12/15/07
Intellectual Property Technology Exchange - TechEx
Intellectual Property Technology Exchange - TechEx TechEx is the world’s leading source for locating licensable technologies for use by intellectual property, licensing, and business development departments. Sourced from hundreds of Universities and Research Institutes from around the world, TechEx provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date access to breakthrough innovations and global technologies. If your goal is to stay on top of the latest in new innovations, then you need TechEx.
Contingency IP enforcement for patent and intellectual property infringement litigation
Contingency IP enforcement for patent and intellectual property infringement litigation: "GPCI is the premier contingency patent enforcement firm in the US, helping independent inventors and small businesses to defend their patents against infringement.* GPCI has successfully enforced its clients' patents against formidable opponents, including IBM, Motorola, TDK and many others, consistently achieving multimillion-dollar settlements and licensing agreements for our clients."
http://www.piug.com/
http://www.piug.com/ - Free Patent Information, Uk Patent Office, Patent Attorney or anything similar, go ahead and browse our comprehensive resource directory.
revenue enhancement - Strategy - Innovation - The McKinsey Quarterly
revenue enhancement - Strategy - Innovation - The McKinsey Quarterly Patents and proprietary processes represent an untapped source of revenue for many companies. McKinsey research shows that in lots of cases, companies could earn 5 to 10 percent of their operating income from the sale or licensing of intellectual property, yet most earn less than one-tenth that.
Patents.Com
Patents.Com they took over patent monkey and plans to offer services similar to delphion but free
Search International Patents with PatentCafe ProSearch Semantic Analysis Patent Search Engine - Patent Portfolio Management and Patent Search Service
Search International Patents with PatentCafe ProSearch Semantic Analysis Patent Search Engine - Patent Portfolio Management and Patent Search Service software based IP management solutions
LES - Licensing Executives Society, USA and Canada
LES - Licensing Executives Society, USA and Canada for conferences and committees
IP Law Practice Center
IP Law Practice Center Law.com connects legal professionals to more than 20 award-winning national and regional legal publications online, including The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, New York Law Journal and Legal Times, and delivers top legal news electronically to a growing national and global audience of subscribers each day on The Newswire.
Intellectual Property Owners Association | About IPO
Intellectual Property Owners Association | About IPO: "Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), established in 1972, is a trade association for owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. IPO is the only association in the U.S. that serves all intellectual property owners in all industries and all fields of technology."
Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets - Pierce Law Center IP Mall - Training Intellectual Property, Commerce, & Technology Professionals Skil
Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets - Pierce Law Center IP Mall - Training Intellectual Property, Commerce, & Technology Professionals Skills to Meet Marketplace Needs
ipCapital Group - Intellectual Property Strategy Advisors
ipCapital Group - Intellectual Property Strategy Advisors Interesting case studies for IP strategy.
Main Page - Wex
Main Page - Wex: "a collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia."
The Intellectual Property Law Server
The Intellectual Property Law Server: Jobs, Articles, Event days, Forums, IP Commercial Zone listings
Internet Patent News / Source Translation & Optimization Patent Web Site
Internet Patent News / Source Translation & Optimization Patent Web Site Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce
12/13/07
11/5/07
IP market
IP licensing has grown 70% from 15B to 100B etween 1990 - 1998/ and licensing resources is predicted to top $1 trillion by 2005
S&P 500 $35 trillion in IP
S&P 500 $35 trillion in IP
PricewaterhouseCoopers: Taiwan: Services: Legal & IP Services: IP Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers: Taiwan: Services: Legal & IP Services: IP Services
try to do five forces analysis to show business + patent = success
SWAT analysis.
try to do five forces analysis to show business + patent = success
SWAT analysis.
Patent Analysis
Analyzing based on large portfolio of technolgies through attribute clusterting of like technologies based on user defined groups and graphically comparing the overlap with target or competitor portfolios.
- PWC has tool for this IP due delligence
- PWC has tool for this IP due delligence
Patent Baristas » Due Diligence Monday: Patents
Patent Baristas » Due Diligence Monday: Patents: "Assets acquired in today’s private equity and venture deals, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures are increasingly intellectual property assets such as patents, copyrights and Internet domain names. Because of the value of these assets, intellectual property due diligence has become an important part of the legal work required for these transactions. Such intellectual property assets consist of (1) “content,” which includes text, visual images (both moving and still), sounds, database information, logos, characters and the like, (2) “technology,” which includes biological chemical compositions and methods, electrical and mechanical devices and software and business methods, and (3) combination hardware and software devices."
- Product Portfolio - how the targtet and acquier's IP match and where are the holes.
- IP valuation based on portfolio - what can be sold off to reduce costs
- IP ecosystem - IP held by competitors; prospective lwwsuites from competitors, IP related govt regulations; influence of industry consortium's and std settings
third party involvement - may block patents etc.
govt regulations - anti trust implications
- long range strategic planning - retaiing key employees - success factors - integration with key products, uncovering IP jewels
- state of the art techniques.
- Product Portfolio - how the targtet and acquier's IP match and where are the holes.
- IP valuation based on portfolio - what can be sold off to reduce costs
- IP ecosystem - IP held by competitors; prospective lwwsuites from competitors, IP related govt regulations; influence of industry consortium's and std settings
third party involvement - may block patents etc.
govt regulations - anti trust implications
- long range strategic planning - retaiing key employees - success factors - integration with key products, uncovering IP jewels
- state of the art techniques.
