Microsoft reveals its patent holdings
Microsoft has developed a patent tracker facilitating a search of all of Microsoft’s patent holdings. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Microsoft’s Android-related licensing is less sexy than litigation but a more compelling business strategy
IP Value Wire has blogged in the past about how Microsoft was able to carve out a piece of a supposedly-free, open source operating system and turn it into a profit center. Below is a representative list of reports from FOSS Patents on how well that IP strategy is working. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend [...]
Book reveals real-world tactics for increasing IP value
Analysts who follow IP valuation assignments with formal or informal consulting arrangements to help clients increase the value of their companies and/or assets will benefit from Andrew Sherman’s Harvesting Intangible Assets: Uncover Hidden Revenue in Your Company’s Intellectual Property. Using real-world examples with numerous guidelines and charts, Sherman shares his insight on how to effectively [...]
Ten Simple Rules to Protect Your Intellectual Property
Reprinted from PLOS Collections with permission. The concepts that underpin the protection of ideas and inventions are not new; such laws have been around for several hundred years and are discussed under the broad heading of intellectual property (IP). IP is easily misunderstood, but at the same time most scientists encounter it at some point [...]
An organization’s IP strategy should address use of AIA’s pre-issuance submission provisions
Part of any company’s patent strategy is heading off competitors’ patent filings before issuance by bringing to the attention of USPTO the existence of prior art. America Invents Act (AIA) has made this process easier. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Plan to provide transparency into the workings of Intellectual Ventures announced
Intellectual Ventures is perhaps the most notorious of the NPEs, Non-practicing Entities, or “patent trolls.” Intellectual Asset Management reports the company owns over 40,000 technology patents and controls over 1,200 shell companies. Heretofore, one of the tools at IV’s disposal has been the lack of transparency into its operations. Companies cannot plan for a confrontation [...]
There is a logical hierarchy of IP management sophistication
Staunch advocates of diligent IP management and the universal acceptance of the appointment of board-level intellectual property officers will appreciate Julie Davis’ and Suzanne Harrison’s hierarchy of organizations, ranking companies in terms of their IP management sophistication. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this [...]
What makes IP valuable to organizations?
Think IP Strategy offered a classification of features that make IP valuable. Assets that have value have features that: Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
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