Introduction As someone who works with a wide variety of startups and small companies as the in-house expert interfacing between […]
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Do you seek an issued patent or a patent outcome (which may not, in fact, be an issued patent) that
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One-hundred % of patents make money for their lawyers, but very few–some estimates say 5% or fewer–make money for their
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In my role as the IP Strategist for a number of companies that do not employ in-house patent counsel, I
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Last week, an en banc Federal Circuit (that is, the majority of the sitting judges, not just the usual three judge panel),
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After more than 8 years, I can report that IP Strategy is an increasing focus at innovative companies, and there
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I recently had to give bad news to a new client, the CEO of a successful global electronic hardware company.
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The Takeaway: In the 4th post in this Strategic Patenting Series, a case study is presented of a company that
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From the last post, we see that it is very rare for patents to create value for their owners. Moreover,
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(NOTE: At the end of this post is a detailed spreadsheet that lists the free and low cost tools that