The New Marketing Mission :: EMM GROUP
The New Marketing Mission :: EMM GROUP Brand building is the heart of value creation for the 21st century corporation. The EMM Group authors have taken the mystery out of brand building and replaced it with process, metrics, and tools that any company can master. The book is designed to improve organizational and professional marketing management practices for brand value creation and enhancement.
CoreBrand - Top Corporate Brands Announced
CoreBrand - Top Corporate Brands Announced Guage various IP branding
MEdiums - annual reports
analyst conf calls
websites
advertisements
product labels
check charts by industries on uspto.
Branding/valuation tough in some industries:
Pharma - few home runs
semi-conductors - lots of cross licensing
Ang R&D cost per Patent for the top patenting firm = 3.8 M
MEdiums - annual reports
analyst conf calls
websites
advertisements
product labels
check charts by industries on uspto.
Branding/valuation tough in some industries:
Pharma - few home runs
semi-conductors - lots of cross licensing
Ang R&D cost per Patent for the top patenting firm = 3.8 M
patent branding
for consumer brand companies,
B2B companies
How GM/GE are positioning itself as innovators
companies like coca-cola, mc donalds, kfc don't go for patent sna dmaintains key processes/products as trade secrets (protected under state law).
Marketing ->
Brand product and IP -> Sales/Licensing/Sell/donate/IP holding -> shareholder value
IP Management ->
A coherant IP marketing communication program tied to brands supported by PAtents may increase the value of IP. Customers see the brand and know what to expect from the product that they are purchasing. Non-consumer product firms have just one brand and then association with firm name and logo.
B2B companies
How GM/GE are positioning itself as innovators
companies like coca-cola, mc donalds, kfc don't go for patent sna dmaintains key processes/products as trade secrets (protected under state law).
Marketing ->
Brand product and IP -> Sales/Licensing/Sell/donate/IP holding -> shareholder value
IP Management ->
A coherant IP marketing communication program tied to brands supported by PAtents may increase the value of IP. Customers see the brand and know what to expect from the product that they are purchasing. Non-consumer product firms have just one brand and then association with firm name and logo.
Established brands
Established brands In Chinese, “Crisis” is expressed in two words: “Danger” and “Opportunity”, meaning hope lies beneath difficulties and there is great potential of beneficial revolution instead of slow evolution if the situation is handled properly. In a way, many pharmaceutical companies are currently in a certain state of “Crisis” in the face of various internal and external forces. Internal forces include soaring R&D costs, sluggish sales growth, shorter product lifecycle as well as patent expiry, product withdrawal, poor product pipeline, and etc. External forces include competition, uncontrollabe sociopolitical environment, and pressure from government, healthcare insurer, and patient to contain price. Together, these difficulties have seriously dented Pharma’s recent financial performance. It was predicted that Pharma industry would only deliver no more than 5.3% growth rate between now and the year 2010. In contrast, the FT Pharmaceuticals index rose by over 350% between mid-1993 and mid-2000.
Convey IP strengths = # and types of patent assets, strategy, license revenue and transactions, competitive IP position and successful enforcement actions
"Old economy" companies remain old economy companies because they are not able to educate their inventors of the value of IP. Companies in B2B space like Fujitsu, TI may be power houses of IP but valuations suffer because of the lack of communication.
Similarly, consumer brand companies hold huge large amount of IP (including Patent rights)but their public image is that of marketing rich company. e.g. Philip Morris, General Foods, Mc Donalds. P&G spends more on R&D than 3M, Compaq and Merck.
Convey IP strengths = # and types of patent assets, strategy, license revenue and transactions, competitive IP position and successful enforcement actions
"Old economy" companies remain old economy companies because they are not able to educate their inventors of the value of IP. Companies in B2B space like Fujitsu, TI may be power houses of IP but valuations suffer because of the lack of communication.
Similarly, consumer brand companies hold huge large amount of IP (including Patent rights)but their public image is that of marketing rich company. e.g. Philip Morris, General Foods, Mc Donalds. P&G spends more on R&D than 3M, Compaq and Merck.
KAM - Key Variables
KAM - Key Variables 14 key variables are selected to create a simplified "basic scorecard" that attempts to capture a country's preparedness for the knowledge-based economy. The data set consists of 12 variables that represent the four pillars of the knowledge economy and are used to calculate countries’ Knowledge (KI) and Knowledge Economy (KEI) indexes. The scorecard also presents two variables related to the overall economic and social performance.
What is Bayh-Dole Act?
What is Bayh-Dole Act?: "In 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act (PL 96-517, Patent and Trademark Act Amendments of 1980) created a uniform patent policy among the many federal agencies funding research. As a result of this law, universities retain ownership to inventions made under federally funded research. In return, universities are expected to file for patent protection and to ensure commercialization upon licensing. The royalties from such ventures are shared with the inventors; a portion is provided to the University and department/college; and the remainder is used to support the technology transfer process. From a historical perspective, there was a need for reliable technology transfer mechanisms and for a uniform set of federal rules to make the process work. It was tough for the federal government to transfer technologies for which it had assumed ownership. In 1980, the federal government had approximately 30,000 patents of which only 5% led to new or improved products. Many patents were not being used as the government did not have the resources to develop and market the inventions. Thus, Bayh-Dole gave universities control of their inventions."
Bayh-Dole Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bayh-Dole Act - Wikipedia US universities, small businesses and non-profits intellectual property control of their inventions that resulted from federal government-funded research.
