10 Patent Buyers Ready to Pay Big in 2023
Analyzing your patent portfolio and potentially selling your patents to interested buyers can be a smart business move. And you already know that. Right? Therefore, to help guide you in this process, we’ve compiled a list of the ten companies actively acquiring patents. This list is curated by our monetization team, who tracked Assignor to […]
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 […]
5 Patent Monetization Strategies to fall back to during the recession
According to a Forbes report, out of the 2.1 million active US patents, hardly 5% have reached the market. About 90% of the patents fail to be commercialized or find angel investors or licensees. One of the main reasons for filing patents is to use them as company assets. But, if you haven’t been […]
“IP strategy for 2023” Ft. Tom Franklin, Founder of TriangleIP
There is a lot of buzz about the upcoming global recession. If we see history, patent licensing and litigation flourish during this time. But, it is pretty obvious that if you’re filing patents, you should have a well-thought and strength-checked IP strategy. Companies, however, often fail to see the impact their IP assets can have […]
This strategy can help you Predict Potential Patent Litigation Threats
Studying various infringement cases, I couldn’t help but notice that companies generally start preparing against litigations only after they are sued. For example, doing non-infringement checks, prior-art searches, etc. But what if you could predict a patent litigation threat before it even surfaces? Imagine how smooth sailing your business can be. But how do you […]
Why should your R&D and IP departments collaborate?
A solid patent strategy is just as important as a well-planned business strategy for a corporation. With thousands of patents being filed every year by technology giants, developing a patent strategy is more challenging than ever. Business strategy is always market-driven, and so should be a patent strategy. It is important to understand the current […]
Auto Players, this is how you can strengthen your position in the industry
If you are a high-level executive working in the automobile industry, you will quip – “The times are tough.” The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the industry hard. Every company is holding onto its cash reservoir, and sales have declined. Amidst all the chaos, some companies (startups and big players alike) are continuously investing in future […]
How are American Multinational Technology Companies Strategizing their Trademark Filing?
Companies like Apple and Google strategizing their trademark filings isn’t a news flash, right? But today we’re going a step deeper into the making of these trademark strategies and explore the one that has left us the most astound- Google’s Tongan shell diversion. However, before we get to it, it’s important to know if a […]
The Conundrum of Application of Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy in Light of Business Strategy, and its Significance to the Corporate World in Contemporary Settings
Abstract & Introduction: Every leading firm of the current time cements their foundation with their IP portfolio. By integrating IP into every vertical — like R&D, strategic planning, and product development cycles — a firm can seamlessly leverage multiple opportunities and enhance its value in the competitive market as well as protect itself from the […]
What is holding you back from taming the SEP dragon?
SEPs are a honeypot for the companies that are aiming to gain supremacy over their competitors. The current status of the SEP world is painted in our other articles. Looking at the average share of SEPs in a company’s portfolio, however, is not very promising, as some companies are yet to participate in the SEP […]
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 […]
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, […]
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%, […]
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 […]