Is there a difference between ‘best practice’ in theory as against the real world? Should there be? In the many years I have taught patent strategy, I have often seen people...
Sometimes the biggest mistake is the one you didn’t realise you made. IP laws that grant exclusivity do not leave value on the table for the next place finishers. Let’s look...
What is an ideal strategy and would you know one if it bit you? Why bother with it anyway? The ideal strategy is a strategy that provides 100% of the desired...
They are legal rights, so why not treat intellectual property as purely a legal issue? First, the role of most legal departments is oriented around defense and risk reduction. While defense...
Here are some reasons to give it all away, what would you add? 1 – you’re giving away some carefully selected IP to build a market 2 – based on hard...
One of the first rules of creating a winning strategy is to see things as they are and not as we believe them to be. Strategy is not forgiving of misinterpretations...
In the course of 20 years, China has slowly developed to become the fifth largest patent systems in the world – what is next and what is missing for China to...
‘Think globally, act locally’ – but do you really mean it? This has been the slogan of many multinationals during the years but still many fail in this respect. The new...
Welcome to the IP Think Tank podcast for Thursday 18 November 2010. In this show Duncan is joined by Jeremy Philips, Joff Wild and Neil Wilkof to discuss: Vale Muffin –...
Failure to leverage outside innovation may seem inefficient, but it may be fatal over the long term for organizations that do not prudently use this strategy. Interactions with other people tend...
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