Academic centers should be able to anticipate future innovations and direction of technology ahead of corporates.
Researchers develop the product in the university, Corporate partners take the product fwd to develop the market and to manufacture stage.
Compare India with other countries about # of Patents filed.
Academic centers should be able to anticipate future innovations and direction of technology ahead of corporates.
Researchers develop the product in the university, Corporate partners take the product fwd to develop the market and to manufacture stage.
Compare India with other countries about # of Patents filed.
Science and Technology Ventures - STV Home
Science and Technology Ventures - STV Home As Bernard Wysocki Jr. reports, Columbia earned $178.4 million a year on patent royalties in the year ending June 2003, making it the top earner of licensing revenue among American universities. (Nationwide, 195 universities bring in about $1.3 billion in licensing income from patents; a handful of top research universities earn the bulk of this money.)
What universities want:
Advance inventions to the level where corporates get interested & then let commercialization and manufacturing be handled by corporates.
Columbia University since 1983-2000massed more than 400 US Patents and 1000 active licenses with royalties of $143M/yr. in 2000.
Whats the use:
- Corporate funding for R&D
- license income
- more resources for better facilities to attract top talent
Columbia university has mostly done this healthcare patents but they are trying to replicate this model to copyrighted material from faculty lectures, research writings
What universities want:
Advance inventions to the level where corporates get interested & then let commercialization and manufacturing be handled by corporates.
Columbia University since 1983-2000massed more than 400 US Patents and 1000 active licenses with royalties of $143M/yr. in 2000.
Whats the use:
- Corporate funding for R&D
- license income
- more resources for better facilities to attract top talent
Columbia university has mostly done this healthcare patents but they are trying to replicate this model to copyrighted material from faculty lectures, research writings
Business; Patent Donations Are Novel Corporate Gift - New York Times
Business; Patent Donations Are Novel Corporate Gift - New York Times: "At DuPont, researchers found a way to make a valuable chemical that leaves water as the byproduct instead of tons of acid. At Eastman Chemical, they devised a plastic packaging that could more than double the shelf life of beer and soda. At Procter & Gamble, there were discoveries that could help doctors reduce skin discoloration from burns, wounds and grafts. In each case, the research produced a pile of patents the companies decided they could neither use nor license easily to another business. So this year they used a solution that was pioneered in the mid-1990's and has become increasingly common -- they donated the inventions to universities, hospitals or nonprofit institutions and turned what had been wasting away into multimillion-dollar tax write-offs."
Use this investement to bring tac benefits by donating under section 170 deductions.
Use this investement to bring tac benefits by donating under section 170 deductions.
Intellectual Property Due Diligence: A Must When Assets Are Transferred
Intellectual Property Due Diligence: A Must When Assets Are Transferred Investment due diligence:
- Portfolio fit: true fit for investment. expertise in industries or structures will affect advancement beyond review
- Management: knowledge, contacts, exp. of management team
- business model: model is unique or subject to the rights of others
- Technology
- Portfolio fit: true fit for investment. expertise in industries or structures will affect advancement beyond review
- Management: knowledge, contacts, exp. of management team
- business model: model is unique or subject to the rights of others
- Technology
10/28/07
TAEUS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
TAEUS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Keyhole 500 is a patent portfolio analysis tool that TAEUS developed to examine keyword relationships in patent portfolios. We use it, along with other commercially available tools, to provide high-level portfolio analysis. Tools like Keyhole 500 help us better route patents to appropriate subject matter experts for thorough technical evaluations of your patents.
RR Donnelley - Legal Services
RR Donnelley - Legal ServicesBPO services - a suite of tailored support solutions that range from traditional document and litigation support to more complex research-driven solutions.
10/14/07
descision analysis computer programs - Google Search
descision analysis computer programs - Google Search include @risk, Precision Tree, Expert Choice, DPL, HIVIEW and most popular - DATA by treeage software.
10/13/07
Patent and Trademark Depository Library
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Patent and Trademark Services
The Sunnyvale Library is a Patent and Trademark Depository Library (PTDL). Supported by a US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) program and expert staff, PTDLs are the primary personalized channel for the distribution of patent and trademark information to the public. Annual week long training seminars at the USPTO provide Sunnyvale librarians with the most current patent and trademark information.
As a PTDL, Sunnyvale Public Library offers:
* Free access to patent and trademark documents in various formats including through the USPTO Web site, CD-ROM DVD-ROM, and paper
* Patent searching guides and other reference materials on intellectual property
* USPTO-trained staff to answer patent and trademark questions and the ability to request assistance from USPTO experts for obtaining information if further support is needed.
Whether you are researching a new invention or technology, learning about the patents of a particular company, or looking for a patent of a friend or relative, the Sunnyvale Library PTDL has the resources you need. Please note that librarians may not provide legal advice.
News & Events
Research Online
Teens
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Sunnyvale Home > Departments > Library > Patents and Trademarks
Patent and Trademark Services
The Sunnyvale Library is a Patent and Trademark Depository Library (PTDL). Supported by a US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) program and expert staff, PTDLs are the primary personalized channel for the distribution of patent and trademark information to the public. Annual week long training seminars at the USPTO provide Sunnyvale librarians with the most current patent and trademark information.
As a PTDL, Sunnyvale Public Library offers:
* Free access to patent and trademark documents in various formats including through the USPTO Web site, CD-ROM DVD-ROM, and paper
* Patent searching guides and other reference materials on intellectual property
* USPTO-trained staff to answer patent and trademark questions and the ability to request assistance from USPTO experts for obtaining information if further support is needed.
