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 […]
Is a patent troll watching your business now?
April 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Ray Felts and David DiGiammarino You’re a venture capitalist. You just invested in a promising startup, e-Widgets. The future looks bright. Suddenly, out of nowhere, e-Widgets gets a certified letter in the mail. The letter claims that the company’s flagship software is infringing on an existing patent. Instead of focusing on innovation that e-Widgets […]
3D printing and Intellectual Property – why are they a misfit?
March 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Joren De Wachter In my previous post at JorenDeWachter.com I explained how 3D printing affects the world of Intellectual Property (IP), and how this creates all kinds of problems for IP rights. In this blog I will expand a little bit on why that is the case, and whether something can be done about it. […]
Troll slayer: Can Mark Cuban cure the U.S. patent system?
March 5, 2013 by 3 Comments
By Efrat Kasznik The inauguration of the “Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents” is a great opportunity to take another look at the U.S. patent system, and how it fares with startups and software companies. As appears from an email to the press, laced with statements such as: “Dumbass patents are crunching small businesses”, […]
Crowdsourcing against “Bad” Patents and Patent Trolls: But Not All Black and White
February 12, 2013 by 2 Comments
By Neil Wilkof The notion that there are “bad” patents, which I take to mean that the patent should never have been granted — or that even if it was granted, the scope of the claims are too broad — is widely expressed. There is a parallel Darth Vader patent notion, namely, the deleterious effects […]
Intellectual Property Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities in the Cloud
February 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
By Efrat Kasznik at foresightvaluation.com Please click on the slide above to view Efrat Kasznik’s presentation at Foresight Valuation’s Slideshare account. This presentation was delivered at the UP 2012 Cloud Computing Conference.
One-Blue Patent Pool Reveals Five Key Steps to Effective Patent Licensing
January 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By One-Blue LLC Patent pooling is an effective and proven tool for helping companies manage their product and technology licensing programs. For licensees, pools of patents from multiple licensors generally carry lower royalty fees than the total for licenses secured from the licensors individually. Patent pooling also saves valuable time that licensees would otherwise spend […]
Use Patent Due Diligence to Lower Your Patent Litigation Risks
November 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Lily Li Due diligence is a key concept in the business world. Before buying a new company or investing in a new product, companies spend millions of dollars reviewing financial statements, accounting methods, and market reports to ensure that their investments have no hidden risks. In contrast, many companies turn a blind eye to […]
PwC to Wall Street: Largest Patent Damages Awards are Seldom Paid
November 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Bruce Berman Consulting Firm’s 2012 Study Shows the Most Active Venue for Patent Plaintiffs is Now Delaware, not Texas While it may appear in the media that anyone with a two-sentence patent claim and contingency agreement is racking up huge infringement awards without trying, the facts show that NPEs and operating companies alike are […]
Non-Practicing Entities in Cleantech
November 9, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Kathryn Paisner Last October, Popular Mechanics reported that non-practicing entities (NPEs) may have “bled companies for half a trillion dollars” between 1990 and 2010. Sometimes called “patent trolls” by their detractors, NPEs are generally defined as companies that obtain most of their revenue from the licensing and/or enforcement of their intellectual property. Not all […]
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