By Peter Cowan Last post I outlined the top 5 IP challenges all startups, investors, executives, and business leaders – not just IP focused leaders – will have in 2015. These challenges directly impact R&D departments, legal groups, innovation teams, and even finance departments. The challenges revolve around the need for an evolving IP leadership. […]
Top 5 IP challenges – and solutions – for all executives in 2015 (Part 2)
March 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Top 5 IP challenges all executives will face in 2015 (Part 1)
March 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Cowan As much as the IP leaders wish IP to be top-of-mind in every business and investor, in reality this is not always the case. In an ever more globalised environment, there are seemingly more immediate needs to speed up R&D execution, lower local manufacturing costs to compete globally, and constant pressures to […]
3 Essential Components to a Foreign Filing Patent Strategy
December 15, 2014 by 1 Comment
By Peter Cowan For the price of one globally filed patent, one can likely file 10 new patents in a single jurisdiction. For a business with budget constraints, the result is trying to find the balance between a broader portfolio of unique patents or a large global portfolio covering only a few inventions. For one […]
The importance of people in your Patent Strategy
November 10, 2014 by 1 Comment
By Peter Cowan There is always more to solving the problem than we think, and the human resource aspect of intellectual property strategy is a critical component of building a strategy that companies can’t afford to ignore. If you have worked with me before, or asked me high level advice about your patent situation, you […]
The First Mover Advantage of IP: Patents vs. Velocity
March 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Cowan Startups and Fortune 100 companies take note: Jeff Bezos is positioning Amazon at the future center all of web commerce. And he is planning reaches at least 7 years into the future. Earlier this year Amazon said it was experimenting with delivery by drones, dubbed Amazon Prime Air, and details were found […]
Patenting and Protecting Early Stage Research and Innovations
February 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By Peter Cowan Patenting and Protecting Early Stage Research & Innovations For all the talk about patenting for startups and spin-offs, people often forget that there is a step that predates this discussion: Solving the Fundamental Technical Problem. Early stage research presents a challenge with respect to patenting: Balancing the trade-off between the competing forces […]
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