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,...
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