Alternative IP Strategies

By Nigel Ravenhill Don’t relinquish your IP rights if you don’t have to. It’s has been been almost a sacred cow in IP and a freedom to operate (FTO) necessity. Companies have long used defensive and offensive strategies to create and protect new markets, enter existing ones and monetize IP investments, typically resolving disputes through […]

10 Reasons to Start a Patent War

By Nigel Ravenhill   Patent wars have been part of the intellectual property landscape since the middle of the 19th-century and the frenetic innovation of the early days of the industrial revolution. Many of modern history’s most famous inventors were central figures, and their fortunes based on fortuitous legal decisions that concurred with their oral […]