By Peter Ackerman Not sure if your team is ready to implement a robust intellectual property management solution? Here are 7 telltale signs you need an IP management solution. 1. Your rate of innovation has slowed down. To increase your competitive edge, you have to keep up the quality as well as the quantity of […]
Innovation Best Practices: 4 Tips from the 5 Most Patented Companies
May 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Ackerman In today’s rapidly changing marketplace, innovation has become critical for companies both big and small. The question is: how do we quantify innovation? While companies like Google and Apple may appear to be among the most innovative in the public eye, neither company cracked the top 10 in terms of invention output […]
Diligent Intellectual Property Management for Business Success
December 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Ackerman What do a Koosh ball and a tab of Viagra have in common? Aside from the pleasure they bring to millions, their economic success is premised upon the same type of IP protection. The company that makes Koosh balls – rainbow-colored, plasma-filled rubber balls with protruding soft rubber spikes – and the […]
Life sciences IP management in an age of opportunity
October 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Peter A Ackerman and Russell L Parr The life sciences industries provide some of the best examples of the risk/reward continuum inherent in the creation and commercialisation of ideas. The risks are considerable given the costs of complex research and development, regulatory requirement, and intellectual property owned by others that must be manoeuvred in order […]
IP diligence is a constant
October 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Ackerman What do a Koosh ball and a tab of Viagra have in common? Aside from the pleasure they bring to millions, their economic success is premised upon the same type of IP protection. The company that makes Koosh balls – rainbow-coloured, plasma-filled rubber balls with protruding soft rubber spikes – and the […]
Integrated IP management technologies: the means to more ends
September 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Ackerman and Peter Slate One of the primary characteristics of well-run organisations is that they continually strive to do better. Universities and research organisations increasingly understand the potential commercial value they are creating in the labs. At the same time, they are coming to realise that they must emulate competitively successful enterprises in […]
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