Whether you are researching a new invention or technology, learning about the patents of a particular company, or looking for a patent of a friend or relative, the Sunnyvale Library PTDL has the resources you need. Please note that librarians may not provide legal advice.
Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Patent Intelligence and Technology Report 2007, by Claims Ifi, Hardcover
Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Patent Intelligence and Technology Report 2007, by Claims Ifi, Hardcover The Patent Intelligence and Technology Report (PITR) provides easy access to comprehensive statistical and analytical data that would normally require a costly, on-going research program to compile. Content includes detailed statistics, company profiles, and analysis on all companies that received 10 or more U.S. patents--more than 1,600 companies in 31 countries. With this must-have annual handbook you can determine which companies are key players in a particular technology; identify strategic partners; gain an insider's view of a competitor's patenting activity; review the number of new patents in each category for the past year; and track patenting trends across industries.
10/11/07
BW Online | March 11, 2002 | Tech Stocks: Follow the Patents?
BW Online | March 11, 2002 | Tech Stocks: Follow the Patents? Chi tech-line index outperformed the NASDAQ 23.7% to 39.3 in 2000.and companies with hi-quality patent portfolio are valued 25% higher in market to book valuations.
10/9/07
Brand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Power of branding/trademark even for corporate buyer - no one ever got fired for buying ibm
PricewaterhouseCoopers Study Reveals Companies Need to Address Widening Economic Impact of Unlicensed Technology
PricewaterhouseCoopers Study Reveals Companies Need to Address Widening Economic Impact of Unlicensed Technology 2/3rd of public traded companies in US is intangible assets and IP.
Empires Of The Mind by Denis Waitley
Empires Of The Mind by Denis Waitley Denis Waitley writes in Empires of the Mind, “The leaders of the present and the future will be champions of cooperation more often than of competition. While the power to maintain access to resources will remain important, ‘the survival of the fittest’ mentality will give away to survival of the wisest, a philosophy of understanding, cooperation, knowledge, and reason.”1Access to vital resources has changed because fixed material assets no longer make up the most
important resources. Gaining access to technology means cooperating with other companies, even competitors, in order to gain access to their knowledge-based resources. Independence is again being replaced by interdependence. Waitley succinctly explains, “The future leaders will only get what they want by helping others get what they want.”
important resources. Gaining access to technology means cooperating with other companies, even competitors, in order to gain access to their knowledge-based resources. Independence is again being replaced by interdependence. Waitley succinctly explains, “The future leaders will only get what they want by helping others get what they want.”
10/7/07
Method and apparatus for choosing a ... - Google Patents
Method and apparatus for choosing a stock portfolio, based on patent indicators A portfolio selector technique is described for selecting publicly traded companies to include in a stock market portfolio. The technique is based on a technology score derived from the patent indicators of a set of technology companies with significant patent portfolios. Typical patent indicators may include citation indicators that measure the impact of patented technology on later technology, Technology Cycle Time that measures the speed of innovation of companies, and science linkage that measures leading edge tendencies of companies. Patent indicators measure the effect of quality technology on the company's future performance. The selector technique creates a scoring equation that weights each indicator such that the companies can be scored and ranked based on a combination of patent indicators. The score is then used to select the top ranked companies for inclusion in a stock portfolio. After a fixed period of time, as new patents are issued, the scores are recomputed...
10/4/07
Welcome to Information Holdings Online
Welcome to Information Holdings Online Information Holdings Inc. is a leading provider of intellectual property and regulatory information products and services for professional end users in corporate and legal markets. On November 29, 2004 Information Holdings Inc. was acquired by The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com).
The company’s data businesses, which include MicroPatent®, Master Data Center™ and IDRAC, provide a broad array of databases, information products and complimentary services used by intellectual property and regulatory professionals to research and manage information on a global basis. The company’s Liquent business is a leading provider of life science regulatory intelligence and publishing solutions.
The company’s data businesses, which include MicroPatent®, Master Data Center™ and IDRAC, provide a broad array of databases, information products and complimentary services used by intellectual property and regulatory professionals to research and manage information on a global basis. The company’s Liquent business is a leading provider of life science regulatory intelligence and publishing solutions.
US Patent system to overhaul
Recent trend of increasing number of litigation's and infringement, have questioned the patent benefits. Has this system become too bureaucratic?
Discussions have been on to make the system more efficient and usable.
A legistation to be discussed this fall (2007) in the senate.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130930/article.html
Discussions have been on to make the system more efficient and usable.
A legistation to be discussed this fall (2007) in the senate.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130930/article.html
10/1/07
LES - Licensing Executives Society, USA and Canada
Networking opportunities with technology transfer and development professionals:
LES - Licensing Executives Society, USA and Canada
the association of university technology managers (ATUM)http://www.autm.net/
the commercial development and marketing association (CDMA) http://www.cdmaonline.org/
National inventors hall of fame
LES - Licensing Executives Society, USA and Canada
the association of university technology managers (ATUM)http://www.autm.net/
the commercial development and marketing association (CDMA) http://www.cdmaonline.org/
National inventors hall of fame
IPMetrics Intellectual Property Valuation
IPMetrics Intellectual Property ValuationAs recent headlines in newspapers and magazines have made clear, the U.S. economy has been slowing over the past several months. Consumer confidence and other major economic indicators all point to the increased possibility of a recession this year. In light of these developments, it is more important than ever to make sure that your organization’s intellectual property and research investments are being utilized as efficiently as possible. When performing these assessments, the first place to look to improve your return on investment should be your patent portfolio.
patent fees structure in US
For a small entity some of the fee is cut to half. e.g
Basic filing fee - Utility is $155 for small entity vs $310 for others. Some of the facilities are applicable only to small entity.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee2007september30.htm
Basic filing fee - Utility is $155 for small entity vs $310 for others. Some of the facilities are applicable only to small entity.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee2007september30.htm
Turning Soggy Fries into Extra Profits
Turning Soggy Fries into Extra Profits Interesting idea from Walker digital about how to make profit from last bit of change that customer have? This is called marketing focused innovation!
