IP Strategists

The IP Zone: A New Concept for Introducing Needed Information and Efficiencies into the Patent Monetization Market

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Many corporations and entrepreneurs today understand that patents are increasingly bought, sold and traded, just like many other assets. However, […]

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Scott Garrison Guest Posting: A True Story of Wasted IP Assets & Why a Chief IP Officer Could Have Stopped the Loss

6 Comments / Blog, Commentary, Intellectual Asset Management, Intellectual Property Strategy, IP Culture, IP Strategists, Mergers and Acquisitions, Patent Strategy /

NOTE TO READERS: Since I am on vacation this week (well, sort of), I have asked my friend Scott Garrison

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How a Patent Strategy Focused Only on Obtaining the Lowest Cost Patents May Reveal a Company\’s Future Inability to Remain Viable

3 Comments / Blog, Innovation Strategy, Intellectual Property Strategy, IP Strategists, Patent Business Strategy, Patent Landscaping, Patent Staffing, Patent Strategy /

Commentators like me frequently rail against what we view as the often unnecessarily high cost of obtaining patent protection. In

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

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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

2 Comments / Blog, Innovation Strategy, Intellectual Property Strategy, IP Strategists, Patent Business Strategy, Patent Litigation, Patent Strategy /

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

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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

8 Comments / Blog, Investment Decisions, IP Monetization, IP Strategists, Mergers and Acquisitions, Patent Monetization, Patent Strategy, Venture Capital Investment /

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

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

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