How Competitive Patent Landscape Analysis helps IP Counsels?
A patent counsel’s job is not limited to patent prosecution, litigation, and maintenance only. A patent counsel wears multiple hats and plays a key role in strategic planning –in business as well as R&D, assesses present technical competencies of his firm, predicts technological trends in the future, and anticipates a competitive environment. In today’s article, […]
Prior art search: When simple and obvious concepts are patented in a different industry
Patent attorneys are often in a zero-sum game when it comes to litigation. Wins are attributed to how strong the prior art is with the attorney. My job is to find this prior art. Most patent search companies run patent searches like every prior art search is same. If I have to be raw and […]
Litigators, Are you facing difficulty in finding expert witness in your patent litigation?
Patent litigation is greatly influenced by having an expert witness on your side. These expert witnesses provide testimony for infringement, validity, damages, etc. As a patent litigator, you would want to on-board such individuals in your team during trials. However, the key question is not whether an expert witness helps or not. It is – How […]
USPTO Patent Center – A Massive Treasure Chest for IP Industry
The patent community has been facing a few prevalent issues recently. On 20th April, the USPTO unveiled the Patent Center in beta version to address those issues. The main highlights of this Patent Center include: You can check out all the features of the Patent Center here. Here’s a quick preview of the Patent Center. […]
This Tool can help bid Goodbye to your Information Disclosure Statement woes!
Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) puts a heavy administrative burden of ‘Duty of Disclosure’ on IP professionals, both in corporations and law firms managing US patents. This duty to disclose known material prior to art applies to all the people involved in preparing the patent application. That is, not only the applicant but the patent attorneys […]
Non-patent Search: How we killed an ecigarette patent
Has this ever happened to you – You are conducting a prior-art search and something keeps on jabbing at the back of your head, questioning whether you have explored everything? Well, it happens to most of us, particularly while exploring non-patent literature. Let’s assume, that you have finally managed to exhaust all the patent literature […]
Patent Licensing Insights: Analysis of Recent Patents acquired by Facebook
BOS Insights is a section featuring insights/trends from our in-house tool BOS, which can help you in designing and picking appropriate patent monetization and acquisition strategies. Short for Business Opportunity for Sales, the BOS tool: Can help find prospects that would be willing to in-license or purchase your patents; Make your monetization campaign plain sailing; and Find […]
An FTO Search Strategy That Can Effectively Cover All Kinds Of Threats
As a business head, how do you handle the Freedom to Operate (FTO) study for a product that has multiple features? Do you feel the fear of missing out on possible threats while conducting the clearance search? Fear of missing out on threats is quite justified because your key objective with the search would be […]
Patent licensing Insights: Virtual Immersion Technology could Challenge IBM for Patent Infringement.
BOS Insights is a section featuring insights/trends from our in-house tool BOS, which can help you in designing and picking appropriate patent monetization and acquisition strategies. Short for Business Opportunity for Sales, the BOS tool: Can help find prospects that would be willing to in-license or purchase your patents; Make your monetization campaign plain sailing; […]
The Schrodinger’s SEP – How to avoid hurdles in being accepted by patent pools?
The interest of the companies in having a fortified patent portfolio (SEPs) is growing at the rate of knots. The R&D-Sales and R&D-Marketing departments of various companies are making strides to hit the home run of having a strong portfolio. But, is it enough? We have constantly talked about the significance of SEP and the […]
Patent Licensing Insights: Insights on Flirtey’s Newly Issued Patent on Drone Delivery
BOS Insights is a section featuring insights/trends from our in-house tool BOS, which can help you in designing and picking appropriate patent monetization and acquisition strategies. Short for Business Opportunity for Sales, the BOS tool: Can help find prospects that would be willing to in-license or purchase your patents; Make your monetization campaign plain sailing; and Find […]
Patent Licensing Insights: These 2 Cloud Computing Patents should be on your acquisition list
BOS Insights is a section featuring insights/trends from our in-house tool BOS, which can help you in designing and picking appropriate patent monetization and acquisition strategies. Short for Business Opportunity for Sales, the BOS tool: Can help find prospects that would be willing to in-license or purchase your patents; Make your monetization campaign plain sailing; […]
Patent Licensing Insights: Maximizing Return on Toyota’s IP Licensing Program
BOS 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: Can help find prospects that would be willing to in-license or purchase […]
Twitter Patent Portfolio – A Little Organic and Mostly Acquired
Twitter’s strategy to make its platform more engaging and less spam turned out to be great. And the company is not just thriving but has great user growth and along with it is what every company longs for – a good revenue. In the fourth quarter of 2019, Twitter’s revenue amounted first-time ever to over […]
Xiaomi’s Global Expansion Plan is Steered by Patents – A Patent Portfolio Analysis
Xiaomi has been surprising the consumer electronics industry with its innovative and affordable products since its inception. Founded in 2010, the startup quickly became a smartphone leader in the Chinese market. Its success was attributed to its innovative e-commerce tactics, which gave it a first-mover advantage and resulted in a rise in smartphone demand. The […]
Blockchain Patents: Research Trend, Top Companies, and Application Areas
Editor’s Note:Â 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. Â A copy of the full published study is available […]