9/30/07
Chinese Walls
Create knowledge walls to protect individual clients and when multiple companies are working on the same innovation.
Realigning corporate env.
IP dept should work with mkting and suggest them what is already available rather than something acting as after the fact. This way we save engg resources and we are ready to have patent (IP) captured much before it is created.
IP creation can happen from marketing dept.
IP creation can happen from marketing dept.
Regional News -- WSJ Interactive Edition
Economic Focus:
New Index Takes Measure Of the Once Immeasurable The Patent & License Exchange Inc. thinks it has an answer. Set to officially launch this week, the Pasadena company has compiled an Intangible Asset Market Index -- actually five indexes -- that it says will track the values of patents, copyrights and trademarks world-wide in five technology sectors: advanced materials, such as modified alloys and polymers; automotive technology; express-package transport and logistics; health technology; and information technology.
New Index Takes Measure Of the Once Immeasurable The Patent & License Exchange Inc. thinks it has an answer. Set to officially launch this week, the Pasadena company has compiled an Intangible Asset Market Index -- actually five indexes -- that it says will track the values of patents, copyrights and trademarks world-wide in five technology sectors: advanced materials, such as modified alloys and polymers; automotive technology; express-package transport and logistics; health technology; and information technology.
Financial Luminaries Establish The Patent & License Exchange's TRRU Metrics Standards Board - Free Online Library
Financial Luminaries Establish The Patent & License Exchange's TRRU Metrics Standards Board - Free Online Library "These financial authorities are helping establish TRRU Metrics as an industry standard for valuing intellectual property and supporting the emerging needs of businesses looking to manage, market and monetize their intangible assets," said Nir Kossovsky, chief executive officer and chairman of pl-x. "Managing intellectual property is a business, and executives need a standard valuation method to support their daily decision-making."
LegalForce IP Marketplace
LegalForce IP Marketplace IP marketplace is changing with more and more awareness about IP assets. With major portion of world assets in the form intangible form (IP, goodwill etc) both Govts. (for GDP calculations, Taxation), corporations (company valuations, book value vs market value) and stock market is increasing aware of these assets:
- Corporations are giving more and more attention and resources previously afforded only to tangible assets: %age increase in Patent filing, % increase in llitigation in US and worldwide.
- Acquiring and disposing IP assets (buying and selling) is becoming easier and safer: with online valuation and marketplace concepts this has greatly reduced the time and risk associated with IP transactions. Earlier it use to take 3yrs for an IP transaction to take place thus eroding 15% of the value of the IP but with information and financial tools for buyers and sellers this can be done in a more rational way. + Global transactions can take place and corporations/individuals can trade geographical rights.
e.g. An American drug company was a able to add a new drug to its product pipeline in less than 6weeks of finding a small lab in Italy.
thats the same kind of revolution thats taking place when that took place for commodities market in late 19th century with setting up of Chicago broad of trade.
Check the increase in transactions after NYSE setup of CME.
Why don't we apply the same prudent approach that we apply to our tangible assets to our IP assets:
- Sell that generates returns below cost of capital
- Maximize the returns by focusing resources that yield maximum return
so, sell or license what you are not using and buy something that will add value.
Cost of maintaining IP assets world wide for licensing = 20K per asset for 20yrs
Black-scholes equation/Real options Theory made pricing more predictable and made transactions grow.
Valuing Patents has recently been made possible because of the data stream translations of the technology Risk-reward unit (TRRU( valuation model.
Check Intangible Asset Market (IAM)!
- Corporations are giving more and more attention and resources previously afforded only to tangible assets: %age increase in Patent filing, % increase in llitigation in US and worldwide.
- Acquiring and disposing IP assets (buying and selling) is becoming easier and safer: with online valuation and marketplace concepts this has greatly reduced the time and risk associated with IP transactions. Earlier it use to take 3yrs for an IP transaction to take place thus eroding 15% of the value of the IP but with information and financial tools for buyers and sellers this can be done in a more rational way. + Global transactions can take place and corporations/individuals can trade geographical rights.
e.g. An American drug company was a able to add a new drug to its product pipeline in less than 6weeks of finding a small lab in Italy.
thats the same kind of revolution thats taking place when that took place for commodities market in late 19th century with setting up of Chicago broad of trade.
Check the increase in transactions after NYSE setup of CME.
Why don't we apply the same prudent approach that we apply to our tangible assets to our IP assets:
- Sell that generates returns below cost of capital
- Maximize the returns by focusing resources that yield maximum return
so, sell or license what you are not using and buy something that will add value.
Cost of maintaining IP assets world wide for licensing = 20K per asset for 20yrs
Black-scholes equation/Real options Theory made pricing more predictable and made transactions grow.
Valuing Patents has recently been made possible because of the data stream translations of the technology Risk-reward unit (TRRU( valuation model.
