Pat Winslow, a reader of this blog recently wrote in with the following: A slew of brand-new letters opposing patent reform were sent to members of the U.S. Senate during the...

Joseph Silvia at the Washington Law Foundation wrote in this week with the following: Washington Law Foundation Webinar on Smithkline Beecham v Dudas I am writing to notify you of an...

Last week’s post on Orphan IP shamefully paid no attention to some other orphans – those poor wretches of the copyright world – orphan works (a work whose copyright owner cannot...

There’s an article by Patent Attorneys Craig Opperman and Carina Tan of Morgan Lewis in the December 2007 – January 2008 issue of IAM-Magazine which advises companies that although it sounds...

Don’t be fooled by the title, this post is about tax and intellectual property and how it affects the need for well-recognised and reliable valuation methods.  If that bores you to...

“Orphan IP” is intellectual property which has not been commercialised. Usually relating to patents and know-how (confidential information) in the technology transfer area, it has been the subject of many and...

A corporate IP strategy is the overall strategy for the entity in relation to intellectual property.  Here are 5 things to include in a corporate IP strategy.  1 – Corporate milestones...

How closely does your intellectual property track record mirror what you had planned to do? (Ok, this is for those companies which actually have an IP strategic plan.) Tracking and comparing...

If you believe the buzz, “Open Innovation” is increasingly the creativity engine for global innovation. The idea is to out source and collaborate as much as possible to increase the creative...

Can large companies create truly game changing innovation or is it just too hard for large companies? and what does this mean for patent strategy? Andy Grove recently wrote about how...