Alcatel-Lucent to generate cash by licensing its patents
Like Kodak, Alcatel-Lucent, France’s largest telecommunications equipment maker is hoping to generate 500 million euros to 1 billion euros in revenue in 2012 by licensing some of the 29,000 patents it owns, four analysts told www.businessweek.com. IP officers looking for ways to expand on patent revenue might want to consider a similar tactic. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg [...]
Article blasts typical university approach to IP ownership with respect to faculty researchers
Gerald Barnett, the director of the Research Technology Enterprise Initiative, feels university researchers are at a crossroads, and that the fundamental rights of researchers-inventors are being “held captive by university administrators.” Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Will patent reform serve to attract the capital required to improve IP values and stimulate innovation?
Glenn D. Sacks, CPA, of Marks Paneth & Shron LLP, writes the changes in patent law being ushered in by America Invents Act will work to increase the value of patent portfolios and create a system which spawns and nourishes innovation. Here’s how he sees it working: Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via [...]
What happens to Kodak IP licensees now that bankruptcy has been sought?
The Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic at Richmond covered this in a brief paper, at least as it pertains to federal law. Section 101(35)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code limits intellectual property in bankruptcy to trade secrets, patents, (and patent applications) and copyrights. The Code gives Kodak three options with respect to contractual obligations: assume, [...]
New IP rights clearinghouse announced
The first PR has been released on a new online auction and clearinghouse for patent and trademark rights. Roger Shashoua, the founder of IPR Connections™, stated the firm will provide an alternative for industry, inventors and other owners of patents and trademarks to connect through licenses with partners worldwide. “IPR Connections’ objective is to be [...]
Kodak weighs its options with respect to its imaging patents
The value of Kodak’s 1,100 digital imaging patents is contingent upon several factors: 1. How will the infringement action turn out? Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy early this year. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, Kodak wants $1 billion in debtor-in possession financing, which keeps companies operating during a major reorganization. [...]
Stern School of Business to offer IP evaluation and commercialization course
It’s an oft-heard lament regarding intellectual property management and valuation: “It’s not taught in business school.” Now, in what appears to be a hopeful sign for IP investment and management, NYU’s Stern School of Business has created a course that “focuses on learning how to identify and evaluate a good technology commercialization opportunity” and “how [...]
New IP exchange to open in 2012
IPXI is almost ready to open a new public exchange of IP rights, allowing patent owners to publicly list and license rights to their technology in the form of Unit License Right™ (ULR) contacts. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post
Politics may determine the fate of SBIR and STTR innovation funding programs
Early this month, the U.S. Senate approved a bill reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. SBIR is the largest federal research program for small businesses; STTR targets university start-ups. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this [...]
Tech transfer office get big IP monetization payday for Auckland University
In 1988, Professor John Boys set up a magnetic field that transferred an electric charge across two points without the need for hard wiring. The commercial implications were obvious, though the timetables were not. Later he was joined by Associate Professors Grant Covic and Udaya Madawala and eight of their students in developing what is [...]
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