I have often compared patents to castles when discussing high stakes invalidation exercises. Some are inherently stronger than others, but given enough resources, none of them are invulnerable. Castles, like patents,...
Ok, I get it that lobbying can be an important part of an overall strategy and so hats off to those who have created some fog around a seemingly broken patent...
“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” Peter Drucker Swift...
Eddy Ventose’s ‘Medical Patent Law – The Challenges of Medical Treatment’ explores the medical treatment exclusion to patentability; when and why it came into being; how it has developed in the...
If you look at past issues of IAM from the last 6 months you will see on average one article per month dealing with the topic of reputation management. And for...
William Lozito has a great post over at Name Wire, on ‘how to “verb up” your brand’. It’s something some brand owners diligently try to prevent, others embrace. As William mentioned,...
So what is the best strategy for patenting in China? I recently gave my “10 Ways to Improve and IP Strategy” talk at IQPC in Florida, and a general consensus among...
I’ve just finished reading the book ‘Don’t file a patent’ by John Smith and want to share with you some thoughts. Although, in my opinion, the author is presenting a sketchy...
If you encountered an alien from another world and wanted him to understand the concept of what a word is, chances are you would put words (and their object or idea...
Guest post by Marc Kaufman Determination of the quantitative value of patents has been elusive. Complex statistical analysis and accounting methods have been applied to patents in an effort to ascribe...
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