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,...
Perception, and emotion drive behaviour, whether you like it or not. I was vividly reminded of this when I walked in to an accident scene not so long ago. A number...
“And the core of the strategist’s work is always the same, discover the crucial factors in a situation and design a way to coordinate and focus actions to deal with them.” ...
In my IP strategy courses, I describe ten angles of competition, the sixth of which I define as a potential customer providing a solution to a need himself. For example, a...
In my experience, I have seen companies suffer loss or become embroiled in disputes because they followed improper advice from their external counsel. Some companies rely on advice from external counsel...
As part of our efforts to understand local challenges and build local IP communities, a little over two weeks ago Think IP Strategy organized a workshop and networking event in Copenhagen....
You do your best work when you can sit down quietly and focus on the task at hand. It’s the same with IP strategy of course. You need to focus your...
A Holiday party treasure hunt this month became a reminder about how winning a game also depends upon understanding exactly what game you are playing. This treasure hunt game involved finding...
作者：Robert Cantrell 翻译：尚阿鹏 当你在制定一项计划时，首先应当知道最终的目标是什么以及哪些因素可以帮助自己实现目标。虽然制定目标时，人们还没想清楚每个详细的步骤是什么，但这并不妨碍人们沿着预定的方向前进。如果方向正确，尽管没有具体的节点，大多数人还是可以成功到达自己的目的地。这一点对知识产权管理来说非常重要。知识产权是研发的成果，但研发过程是不受既定计划的约束的。 研发工作往往致力于创造新技术或更好的技术。这些创新也许与人们的预期不一致，但仍然可以使用。研发工作的范围很难与预期完全一致。研发人员常常会发现，他们为了解决A问题而发现了解决B问题的方法。某药物公司的管理人员曾告诉我，研发的结果是创造新东西，而不是为现有问题提供解决方案。 因此，为了适应研发工作的这种特性，知识产权的计划策略应当具有灵活性。保持灵活性的最佳方法就是确定研发的方向，排除你能够控制的不确定因素。这样你将有更多的精力来对付那些你不能掌控的因素。这样你实现自己目标的可能性就更高。我们知道，现实中大多数计划往往由于变数太多而落空，因此在策略计划中保留适当的灵活性，是实现目标的最好保证。 如果希望阅读英文原版，请点击此处 图片来源: Hemera
Those of you who subscribe to Hal Wegner’s IP news update emails will have recently received an email enclosing a very brief synopsis of how the “New Law” of first-to-file (or...
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