Perform Competitor Research In 30 Seconds – GreyB’ CompInsight
Have you considered that by solely performing competitor research based on their online presence and ranking, you miss many innovative companies working on similar technologies? These companies may have even patented their innovations, which makes them the REAL COMPETITORS to your business. After all, patent data reveals innovators entering your domain at an early stage- […]
What is Non Patent Literature & how it applies to Intellectual Property field?
In the realm of innovation and technological advancement, patents often take center stage as valuable sources of information. However, even the most comprehensive patent databases can sometimes leave researchers empty-handed when seeking specific details or elusive solutions to their queries. This is where the non-patent literature (NPL) enters the stage. The power of non-patent literature […]
An overlooked aspect of USPTO Patent Assignment Data in startup scouting
The often-overlooked aspect of traditional startup scouting is the relationship between startups and financial institutions, particularly manifested through patent transactions. However, this information carries substantial relevance and is even readily available in the USPTO Patent Assignment Database. Startups that engage with financial institutions, especially by utilizing their patents for loans, are not only demonstrating their […]
Impact of the Unitary Patent & Unified Patent Court? Key Steps to Consider
European Patent (EP) has been a common patent valid across 39 contracting member states (27 EU countries and 12 other European countries). However, the downside of it has been that the patentee must validate the EP patent within different contracting countries separately after its grant. In addition, once the EP patent is granted, the post-grant proceedings/procedures […]
Nestle’s Recyclable Food Packaging is Disrupting the CPG Industry
In 2018, Nestle was ranked the world’s 3rd greatest plastic polluter by Break Free From Plastic. Following that, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN Environment Programme together launched the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to tackle plastic footprint by 2025. As a result, the CPG giant pledged to make 100% of its products recyclable […]
Learn from Apple and Google to go beyond the survival during recession!
Imagine you’re Mike, the IP Counsel of a leading technology manufacturing company. With the economy slowly slipping into a recession, you must ensure that your company doesn’t sink. This means you must protect your company’s existing IP and identify new opportunities for growth and innovation. Since you realize how important it is to invest in […]
How to grow your EV battery recycling business with Patents?
Rapid growth in the electric vehicle (EV) industry is imperative for reducing pollution. The market for EVs is growing faster than ever. But even then, the problem of reducing pollution has remained unresolved because of EV batteries. Thus giving the EV battery recycling business a necessary boost. On the bright side, these end-of-life batteries also […]
Why do GreyB Analysts add manual Data Cleaning and Validation over the automatic ones?
Once a patent is filed, it is out there in the open for everyone to see. However, many companies wish to keep their important inventions hidden. So at times, they do this by performing conscious mistakes in the patent document. Additionally, clerical or database error also eliminates important information in the patent. When companies request […]
How to use patent analytics in your open innovation process?
To leverage external smarts, P&G launched its Connect and Develop (C+D) program in 2002. The C+D website later (www.pgconnectdevelop.com) became the binder for innovators, scientists, engineers, university researchers, and entrepreneurs with P&G. By 2014, more than 35% of new product launches were due to leveraging external smarts – the percentage was 15 in 2000. The […]
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 […]
Patent Landscape Study: Strategy against Tech Companies’ Invasion
About ten years ago, traditional watchmakers—companies like Tag Heuer, Swatch, and Timex—entered dangerous waters. Tech companies were preparing to introduce the modern smartwatch—a grave threat to the watchmakers’ bottom line. Of course, most companies are vulnerable to tech disruption. But the watchmakers’ position was especially precarious for another reason: They didn’t seem to have any […]
Patent Landscape: A New Approach to find Relevant Insights
Patent landscapes have been in the IP industry for a very long time and have been majorly used to track the number of patent filings, the number of competitors, the number of collaborations, and so on. But, there is much more to these landscapes than counting numbers. These days, executives are least worried about how […]
What is the Automotive Industry doing about 5G? A sneak peek at their Patent and 3GPP contributions
A year ago, in 2020, we published our take on the state of 5G and why automotive industries should be investing in 5G unless they want to find themselves in hot water. Gladly, a year later, things have changed for the better. Automobile companies are actively working on 5G technology and are defining the industry’s […]
Who Owns Core 5G Patents? – Essentiality Check on 5G Declared Patents
This report is an update to the report titled “Exploration of 5G Standards and Preliminary Findings on Essentiality” published May 26, 2020. This report covers more than 700 technical specifications and technical reports related to 5G technology covered in the 3GPP Portal. The scope of the prior report covered 12,002 patent families, having 63,985 individual […]
12 Companies doing groundbreaking work in IP Legal Tech
‘What should I do differently today if more and more IP departments are digitizing every process and preparing themselves for the future. Should I also try few advanced tools? If so, which one would suit my requirements best?’ – Have these thoughts crossed your mind recently? These thoughts had been making Sam, senior counsel at […]
