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 – […]
Intangible Asset Backed Lending: Starts By Ensuring Economic – Competitive Advantage Clarity…
February 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Big Data and IP business strategy
February 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Joren De Wachter Big Data is an important technological change happening around us. How should businesses react? What is the right business strategy? And, as part of such business strategy, what is the right Intellectual Property Strategy? It can be the difference between success and failure. 1. What is Big Data? “Big Data” is […]
IP Strategy for Companies Doing Business in China
February 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Fred Logue I was invited to speak at a recent Enterprise Ireland event organised to brief Irish companies who are considering entering the Chinese market. My presentation focused on some of the intellectual property issues that companies might face in China, primarily counterfeiting. The core message was that business should have their intellectual property […]
Free and Low Cost Patent Search and Analysis Tools: Who Needs Expensive Name Brand Products?
February 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Jackie Hutter. In private conversations, some of my corporate peers inform me that they pay $1000′s per year (or even per quarter for larger companies) for access to “name brand” patent search tools that nonetheless do not contain accurate and up to date information. For example, a client tells me that one of these […]
Patent Holders can Learn from Angry Musician’s File Sharing Fight
January 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
The Rise of NPEs in Patent Litigation
January 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Marshall Phelps Patent litigation is in the midst of a great fluctuation. For most of its history, patent litigation was largely between competitors in a particular industry. This is no longer the case. It is now estimated that some 60% of patent litigation is driven by entities which do not compete in any particular […]
Is there Intellectual Property in Money?
January 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Joren De Wachter Usually, the question is asked the other way around: “is there money in Intellectual Property?” But as technology is creating new kinds of currencies and new ways to pay, the question of Intellectual Property Rights in money becomes relevant. 1. New money Amazon has recently started issuing its own currency, called […]
Geographical Indications, an undervalued IPR
January 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Severin de Wit In a very competitive environment, where pricing for agricultural products has been in a downward trend, producers of agri-food and agricultural products are looking how to add value thus escaping the “commodity curse”. Products with a strong traditional origin or traditional appeal have offered producers to move into a more lucrative […]
IP and Intangible Asset Strategy: The Easy to Deploy, Not-So-Secret Weapon for Capturing Business Value
January 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Jackie Hutter IP and intangible asset strategies are a critical feature of ALL businesses regardless of size, product or customer. But why? Put simply, leaders need to be comfortable that their companies have the mechanisms in place to capture the value that you see possible from the venture. Without foresight and action, other businesses […]
Intellectual Property Theft – I Can Invent, Manufacture, and Commercialize Faster Than They Can Steal…?
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Michael D. Moberly Three ironies… The first irony is that some companies tout an ‘I can invent faster than they can steal’ strategy at a time when intangible – knowledge-based assets have clearly outpaced tangible (physical) assets as the dominant source of most company’s value, revenue, value and ‘building blocks’ for growth, profitability, and […]
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