Intellectual Property Strategy

Checklists Could be the Key for Managers to Understand Whether Their Company\’s Patents are Worth the Paper They\’re Written On

My friend Mary Adams of the Smarter Companies blog posted a brief article about Atul Gawande\’s recent book The Checklist […]

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A New Framework for IP Strategy Conversations: Ex Post vs. Ex Ante (from IP P®OSPE©TIVE)

(Editorial Note:  I have gotten some great feedback from my recent post 9 Out of 10 Patents are Worthless:  Here\’s

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9 Out of 10 Patents are Probably Worthless: Why and How to Prevent this from Happening to You (Part 1 of 4)

I decided to start 2010 with a controversial premise:  what if 9 out of 1o patents–or 90 %– issued in

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Success in Innovation Requires IP Counseling on the Front End: Here\’s How to Make it Happen

The 2009 Open Innovation Summit was held in Orlando two weeks ago.  The event was attended by corporate practitioners of

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The Coming Explosion of the Patent Monetization Market: Brought to You by Open Innovation and What Needs to Happen in Order to Speed Up the Process

This week, I got a call out of the blue from a very senior business development person at a Fortune

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IP Quality Must be a Key Feature in Any Financial Product Based on IP Assets

Neil Wilkof of the great IP Finance blog brought up a couple of interesting issues in his latest blog post

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Improve Your Chances of Obtaining a Patent at a Reasonable Cost and Time by Demonstrating the \”Wow Factor\” in the Application

A strong majority of people seeking patent protection to protect their products or technology leave the details the drafting process

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