Check Intangible Asset Market (IAM)!
Intellectual Property Due Diligence: A Must When Assets Are Transferred
Intellectual Property Due Diligence: A Must When Assets Are Transferred Unless the main motivation for the deal is acquisition of IP assets (such as proprietary software, a key patent portfolio or a valuable brand), buyers often underestimate the importance of IP due diligence. Intellectual property assessment is not considered mandatory in the sense that particular government filings might be required. Intellectual property might not be regarded as being as crucial as real estate, equipment and employee matters. Accordingly, intellectual property due diligence often is relegated to the end of the deal checklist and, as a result, is addressed inadequately or in a last-minute manner. Not surprisingly, there are numerous cases in which an oversight in intellectual property matters has caused the buyer's or the seller's position to be seriously compromised.
One high-profile example came in mid-1998 when Volkswagen was negotiating to acquire the automotive operations of Rolls Royce. VW paid £479 million for these operations, only to find that it had acquired no rights in the valuable Rolls Royce trademark. The mark went to BMW, which had separately negotiated to acquire the trademark rights. In the context of this highly publicized transaction, VW's response options were constrained: It had to get value for its purchase money, yet it did not want to appear to shareholders, the business press and to the public that it had carelessly failed to nail down a key deal term.
One high-profile example came in mid-1998 when Volkswagen was negotiating to acquire the automotive operations of Rolls Royce. VW paid £479 million for these operations, only to find that it had acquired no rights in the valuable Rolls Royce trademark. The mark went to BMW, which had separately negotiated to acquire the trademark rights. In the context of this highly publicized transaction, VW's response options were constrained: It had to get value for its purchase money, yet it did not want to appear to shareholders, the business press and to the public that it had carelessly failed to nail down a key deal term.
9/29/07
Business method patent
Business method patent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1998, the CAFC's landmark decision in the case of State Street Bank and Trust Co. vs Signature Financial Group Inc. removed the barriers that might have existed in obtaining a patent on a so-called business method.
Two categories:
1. specific method of achieving some business-related goal is implemented via a software running on a computer system
2. Conceptual or strategic business plan without any reliance on computer or software system (doubtful if all methods are covered)
Check "first inventor defense"
Two categories:
1. specific method of achieving some business-related goal is implemented via a software running on a computer system
2. Conceptual or strategic business plan without any reliance on computer or software system (doubtful if all methods are covered)
Check "first inventor defense"
Types of Patentss from USPTO
Do you know that?
Utility Patent - 7 digit as USPTO has close to 6M utility patent (largest class)
Design Patents start with "Des"
Plant Patent start with "PP"
Reexamined patents start with "Re"
Utility Patent - 7 digit as USPTO has close to 6M utility patent (largest class)
Design Patents start with "Des"
Plant Patent start with "PP"
Reexamined patents start with "Re"
Invention Process
Invention and creativity are not sure shot recipes to success/monetizable asset. As not every carbon deposit can turn into diamond similarly not all inventions can yield business but a good invention process can promote the creativity, inventor's morale (by recognizing and identified achievement) and help develop those carbon deposits that might create diamonds.
A proper process and collaboration between inventors, marketing, patent facilitators and development team and bring into life many unrecognized nuggets and some of the them might yield into big payoff.
Align Business Processes with Patenting process:
Disclosure -> multiple Provision -> non-provisional -> Additional conditional/associated patents
New Product ->
Concept -> develop -> complete -> improve (new ver)
Mkting driven ->
Product
If you file the patent too early concept might be too generic to result into some business and if you file too late it might be too narrow and competition might have already copied and developed a work around. So filing at right time is the key.
Protect your patent and then plan how your competitors might be able to circumvent your Patent to develop similar products - protect in those areas too by filing additional patents.
Other than that keep a watch out for how you can circumvent your competitors patent to develop your products and protect them too.
Work on your competitors for not only defending yourself but by changing the game - try to prove early on that your competitor has invalid patent.
A proper process and collaboration between inventors, marketing, patent facilitators and development team and bring into life many unrecognized nuggets and some of the them might yield into big payoff.
Align Business Processes with Patenting process:
Disclosure -> multiple Provision -> non-provisional -> Additional conditional/associated patents
New Product ->
Concept -> develop -> complete -> improve (new ver)
Mkting driven ->
Product
If you file the patent too early concept might be too generic to result into some business and if you file too late it might be too narrow and competition might have already copied and developed a work around. So filing at right time is the key.
Protect your patent and then plan how your competitors might be able to circumvent your Patent to develop similar products - protect in those areas too by filing additional patents.
Other than that keep a watch out for how you can circumvent your competitors patent to develop your products and protect them too.
Work on your competitors for not only defending yourself but by changing the game - try to prove early on that your competitor has invalid patent.
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9/26/07
Ideas to Business
With Globalization and knowledge led economy, we are in a new world of Intellectual Property. Companies need to cultivate new proactive attitude towards IP by looking at IP as a business itself by taking advantage of companies trademarks, patents and other intellectual Property. Businesses not only have to understand their own innovation but also need to understand what is available (which is becoming more and more complex with increasing number of Patents filed every year across the globe). To survive and flourish in this highly competitive environment Business need to develop a comprehensive "Innovation Strategy" based on following principles:
1. Pre-Development stage: Check the IP landscape - existing Patents (claims) - provisional, pending and granted; Products, common knowledge
- use existing knowledge and not reinvent the wheel
- avoid infringement
- license something and improve time to market and still hold monopolistic rights (Patents)
- Fit Patent Portfolio
- oppose/opposition/reexamination procedures
2. Development stage: Watch what competitors are doing?
- use existing knowledge as much as possible
- Explore areas to broaden/potential for numerous patentable inventions
3. Later-Development stage:
- File one vs multiple patents?
