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IP Strategy is Increasing Focus at Innovative Companies: Here\’s Why

After more than 8 years, I can report that IP Strategy is an increasing focus at innovative companies, and there […]

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Want to Know More about IP Strategy? A Selection of Posts for In-House and Outside Counsel

This week, I am speaking at the Midwest IP Institute.  I will be participating in a \”fire side chat\” with

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Contrarian Viewpoint: Patents Likely Matter Little to US Innovation and Job Creation

Many experts insist that innovation cannot succeed without patents, and that the delays in the US Patent Office stifle innovation. 

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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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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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Everything\’s Negotiable: How Corporations Can Drastically Reduce Their IP Legal Costs without Sacrificing IP Quality

Corporate legal managers and the business teams they support complain seemingly constantly about outside counsel expense, and intellectual property (\”IP\”)

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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

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

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