Proudly brought to you by Duncan Bucknell Company
By Neil Wilkof In carrying out due diligence, how many times have I heard this refrain from a start-up: “Oh yes, we have a couple of a patents or patent applications, but they don’t really address our current activities.” And so I ask–“so what about seeking patent protection for the current activities?” The answer tends […]
By Michael D. Moberly There’s little question that intellectual property (IP) and intangible assets are now key, foundational tenents for successful business management, primarily because both IP and intangible assets can, if stewarded and overseen effectively, become potential sources of substantial/domiant (company) value, revenue, sustainability, profit, growth, and competitive advantage. To be sure, management teams, […]
By Heather Ford [This post originally appeared at Heather Ford’s slideshare account.]
By Neil Wilkof Forget Silicon Valley and Apple. If one really wants to understand long-term success in innovation, one should leave the California West Coast and sojourn in the US Midwest. In particular, one should focus on the likes of 3M (in Minneapolis) here and Procter & Gamble (in Cincinnati) here. Is is here, where […]
By Sebastien Aymeric, Solicitor, James & Wells Intellectual Property The value of IP does not only lie in its commercial potential, but also in its use as a tool in defending infringement allegations Intellectual Property issues are important for exporting businesses. It is one of the areas where contentious issues can arise and businesses should […]
By Michael D. Moberly 1. It’s an economic fact that 65+% of most company’s value, sources of revenue, sustainability, and growth potential evolve directly from intangible assets, therefore its all-the-more likely intangible assets will be in play and integral to most deals and/or transactions. 2. Conventional intellectual property protections issued, i.e., patents, copyrights, trademarks a. […]
By Joseph E. Root Generals are often accused of re-fighting the last war, and sometimes they are. During the 1930s, André Maginot and the French general staff were horrified at the specter of a return to the trench warfare of World War I, so they build a series of impregnable fortifications, designed to safeguard the […]
By Neil Wilkof The involvement of universities in commercial activities is a complex issue. Roughly speaking, these endeavours can be divided into two categories. First there is the commercialization of publicly-funded university research and the concomitant rise of technology university transfer offers. Secondly, especially in the U.S., universities have sought to earn licence fees through […]
By Paul Cole When inventors, whose background is overwhelmingly in science or engineering, become involved with the patent system, they are entering the domain of law which to them is a foreign country. The ninth commandment1 provides a useful guide through the unfamiliar country: its specific prohibition is against false testimony in a legal dispute, […]
By Neil Wilkof Let’s start from the end: No, I am not going to let this subject disappear quietly. Several months ago I wrote about “Patent Valuation, T.S. Eliot and the Theatre of the Absurd” here, where I commented on the steadily decreasing valuation of the Kodak patent portfolio. The saga continues. Last week it […]
ipstrategy.com 