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
\”It\’s Not You It\’s Them\” or \”They\’re Just Not into You\”: Why Being an Independent Inventor is Like Dating
The view that a good idea will result in a windfall for an independent inventor seems to be embedded in the
Reality Check for Inventors: Most Corporations Will Not Give Your Idea a First Look. Here\’s Some Reasons Why.
Many people assume that corporations will readily consider good ideas from external sources, presumably because from the outside it makes
Why Does Your Company Fail to Treat IP Asset a Corporate Asset? A New Article Proposes Organizational Behavior as the Problem
While we can argue about the exact amount, without question, intangible assets form the majority of corporate value today. Matters
Innovative Methods for Corporate Legal Managers to Reduce IP Counsel Costs
The Slideshare presentation that follows is an excerpt from a class that I am teaching to in-house legal managers about
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The \”Dirty Little Secret of Patents\” is that Most are Worthless to Their Owners. Here is Why.
Notwithstanding the vast corporate and entrepreneurial resources expended each year to file, prosecute, manage and maintain patents, a significant majority
Scott Garrison Guest Posting: A True Story of Wasted IP Assets & Why a Chief IP Officer Could Have Stopped the Loss
NOTE TO READERS: Since I am on vacation this week (well, sort of), I have asked my friend Scott Garrison
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
What is an IP Strategist? A Lawyer Who is Not Afraid to Say No
As a self-described \”Recovering Patent Lawyer,\” I am now effectively an outside observer of the way the patent business is
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