Which Are the Most Valuable Patents in Qualcomm Patent Portfolio?
With a valuation of over $85 billion and 130th rank in Fortune 500, Qualcomm has indeed come a long way since its humble beginning in 1985. The turning point of their fortune was the mass adoption and implementation of the CDMA standard proposed by Qualcomm in 1990. This was a milestone in their progress and in the following years, they contributed […]
How We Used Reverse Engineering to Confirm Patent Infringement?
One of the major challenges faced by a patent licensing manager is to find and prove evidence of an infringement. Not so strong evidence of the use chart can become a standalone factor for the failure of a patent licensing program. Reverse engineering can help confirm patent infringement by mapping relevant claims to the result […]
Four Step Approach to Performance Analysis in IP Asset Monetization
The importance of performance analysis for success in any walk of life – be it business, academia, or anything for that matter – can’t be stressed enough upon. A lot has already been written and discussed on the subject. However, there are only a handful of articles discussing how to go about it, the pre-work […]
Patent Licensing – A Way for Universities to Generate More Revenue
Universities spend billions to provide first-class research and education. To support that spending, these organizations rely on students’ tuition fees and funding they receive from the government/corporations. In essence, revenue generation of universities depends on external factors. Hence, it’s the high time all the universities start exploring new ways to generate revenue from their resources […]
Patent Monetization Mistakes Most Businesses Are Collectively Making
In business, the cost is everything. As such, in drafting and prosecuting patents, the lowest-cost provider usually wins the business. While this approach may well result in obtaining patents at a lower cost, it does little to create real value from a patent portfolio unless that is your sole strategy – to collect many patents […]
Patent Commercialization: Are You Considering Non-Infringing Alternatives?
Often, parties involved in patent infringement lawsuits are either unaware or they often fail to consider non-infringing alternatives. However, non-infringing alternatives could be a game-changer during litigation, as it has the potential to cut down royalty costs and could often help assess the value of the patent infringed. Moreover, it can serve as a value generation […]
7 Patent Monetization Mistakes You Should Never Make
9 out of 10 patents fail to generate value for their respective owners. These patents don’t get implemented in products, nor do they find any licensing opportunity in their lifetime. Does that mean that 90 % of patents are useless? No. Some of them could be, but not all. Most of that 90% of […]
Client Satisfaction – A Saying or An Experience
We work on a lot of IP commercialization projects. If you ask, what is our motto when we are working on such projects, we would say: “At GreyB, we are committed to help our clients monetize their IP.” It might sound absurd/offbeat right now, but once you read what we did, we will get your vote of […]
