Duncan Bucknell
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How to make good IP decisions when there’s no time to spare, in a complex and rapidly evolving world? Can you balance multiple perspectives and factors in the heart of the...

At what point in the future will you be able to challenge a competitors patents for lack of inventorship because they were AI generated not human generated? Is it still protected...

An act of deception has won many a military battle – from Sun Tzu to the Trojan Horse, from Alexander the Great, Hannibal or Napolean to the Spaniards defeating the overwhelmingly...

Strategy without analysis is like turning up to play a sporting match when you don’t know what sport you’re playing, what equipment to bring, the rules, who your opponent is or...

There’s a lot of lip service given these days to ‘aligning IP with business goals’.  Most times there’s no indication at all about how to do that or any of the...

Guest post by Robert Cantrell Can IP decisions always just be business – logical, factual?  Should they be?  One of the first pieces of real world advice I received out of...

There was a great discussion at the symposium yesterday on ‘IP Strategy, what has changed, what is changing?’ Here are my slides – I look forward to your comments too. IP...

It still amazes me every time I see how unforgiving the natural world can be to a momentary lapse of attention on the part of those within it.  Of course the...

A list of strategic mistakes cannot ignore the value of ethics.  It is a mistake not to employ good ethics in the conduct of IP strategy.  The reason for this statement...

Most organizations create a system whereby IP tasks are created, assigned, monitored and enforced. IP responsibility is vague and it needs to be deduced into number of tasks of definite nature....