Posts in Business
Quickly Modeling Patent Value
Imagine you are presenting to your boss and requesting approval of a $2 million purchase of four patent families. Already savvy about market prices, she is focused on …
ITC Decision to Review Final Initial Determination in Botox Case Could Have Big Implications for Trade Secrets
Last week, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a notice in the Matter of “Certain Botulinum Toxin Products, Processes for Manufacturing or Relating to Same …
Quickly Modeling Patent Market Prices
Imagine you have found four patent families that address a specific risk to your business, and you are about to ask your boss to approve buying those …
‘IP Consciousness’ – It Starts with Leadership
Intellectual property rights continue to be the Rodney Dangerfield of assets - they “can't get no respect.” The reasons are complex, but not terribly surprising, given the …
Panelists Provide Perspectives on The Gender Gap in Stem Education, Funding and Inventorship
As IPWatchdog’s Virtual CON2020 continues, in a session on Day 7 titled “The Gender Gap: Stem Education, Funding & Inventorship,” a panel discussed the current underrepresentation of women …
The ‘Inventorpreneur’, America’s Economic Savior
As we start to approach the apex of the COVID-19 pandemic, the next hurdle will be solving the economic crisis. Getting people back to work will be …
‘Intangible Investor’ Column Moves to IPWatchdog
Starting this week, Bruce Berman, author and CEO of Brody Berman Associates and founder and chairman of the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding, an independent non-profit, will …
A Changing Economy Provides an Opportunity to Reassess Corporate IP Strategy
The current novel coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic fallout may provide a good opportunity to step back and reevaluate the way companies approach intellectual property. Many …
ITIF Report Recommends Enhanced U.S. Tax Incentives for R&D
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) yesterday released a report authored by John Lester and Jacek Warda, titled “Enhanced Tax Incentives for R&D Would Make Americans …
Computing on the Edge of a Pandemic: Rethinking Legal and Compliance Functions in a Rapidly Evolving Network Technology Architecture
On the heels of a global pandemic where safety requires that we socially distance and work from anywhere, demand is exploding for innovation to adapt to this …
Special Interest Group Implores Congress to Extend CBM Program
Two weeks before the Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents (CBM) Program, implemented in 2012 under the America Invents Act (AIA), is set to expire, a special …
Don’t Focus on the Fight: When it Comes to Trade Secrets, it’s the Transaction that Counts
Tuning in to the recent sentencing of Anthony Levandowski for criminal trade secret theft, I was reminded of the wise observation about relationships, that remembering the ending …
Microsoft Supports Epic Games’ Complaint Against Apple for Anti-Competitive Practices
On August 23, Microsoft filed a declaration in support of Epic Games, Inc.’s August 13th Complaint for Injunctive Relief against Apple, Inc., in which Epic alleged that …
Apple v. Prepear: Does Apple Really Need All the Fruit?
How many types of fruit does one mega-company need to protect its trademarks? Apparently, Apple Inc. believes an image of a pear used in connection with a …
Apparel Trademarks: How the Mere Ornamentation Technicality May Be Undermining Your Brand
The value of your company’s intellectual property cannot be understated, particularly in the current economic climate. But this should not be news to you, especially if …
