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 […]
Prior Art Search: Digging Deep into Combination Art
As a litigator, you love killer prior art, don’t you? But sometimes you must make do with 103-type if you are in the US. The sound of 103-type just made you sigh, didn’t it? It is justified too. Weak prior art can create conflicts for any attorney in any case. Fighting with a 103-type prior […]
Can our products face litigation when they come to the market?
How do you assess for your company, if the risk of patent litigation is ahead on the cards? Companies, especially the ones based on internet technology face a constantly evolving landscape. This in turn makes them vulnerable to financial and reputational losses if IP risks develop. As a result, it has created an exigency for […]
What is holding you back from taming the SEP dragon?
SEPs are a honeypot for the companies that are aiming to gain supremacy over their competitors. The current status of the SEP world is painted in our other articles. Looking at the average share of SEPs in a company’s portfolio, however, is not very promising, as some companies are yet to participate in the SEP […]
Indicators for Telecom Companies to identify 5G SEPs in their Portfolio
Preamble In this study, we aimed to identify the top players in the 5G technology (NOT 5G SEP, NOT Core SEP) and countries which are flag-bearers for innovating in this technology. The intent was to make people aware of the progress made in the industry so far. It was an automated analysis and no manual […]
How intellectual curiosity helped us identify a killer prior art in a short timeframe?
Have you ever faced a situation where you had to find killer prior art in a limited time frame? Let me tell you what happened when we faced a similar challenge recently. In this case client wanted a killer art, but within a week. Tom, a European litigation attorney, came to us with a prior […]
From Patent Prosecution to Licensing, Intellectual Property Management is just a Tool away!
Are you an IP counsel who is looking for tools for handling various facets of your job – Be it patent prosecution, litigation, monetization, or patent portfolio management? If yes, this article is for you. In our earlier articles in the series, we emphasized the necessity of legal tech in your day to day job, […]
How we helped a smart young partner of a law firm find patent infringement for his client
“Our group would like to proceed with the initial search outlined to identify companies who could be infringing U.S. Patent No. XXXX971”, emailed Chris – Partner in a proclaimed law firm and a new client of ours. Chris had recently realized that a patent drafted by him and assigned to one of his clients in […]
14 Famous Patent Infringement Cases that changed US Patent Law
The patent system that exists today in the US is a result of multiple decisions and verdicts that shaped the course of history for patent laws. Some decisions were minorly significant, while others had a major impact and changed laws on patentability and how patents were perceived. Every verdict changed some aspects of patent law […]
How to leverage the power of Salesforce in Patent portfolio management?
Do you use Salesforce in your organization? If yes, this write-up is for you. Excuse me for starting the article abruptly, but I don’t want to waste a second and directly jump on to help you with saving time (see what I did there?). Recently, we were in talks with the IP counsel of an […]
93 Famous Patent cases that can help identify USPTO Abstract ideas
How do you tell apart an abstract idea from another? More importantly, in this post-Alice era, how do you identify patent abstract ideas which determine the subject matter eligibility for claims? Ever since the Alice verdict, it has become increasingly important to assess the patent-eligible subject matter in consonance with section 101 (§101) of the […]
Where does the legal tech fit in your operations as a counsel?
To stay operational in times like this — when the Coronavirus epidemic is forcing offices to stay shut — is a challenge of unprecedented magnitude for all firms, big or small. “We are in this together” is one of the widely circulating messages. Though it is true that we are in this situation together, we […]
Patent Licensing And Its Types: Everything You Need to Know
Bringing a new product or invention to the market is not an easy job. It is a time-consuming process and the work starts from the day you had your eureka moment. Filing a patent to protect your invention, and then moving from the planning stage to manufacturing involves a lot of hurdles. Even getting a […]
Why adopting Legal Tech is akin to drinking water for a 2021 IP Counsel?
Does the idea of getting approximately 7.2 times the return on investment OR reducing legal spending by 20% OR saving 28% (80% in a few cases) in contract reviewing time appeal to you? If yes, then what I have to say next might interest you. And no, I didn’t pull these numbers out of thin […]
How to Perform a Free Comprehensive Trademark Search?
Joe came up with a great name for his soon-to-be-released product. He is proud of the selection and cannot wait to share it with the world. In this moment of excitement, he makes plans to move forward with the name for the new product line in the United States. There is a problem, though: No […]
Did Johnson and Johnson sell RoC Skincare because they found a better alternate to Retinol?
“RoC has a rich history of skincare solutions innovation stemming from its French pharmacy roots. As the first brand to stabilize Retinol, which is one of the top U.S. dermatologist-recommended cosmetic ingredients for improving the appearance of aging skin, RoC continues to be one of the largest brands solely focused on anti-aging skin care products,” […]
