By Bruce Berman Owners and buyers are frequently out of sync w/ investors Valuations that are either too high or low underscore the need to provide more bracketed price scenarios when it comes to selling a patent portfolio. The frequent disconnect between seller, appraiser and buyer suggests a more flexible approach might be needed that […]
Why IP Portfolios and Sales Often Misalign
August 30, 2012 by 6 Comments
By Robert Cantrell It ought to be a given that the IP portfolio should align with the salient benefits that salespeople for the associated products and services sell. For example, if salespeople use safety in an accident as a key selling point for Volvo, then you should expect that an ample part of the R&D […]
Trademark volumes in South East Asia
August 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Nick Redfearn IP Komodo devours data, so looked with interest at the published data on 2011 trademark applications in South East Asia. Some of the data is hard to compare. For example Philippines has multi class application data, Indonesia a mix of multi and single class. So for the Philippines and to a degree Indonesia […]
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.]
Corporate Business Leaders: Want to Create Value from Your IP? Stop Making it Your Lawyers’ Problem.
August 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Jackie Hutter One of the biggest complaints I get from corporate innovation and product development professionals is how risk averse their lawyers tend to be about dealing with intellectual property (“IP”) issues. It doesn’t matter whether these business people are talking about their outside or in-house lawyers, either. To a person, the complaint generally […]
Running efficient and effective Patent Board meetings
August 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Donal O’Connell Patents Patents are generally intended to cover products or processes that contain new functional or technical aspects. They are therefore concerned with how things work, what they do, how they do it, what they are made of and how they are made. Patent protection means that the invention cannot be commercially made, […]
Occupy IP: New Economy Businesses Clash with Old
August 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Bruce Berman It May be Too Much, Too Late for Content Providers Finally Trying to Tame the Internet; a Fresh Approach is Needed [The following appears as an “Insider Views” commentary on Intellectual Property Watch] Have copyright holders become their own worst enemies? Poorly drafted bills in the U.S. Senate and Congress designed to […]
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, […]
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