Can you really have a cohesive IP Strategy at the corporate level? I don’t think so. Unless of course they are one and the same thing. (Small companies with effectively one...
This is a metaphorical question of course. It represents another universal issue in strategy. Renowned generals throughout history have shown a propensity to win great battles, but fail to win their...
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...
Millions of dollars are invested every year in protecting new ideas through intellectual property – for many however the strength of these intellectual property rights is still largely misunderstood. Probably the...
Some time ago, Bill Gates made an interesting statement about software piracy. “As long as they are going to steal it (software), we want them to steal ours. They’ll get sort...
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...
First, a brief lead in to this blog topic: In 2006, the Chinese State Council issued both The Guiding Principles of Program for Mid-to-Long Term Scientific and Technological Development (2006-2020) and...
There may be no better competitive advantage in business than to be able to offer a valuable solution for free for which a rival must receive remuneration to stay in business....
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...
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