How we used the Doctrine of Equivalent to prove Infringement?
Have you ever faced the challenge where you know your subject invention is being infringed by a company but you have no proof of it? What do you do in cases where the products that could be infringing are not disclosing their invention? When there’s no proof found in the literature or in any of […]
How to find prior art when mathematical expressions are part of the claim elements?
Finding prior art for a patent that has a mathematical expression or a complex equation in its claim is hard. If you have worked on such cases before, you would know it is not like another keyword-based search that can be done by anyone. Spending more time would also not give you the desired result. […]
Companies turn down the offer to license or buy my patent. Why?
Ever wondered why you are not able to license or sell your patents despite them being of high value? Often, I come across licensing managers, IP heads and patent owners confused as to why they are not able to license or sell their quality patents? A refined question would be – how to financially get […]
How to Draw Crucial Insights from Patent Landscape Analysis?
The consumers of landscape studies are broad, ranging from business executives to university management, and from IP counsels to R&D teams. Further, they all have their own set of requirements. A business executive, for example, will get a landscape analysis conducted for making a business decision – the potential market for a product, revenue expansion, […]
Patent Licensing Insights: Insights on Recent Patents Acquired by Samsung
Patent Licensing Insights is a section featuring insights/trends from our in-house tool BOS, which can help anybody in designing and picking appropriate patent monetization and acquisition strategies. Short for Business Opportunity for Sales (not a great name but we love the abbreviation), the BOS tool: Onto the insights. Recently, Samsung acquired 52 US assets from Nokia. A transaction involving […]
Basics of IPR Explained: Four Types of Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the bundle of legal rights granted with the aim to protect the creations of the intellect of either an individual or a group or an organization individually or collectively. Intellectual property is divided into two broad classes: Industrial Property and Copyright. Industrial property includes patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and […]