Strategy without analysis is like turning up to play a sporting match when you don’t know what sport you’re playing, what equipment to bring, the rules, who your opponent is or...
There’s a lot of lip service given these days to ‘aligning IP with business goals’. Most times there’s no indication at all about how to do that or any of the...
“…fools are able to ruin a friendship but wise people know how to profit even from enmities.” (Plutarch 46-120AD) You can do business so as to avoid bumping into other companies,...
Using an old tactic, Procter & Gamble will reduce the number of products per package to increase profitability. (‘downsizing’) According to the WSJ, this is in an attempt to recoup...
I received a great question at an IP strategy training course I taught. The question was about the difference between a strategy, a plan, and a process. It came about because...
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...
In IP strategy, any isolated IP position of interest to a competitor is likely to be a vulnerable position. There are many ways to get around it including, but not limited...
What is better for a product-based IP Strategy, an open system of innovation or a closed system? The answer is both and neither, and here is why. Strategy, at its core,...
IP itself has a lifecycle decoupled from the associated product solutions itself. A patented invention may apply to several product solutions which may be at different phases of their lifecycle. A...
A month ago we launched ipstrategy.com – the free online IP Strategy journal. The idea is simple – to provide quality thinking on IP Strategy across the globe from a wide...
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