fade away. Let me explain what I mean: I understand […]
IP Philosophy for corporate, IP Strategy for Business Units
September 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
By Duncan Bucknell Can you really have a cohesive IP Strategy at the corporate level? I don’t think so. Unless of course they are one and the same thing. (Small companies with effectively one business unit obviously have the same IP Strategy for both.) Otherwise, each business unit needs its own defined IP Strategy – […]
Building from the base up, or is that down?
August 28, 2012 by 9 Comments
By Ana Popescu Two of the key IP questions for small companies are: How can I base my business strategy on IP when I know that there is always a risk that I will be sued or that someone will steal my idea without me being able to retaliate? Is it not better to keep […]
Aligning IP with Corporate Strategy and Cultivating Corporate Patent Practices
August 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Naim Khan Presentation given at the 5th Patents as a Competitive Strategy Course, June 18, 19 2012. [This presentation is also available at Slideshare.]
What is an Intellectual Property Strategy?
August 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
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 […]
A Quick Quiz: Do you have what it takes to realize the potential of a new innovation or IP asset?
August 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Mary Adams We had a really fun opportunity offered to us late last year. It came from an unexpected source but we were thrilled to do it. The opportunity was to build a “QuickScan” for business professionals to analyze the strength of a business opportunity. The request came from the folks at Transfer Pricing Associates, […]
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 […]
Singapore’s plan to be the regional IP centre in Asia
August 10, 2012 by 3 Comments
By Nick Redfearn What is Singapore up to with the consultation paper issued in mid March to open up it’s patent attorney profession? Singapore moved from a re-registration system to a full patent system in 1995. Since then it’s been an upward trend for patent attorneys and patent holders alike as numbers of local and […]
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 […]
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