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Confessions of a Reluctant Convert to Electronic Patent File Management Systems & Why I Am Now a True Believer

For many years, vendors of office automation systems expended considerable effort trying to convince corporate and law firm patent attorneys […]

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A Consumer Product Company\’s Costly Patent Lesson: It\’s Not Enough to Protect the Invention, the Innovation Must Also be Patented

A SVP at a large consumer products company recently expressed frustration that he cannot bring a patent infringement lawsuit even

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Chief IP Counsel: Stop Trying to Change How Your Lawyers Bill You and Focus on the Model They Use to Provide Your Legal Services

As legal service fees continue to rise five percent or more year after year, corporate IP managers, such as Chief

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Proposal for a Reality-Based Methodology for Measurement of Corporate Intangible Asset Value

In recent years, financial analysts came to believe that intangible asset value forms an increasing aspect of overall corporate value.

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How Asking One Fundamental Business Question Can Reduce Expense and Improve Business Outcome of Patent Litigation

While a majority of companies consider the cost of obtaining patent protection an essential element of the product and technology

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Confessions of a \”Recovering Patent Attorney\” and Why I Have Joined the Growing Ranks of IP Strategists

I often facetiously refer to myself as a \”recovering patent attorney.\” This somewhat tongue-in-cheek phrase seems appropriate to my present

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The US Patent Office\’s Impending Financial Crisis and What Sort of Disruptive Innovations Might be Seen as a Result

My postings have been light for the past few weeks because of the Holidays. I plan on re-posting regular content

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