- Patent portfolio - defensive vs offensive patents
- Claims broad or narrow
- Product/process/machine patents
- countries and type of Patent - Process vs Product vs trade secret
4. Post Development stage:
- Patent Watch/Insurance
- Licensing/Technology transfer/Valuations
- Divisional patent or Continuation Patents
- Geographic licensing
- Trademarks
- Countries to consider for Patents
- generate strategies to answer opponents
1. Pre-Development stage: Check the IP landscape - existing Patents (claims) - provisional, pending and granted; Products, common knowledge
- use existing knowledge and not reinvent the wheel
- avoid infringement
- license something and improve time to market and still hold monopolistic rights (Patents)
- Fit Patent Portfolio
- oppose/opposition/reexamination procedures
2. Development stage: Watch what competitors are doing?
- use existing knowledge as much as possible
- Explore areas to broaden/potential for numerous patentable inventions
3. Later-Development stage:
- File one vs multiple patents?
- Patent portfolio - defensive vs offensive patents
- Claims broad or narrow
- Product/process/machine patents
- countries and type of Patent - Process vs Product vs trade secret
4. Post Development stage:
- Patent Watch/Insurance
- Licensing/Technology transfer/Valuations
- Divisional patent or Continuation Patents
- Geographic licensing
- Trademarks
- Countries to consider for Patents
- generate strategies to answer opponents
9/23/07
Patent Cafe Magazine
Patent Cafe Magazine Intellectual Property Business Strategy For The Independent and Small Business Innovator
9/22/07
Patent Insurance: Teflon Coating on Armour?
Patent Insurance: Teflon Coating on Armour?
Patent insurance either pays a company for losses incurred if the company infringes - or is accused of infringing - on someone else's patent. Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corp. of Louisville, Ky. was the only company selling it throughout most of the 1980s in the U.S. Around 1987, a second company called Litigation Risk Management, Inc. from Texas started selling patent insurance through a company called Anco Insurance. There may be more companies selling patent insurance in the U.S. now. Other companies sell patent insurance in Europe.
Patent insurance either pays a company for losses incurred if the company infringes - or is accused of infringing - on someone else's patent. Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corp. of Louisville, Ky. was the only company selling it throughout most of the 1980s in the U.S. Around 1987, a second company called Litigation Risk Management, Inc. from Texas started selling patent insurance through a company called Anco Insurance. There may be more companies selling patent insurance in the U.S. now. Other companies sell patent insurance in Europe.
PatentFizz™ - Delivering patent-based information, engaging the community, and facilitating the patent discussion
PatentFizz™ - Delivering patent-based information, engaging the community, and facilitating the patent discussion
Patent Lens Home
Patent Lens Home Patent Lens is an independent, public-good global resource for increasing patent transparency.
9/19/07
DERWENT
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We are the world’s leading patent and scientific information provider, helping our customers stay ahead of their competitors by providing them with key technical, scientific and business information drawn from patents, industry standards, research journals and conference proceedings.
Our patent searching, analysis and IP management solutions include:
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MDC™ — high quality IP management services
PatentWeb® — the world's largest commercial collection of patent data, with over 50 million full-text and front-page records
We are the world’s leading patent and scientific information provider, helping our customers stay ahead of their competitors by providing them with key technical, scientific and business information drawn from patents, industry standards, research journals and conference proceedings.
Our patent searching, analysis and IP management solutions include:
Derwent World Patents Index® — the most comprehensive database of global, value-added patent documents
Aureka® — advanced IP management and analysis platform
Delphion® — full-text patent documents with powerful search technology plus analysis and productivity tools
MDC™ — high quality IP management services
PatentWeb® — the world's largest commercial collection of patent data, with over 50 million full-text and front-page records
Thinking XML: Patent filings meet XML
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think23.html
The major patent organizations all have the dual goal of making electronic patent filing easy and making such filings compatible from one office to another. XML is the leading technology behind these efforts and a great deal of thought and work has gone into XML formats for patent filing. In this column, Uche Ogbuji examines the background of XML patent e-filing and chats with patent expert Carl Oppedahl about the practicalities of XML filings. Share your thoughts on this article with the author and other readers in the accompanying discussion forum.
The major patent organizations all have the dual goal of making electronic patent filing easy and making such filings compatible from one office to another. XML is the leading technology behind these efforts and a great deal of thought and work has gone into XML formats for patent filing. In this column, Uche Ogbuji examines the background of XML patent e-filing and chats with patent expert Carl Oppedahl about the practicalities of XML filings. Share your thoughts on this article with the author and other readers in the accompanying discussion forum.
Software Tools for Analyzing Patents
http://www.piug.org/pattools.php
From my understanding, this analysis can be divided into two broad categories. These are data mining (or mapping) and text mining. Data mining involves the extraction of fielded data and the analysis thereof. An example would be if someone wanted to examine the relationship between patent assignees and International Patent Classification codes for a specific area of technology. Mining or mapping this information can give someone an idea of who are the major players in a technology area and what type of work they are generally focusing on. When using Derwent data, a similar analysis can be done replacing IPC codes with Derwent manual codes.
