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 […]
Crowdsourcing against “Bad” Patents and Patent Trolls: But Not All Black and White
February 12, 2013 by 2 Comments
IP Licensing: Inspirations for Biopharma IP Strategy
February 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Reid Adler Please click on the slide above to view the presentation at Reid Adler’s Prezi account. This presentation was delivered to the Chicago Chapter, Licensing Executives Society. [This presentation originally appeared at Pratical IP Strategy]
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.
Why Universities are the Worst Shareholders for Spin-out Companies
January 31, 2013 by 2 Comments
By Ian A. Maxwell This article is written in the context of the Australian environment but many of the conclusions are quite general. Background Over the last 20 years much more money has gone into global venture capital sectors than has come out. This unprofitable imbalance seems improbable and only exists because of the long […]
Why Register Patents in the “Start-up Nation”
January 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Jeremy M Ben-David, at JMB Davis Ben-David Generally speaking, patents are registered in Israel not because of the market size, but in spite of it. In their book Start-up Nation originally published in 2009, authors Dan Senor and Saul Singer explain how Israel, a country with few natural resources and a population of little […]
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 […]
The IP Ecosystem in Europe
January 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Exponent IP Please click on the image to view the presentation [This presentation originally appeared at Exponent IP.]
IP processes and process development
January 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
By Donal O’Connell Overview of IP Processes & IP Process Development Intellectual Property (IP) rights are valuable assets for any business, possibly among the most important that it possesses. It is therefore imperative that whatever IP processes are in use are fit for purpose, and add some value to those using these processes. Whatever IP […]
Multinational approach to IP Strategy: Structuring and Managing Global IP in Europe
January 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Fred Logue Slides presented by Fred Logue at the IPBC China conference. [This presentation originally appeared on the New Morning Intellectual Property blog.]
Against the Odds: How the Bar Code Has Become Part of Everyday Life
January 11, 2013 by 1 Comment
By Neil Wilkof His passing away on December 9, 2012, at the age of 91, attracted some media attention, including in The New York Times on December 13, 2012 here and in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, in its most recent edition. The “he” is N. Joseph Woodland, and he was a co-inventor (along with Bernard Silver) of […]
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