How GreyB Uses the “Investigative Approach” to Navigate IP Research
Around the world, the system of patents that governs new ideas and technology can seem practically designed to mislead people, making them think that they can see the field clearly when in fact much of what’s visible is an illusion—truly vital information remains hidden. In an environment where incomplete information about tech and IP often causes […]
Why you should not rely on just one database for all your search needs?
This article highlights some of the issues caused by sticking with just one database for all your search needs and how it could be solved. Whether you’re an attorney/counsel searcher conducting searches, this article will surely be an eye-opener for a lot of you. Whenever we start a new project our first tendency is to […]
What you do not know about Google Image Search
If you are a person who deals with design patents, then we have written this article for you. This article highlights how conducting design searches using Google Image Search feature could throw confidentiality out of the window, especially in cases of patentability searches. What are your thoughts on novelty and design search? Which one would […]
System Prior Art: Why we prioritize it over other references?
Have you ever been in a situation where your IPR got instituted, but the PTO declared the challenged claim as valid? If a challenged claim(s) is declared valid by the USPTO in IPR, and later a petitioner asserts earlier challenged claim(s) before a court, he has to overcome a challenge presented by 35 USC § […]
What is Inter Partes Review, Post Grant Review and Covered Business Method Review?
You are an inventor. You have with great efforts secured a patent which has cost you a good quarter of your bank balance. You want to make the most out of your newly granted patent and decide to find if there are any organizations out there infringing on your patent. After a lot of time […]
Should you File Design Patents?
Editor’s Note: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton (a leading US patent law firm) and GreyB Services collaborated to help you understand what kind of research trends 12 fast-growing tech sectors are displaying. To achieve the objective, we analyzed the patent filing trends of these industries at the USPTO. A copy of the full published study is […]
Artificial Intelligence Research Trends based on Patents
In 2018, we witnessed a dramatic rise in AI-based platforms, tools, and applications. One reason is that the big players from multiple domains like Google, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Facebook, Microsoft, and IBM are investing in AI R&D to bridge the lab to the consumer gap. Another reason for the growth in AI research is an increase […]
A 15K Feet View of Top 12 Emerging Technologies
What are the research trends our industry is following? Which competitor is building what kind of technical expertise? Are these among some of the questions that you want to get answered? Patent analytics is one of the ways to understand the current trend and forecast the futuristic ones. Further, it also helps decision-makers as you […]
How Law firms can use the Feedback Model to improve client retention?
Law firms and Feedback — Multiple pieces of research on the subject have shown that there are extremely minimal chances that a client would stick to a law firm if proper feedback is not taken on time or considered in the further approach of their case. However, it has been observed that only 16% of […]
Share this with your search vendor when multiple round of searches lead to nothing
Many a time, even after multiple rounds of searches – in house, from the client’s side, and using vendors – leads to no results. One reason it happens because the winning prior art is unsearchable or in other words doesn’t come up using the keyword-based searches. We have found ourselves in such a situation multiple […]
11 Supreme Court Decisions That Have Affected US Patent Laws In Past Decade
In the dispute between Helsinn Healthcare v Teva Pharmaceutical, the Supreme court unanimously decided and affirmed the Federal Circuit decision to consider a secret sale as prior art. The decision led the case to become one of the famous Supreme Court patent cases. It all started when Helsinn began developing a drug-using palonosetron to treat […]
Why you should add Expired Patents in a FTO report?
We received a freedom-to-operate search from John, a decade-old client of ours. We share a pleasant relationship where we could discuss our concerns and requirements straight away. John was handling the freedom to operate (FTO) project for one of his clients for the very first time. One thing we sensed that John wanted to give […]
Supply Chain Management: How to use Patents for Risk Mitigation and strategic negotiations?
Apple has suppliers in more than 30 countries around the world. GM, to produce the Chevy Volts, uses more than 800 suppliers. Businesses face many challenges – from natural calamities to man-made disasters, and from govt. regulations to customers’ tendency to blow hot and cold. The complex supply chains are only adding to the woes […]
8 SMEs Using Patents as part of their Business Strategy
Julija Kaminskaite, as a part of her business school program, submitted her thesis on reducing the failure rate of SMEs. What astounded me when I was reading through the paper was this particular statement, which I have paraphrased here – “In the past few years, the failure rate of SMEs fluctuated from 70 to 90%, […]
How to Get Broader and Good Quality Patents
This article, authored by Shikhar Sahni, first appeared as a guest article on IPWatchdog.com Patents, for a long while, have been an integral part of the business development strategy. Companies like ARM and Qualcomm have built their business around patents which constitute a major part of their revenue. And the quality of their patents, for […]
Why Keeping a track of reassignments in your domain is important?
Patent transactions in a domain can reveal many overlooked insights — Insights that your competitors might not be paying attention to when crafting their research and development strategies, or when planning a new business model, or even while simply performing a market analysis. Take the example of smartwatches. Recently released Apple Watch series 4 is […]
