How we used Electrical Signal Analysis to Reverse Engineer the various processes happening inside a smartphone?
Recently, one of our client contacted us with a project which required a Reverse Engineering based infringement analysis of cutting edge tech. This article discusses how we went about the RE and helped monetize the patent portfolio. A few months ago, we were contacted by Bob*, VP of IP Monetization at a Fortune 500 organization. […]
Patent infringement on a Fleet of Hybrid Vehicles
A few years ago, as part of an ongoing relationship with a major U.S. defense contractor, we were asked to run a monetization analysis on a large patent portfolio, to identify patents likely to produce revenue. The contractor has a huge, active R&D department, and at the time, their portfolio contained somewhere in the neighborhood […]
How we Performed Reverse engineering of an OLED Display to Confirm Infringement?
Did you know that an OLED is 200 times thinner than a strand of a human hair? The thickness of a strand of human hair is approximately 30 to 100 micrometers while that of an OLED is 100 to 500 nanometers. Pretty thin, eh? Well, the story I am about to share with you today […]
Third Party Preissuance Submissions – Everything you need to know about this defensive patent strategy
If you have a tough competitor who is very active in creating IP, chances are you might be looking for an effective patent strategy to thwart their plans and outpace them. Talking about thwarting plans, I have just the strategy for you, which won’t cost much and help accomplish your purpose. Intrigued? Read on. It […]
How and Why You Need to Strengthen Their Intellectual Property: 4 Powerful Strategies
At GreyB, companies often approach us with the broad objective of having us help them strengthen their IP position. It’s a challenge that incorporates elements of the three core IP research sectors—finding prior art, patent analytics, and patent commercialization—and often involves creating a comprehensive patent strategy. Depending on their focus areas and preferences, businesses choose […]
Art of winning at IPR – Creating a stronger litigation strategy by attacking a problem from various angles
An attorney fighting a litigation suit is not unlike a soldier on a battlefield. The soldier equipped with sniper or high-tech weapons could give a deadly blow to the enemy, however, that’s not enough. He also requires something to defend himself, and most importantly, a devised strategy to conquer at any cost. An attorney, challenging […]
We use Non patent literature to find relevant patents which can serve as kickass prior art. Here’s how we do it!
In the US, while presenting a piece of non-patent literature (NPL) as a valid prior art, the litigators have to overcome challenges of proving that the NPL was publicly accessible and that the presented NPL complies with hearsay and authentication rule. As a vendor search partner, one way we try to make the life of […]
Our Experience: Common Problems for Patent Review Boards and Our Processes for Solving Them
Especially at young, fast-growing companies, few employees are under more pressure than members of the Patent Review Board, or PRB—also known as a Patent Review Committee. Generally composed of scientists and engineers who’ve done time in the trenches of R&D, the PRB acts as a vital go-between higher-ups and engineers and scientists, translating executive direction […]
Are you using spreadsheets to manage your patent portfolio?
The utility, supply, and demand of IP have seen a significant shift in the last decade, and so has the way leading companies view IP. A decade ago, companies wielded IP more as a way to gain competitive advantage by excluding others, but today, the best IP strategy is to collaborate rather than confront. IP […]
How a Patent Monetization Analysis Helped a Major Asian Telecom Company Prepare to Defend Patent Infringement Lawsuits in the US
In 2017, we heard from an executive who was heading up a team that specialized in mobile and augmented reality-related technology at a large Asian telecom company. She had a troublesome problem having to do with patent monetization—the process of generating revenue from patents—which she couldn’t realistically solve herself. The researchers on her team were highly […]
The Case of winning an IPR at PTAB
Old times were simple. There was a plaintiff, who tried to sue a company, and then the company asked us to find some good prior art. We logged in to simple patent databases, many of which were free, entered few keyword-based search strings and poof! good results. Case settled. The client was happy, we were happy! […]
Smart Patent Monetization Strategies For Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises
Since September 2012 the USPTO has been invalidating a majority of the patents for which proceedings have been initiated under the inter parties review (“IPR”) process. Statistics on IPR proceedings have been available since its inception. The current numbers are far from comforting to patent owners. Given these statistics, is there still a way to […]
Litigation Financing: A way for SMEs and Startups to Fight Patent Battles
Patent litigation poses multiple challenges for SMEs. If you have a large player using your technology, it is not going to be easy to stop them without going into litigation. Notices do not work when you have an army of lawyers on the other end. Secondly, for small entities like SMEs, startups, and individual inventors, […]
How Machine Learning and Chinese Craigslist Helped Invalidate a Decade-Old Patent
In 2016, a major Chinese smartphone manufacturer came to us with a problem. The company was being sued by a competitor, also based in China, for patent infringement, and they would soon have to appear in court to defend themselves. The penalties for patent infringement can potentially be very painful—fines reaching into the millions of dollars, […]
4 clever patent monetization strategies for saving thousands on consultancy
Clever is the one who has mastered the art of saving money, for that money could be spent on million other things. Saving money is an art, of which a few are a pro while many fail at it. A bit of tweak here and there and an average person could save a dozen bucks […]
How a Circuit We Designed Helped Solve a Prior Art Puzzle
In 2017, we were approached by an attorney representing a large manufacturer of digital and analog computer chips that we’ll call Chip and Dale Corp. Another chip manufacturer had recently contacted the company. We’ll call them Chip Off the Ol’ Block LLC. Chip Off the Ol’ Block claimed that Chip and Dale were using the […]
