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....

I spent time at the LES World IP Day celebration on April 26.  It had lots of interesting discussions.  Toward the end, when I was about to leave – it had...

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...

Bloomberg published a nice piece just the other day on common phrases that are trademarked.  Here are a few: “It’s gonna be awesome” (The Barbarian Group) “We should talk” (Bank of...

Some years ago I was discussing the structural features required in a new IP management system we were considering purchasing with my IT manager. We were looking at different interactive modules...

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,...