Welcome to this special edition of the IP Think Tank podcast for Wednesday 29th April 2009. This week’s show features Duncan’s presentation at Medical Devices Law & Policy Conference in Sydney, Australia.

Amongst other things, Duncan discusses:

• Whether medical devices are like pharmaceuticals when it comes to IP strategy;
• The downside of confining patents to being competitive weapons;
• The top things to consider in contentious IP Strategy;
• Using IP to add value;
• IP systems and processes; and
• Cross licensing.

You can obtain a copy of Duncan’s slides for the talk from our articles area.

We hope you enjoy this week’s show, and as always, we look forward to your comments and feedback.

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Links to articles mentioned in the presentation:

• The ‘6 T’s’ – Analysing IP – put simply
• Relative cost and time to judgment in IP litigation – Value for money in global patent litigation
• IP Strategy and the Art of War (I) – External Advisors – http://www.iam-magazine.com
• IP Strategy and the Art of War (II) – In House Team – (soon to be published)