It’s all very well for external consultants to talk about what’s needed in IP Strategy.  Most IP Strategy is done in-house, with internal clients and with considerable personal risk. Here are...

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...

Einstein said: “life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” Similarly, with businesses and business strategy. A business that does not move forward will lose...

For many years people have sought insight about innovation prowess and patent values from patent data.  This has led to the creation of a number of proprietary algorithms that use patent...

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...

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...

Perhaps for the first time in history, humankind has the capacity to create far more information than anyone can absorb, to foster far greater interdependency than anyone can manage, and to...

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....

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...