Bell Semiconductor’s US7231626B2 is taking semiconductor companies under its radar. Are you safe?
Bell Semiconductor, an entity of Hilco Global, has thousands of patents in the semiconductor domain. However, despite the connotations, it is a category 2 Non-Practicing Entity and doesn’t seem to sell or develop anything. Instead, the company focuses solely on acquiring and asserting patents, and its recent lawsuit against 25 semiconductor companies has become a […]
How we found prior-art for an infant food formulation company using USDA data?
We recently closed a prior art search where our client, from one of the leading infant food formulation companies, was in a tough spot as their competitor had sued them for one of their inventions. Unfortunately, only a couple of days were left for the hearing of this case, and he approached us with little […]
Can Amazon survive the heat? Inside the State Farm vs Amazon Lawsuit
Alexa, can Amazon protect itself against the State Farm lawsuit? … While Alexa might not have the answer to this, we sure do. Stay tuned till the end, and you will too. Many dream of collaborating with Amazon and not filing a lawsuit against them. Right? Similarly, State Farm, one of the largest insurance companies […]
How research dissertations proved obviousness in Pharmaceutical formulation patents?
As a litigator, you always want to find that killer prior art that will eventually help your clients win an invalidity case, right? But despite your best attempts, there may not always be a perfect Tier-I reference(s). GreyB’s motto revolves around the fact that ‘IF it exists, we will find it’. The condition here is […]
We found prior art for a patent in Jurassic Park!
Yes, you read that right. I found system prior art for a validity search in the Jurassic Park movie! While you are probably wondering how and what? Please hold on to your excitement as I thoroughly take you through the case. (Some might even define this journey as thrilling as the movie itself 😛) But […]
How we decided to challenge a formulation patent based on its claim language?
Finding a bang-on prior art result with all the required features and publishing before the cut-off date of your targeted patent is the end game. Right? But what if you still cannot use it against the target patent? It’s a very tricky situation, which makes this case interesting. We recently came across a situation where, […]
Case Study: How we mined through 1600 patents to find valuable assets
Patents aim to add value to a company through different forms of monetization, and when the size of the patent portfolio increases, it becomes all the more important to identify the top-line assets. Considering the difference patent mining can make to a client, it can be time-consuming when you have to find a dozen good […]
How collaborative problem solving landed us a Tier 1 prior art? Ft. Souvik
When humans, in general, come across a problem, our first instinct is to solve it ourselves. This boosts our confidence to prove to others that we are capable and skilled enough. While there isn’t anything wrong with it, at times the problem is bigger than us. Hence, when stuck in a situation, taking a different […]
Case Study: How patent analytics enhanced the competitive analysis?
Intelligence today is about using the collective knowledge of the organisation to reach an advantageous position in industry” ~~ Stevan Dedijer, the Father of Business Intelligence Walmart launched its intelligent food system for produce in March 2018, and it must not have come as a surprise to other players if they had been tracking Walmart’s […]
Case Study: How Patents Unmasked Alibaba’s Secret Partner?
How would you know about a startup or a new player about which there is too little or nothing written on the internet? It won’t appear on Bloomberg or Crunchbase. And, you cannot miss it being in your market research report just because they haven’t made it to the news yet. What if such a […]
We found this GEM patent for our client
Not all that shines is gold and not every patent in your portfolio is a gem patent. Every inventor has a plan to eventually monetize their patent. But almost 80% of patents never see the light of any licensing, litigation, or overlap. And it is those 20% patents that seek revenue for their owners – […]
Time travel to find prior art in a Social Media project
GreyB researchers handle multiple projects and since we have teams that are expert in different technologies, we as a company get exposure to see the future from various angles. As an editor, I read multiple case studies, and it isn’t a bed of roses! Though I cannot understand the struggle of our researchers, as they […]
How did we find Prior Art in YouTube’s video demonstrations?
Have you ever heard of hiding in plain sight? How often do you skip the details because they look pretty obvious? But, a more important question: why am I asking these questions? It’s well understood that a keen eye is required for analyzing patents. A single missed result can be catastrophic. For example, in litigation cases, […]
How we built a strong case to license a patent that had no infringement
“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” -Duke Ellington For my team, this case was a chance to brainstorm the best strategies to monetize patents when there is no infringement. How did we get here? What did we do next? And how did we win this one? Well, let’s back track […]
The art of prior-art searching – Finding prior-art for a dental device on Facebook
For a researcher, prior-art searching means following a set of patterns and ending with a bang-on result. Finding a bang-on result for every case is not easy. From the beginning of my career as a researcher at GreyB, I have heard so many stories from my peers and seniors about when they had nothing in […]
Patent Invalidation search: Invalidating a Med-Tech patent by concept-hacking
“… Intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience”, Einstein said. Ideas are just a mash-up of already existing information. And what if I tell you with that logic, we conducted a successful patent invalidation search of a recently litigated patent in the US? Yes, that’s right. One of our old clients, Sean, […]