Text mining or mapping typically involves clustering or categorizing documents based on the major concepts that are contained within. The data source is unstructured text data, it is not fielded and the only structure is that which the author has applied when they wrote the document and built relationships between different concepts within. An example of this would be if you collected patents from a specific patent assignee and you analyzed the text of these documents. In a cluster map the software would extract the major concepts found within and create clusters of documents that appear to cover the same concept. The software would then visualize these clusters in some fashion creating a map. By looking at the clusters that were created (and subsequently the documents themselves, but now with an organized method) you can quickly get a general idea of the concepts that this organization is working on and how they interrelate.
From my understanding, this analysis can be divided into two broad categories. These are data mining (or mapping) and text mining. Data mining involves the extraction of fielded data and the analysis thereof. An example would be if someone wanted to examine the relationship between patent assignees and International Patent Classification codes for a specific area of technology. Mining or mapping this information can give someone an idea of who are the major players in a technology area and what type of work they are generally focusing on. When using Derwent data, a similar analysis can be done replacing IPC codes with Derwent manual codes.
Text mining or mapping typically involves clustering or categorizing documents based on the major concepts that are contained within. The data source is unstructured text data, it is not fielded and the only structure is that which the author has applied when they wrote the document and built relationships between different concepts within. An example of this would be if you collected patents from a specific patent assignee and you analyzed the text of these documents. In a cluster map the software would extract the major concepts found within and create clusters of documents that appear to cover the same concept. The software would then visualize these clusters in some fashion creating a map. By looking at the clusters that were created (and subsequently the documents themselves, but now with an organized method) you can quickly get a general idea of the concepts that this organization is working on and how they interrelate.
9/15/07
IP Portals - windows on the world of intellectual property - Thomson Scientific
IP Portals- windows on the world of intellectual property - Thomson Scientific
Delphion - the largest online patent database makes news
Delphion - the largest online patent database makes news: Analysts say there's room for only seven Web companies to survive in the online patent information industry. Their success will depend on whether business customers will accept the Web as a storehouse for patent information. Otherwise, the online patent industry will become another casualty on the Web, like Net-based grocers
An accounting rule change could help the licensing business. The Financial Accounting Standards Board says companies must provide by January the value of intangible assets such as patents on their balance sheets.
An accounting rule change could help the licensing business. The Financial Accounting Standards Board says companies must provide by January the value of intangible assets such as patents on their balance sheets.
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Business plan for startup business - Templates - Microsoft Office Online
Business plan for startup business - Templates - Microsoft Office Online
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AlwaysOn Stanford Summit Webcast | AlwaysOn
Stanford Summit 2007 Live WebcastThe Stanford Summit is live from July 31-Aug 2. Catch all the action on our Live Webcast.
7/28/07
Enhanced Patent™ Document Sets From The Patent Supply Co.
Enhanced Patent™ Document Sets From The Patent Supply Co. Value Added. Our feature-rich patent documents were designed with busy IP practitioners in mind.
We've added tools to our patent documents like search, notes and a FigFolio™ to help you streamline your workflow. Whether your drafting a provisional, studying prior art, responding to an office action, or preparing a validity opinion, our documents will help you work more effectively.
We've added tools to our patent documents like search, notes and a FigFolio™ to help you streamline your workflow. Whether your drafting a provisional, studying prior art, responding to an office action, or preparing a validity opinion, our documents will help you work more effectively.
7/27/07
WIPO Reformed IPC: Internet Publication
WIPO Reformed IPC: Internet Publication IP International Classification
7/25/07
Litigation Financing | Commercial Litigation Financing | Litigation Cash Advances | Litigation Financing Companies
Litigation Financing Litigation is a very costly affair. An individual involved in litigation needs good financial backing to work out the case, hire a lawyer, and settle court dues and other small and big expenses. Most people fighting lawsuits may face financial hardships. They may not even go in for a fair settlement. At such a time, the Litigation Financing comes in handy.
The future of food fabrication, intellectual property and seeds
http://www.newstarget.com/019361.html
7/21/07
Patent Ratings
Patent Ratings Our patented methodologies are derived from assessing the entire 7 million U.S. issued patent universe along with studying the inter-relationships of over 50 discrete attributes associated with a single patent issuance.
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Patent Analytics and Patent Searching
Patent Analytics and Patent Searching The best online site for free patent searching, has had a makeover. In addition to the graphical differences, the site has been completely rewritten to allow more users, more powerful functions, and more data.
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Mandatory RegistrationWith a single search, you can query the world's top patent collections, like the USPTO, EPO, WIPO PCT and INPADOC
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Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks - Books, Software
http://www.greatideagear.com/patent.copyright.trademark.html
Patent softwares
http://www.ipmenu.com/ipsoftware.htm
Patent Prosecution software
http://www।greatideagear.com/iclaim-patent-software.html
Patent Prosecution software
http://www।greatideagear.com/iclaim-patent-software.html
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The Patent Board
The Patent Board
Founded in 1968 as a patent analytics and research institution, The Patent Board is the leading independent provider of best practices research, tools and metrics for patent analysis and intellectual property investment. The Patent Board tracks and analyzes innovation, movement, and the business value of patent assets across every industry on a global basis.
Founded in 1968 as a patent analytics and research institution, The Patent Board is the leading independent provider of best practices research, tools and metrics for patent analysis and intellectual property investment. The Patent Board tracks and analyzes innovation, movement, and the business value of patent assets across every industry on a global basis.
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