If you are in the Innovation Game, you certainly realize that Open Innovation is “hot.” And, it is not just consumer products companies that have jumped on the bandwagon: companies such as HP, IBM and Microsoft have embraced the Open Innovation model. But, did you also know that, if your company is not careful, you [...]
Smart business leaders understand today that IP Strategy should form a fundamental pillar of their value creation-directed business strategy. By taking a “business eye view” toward IP, forward-thinking corporate managers seek to capture the true value of their company, which today is increasingly measured in the form of intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, copyrights [...]
Smart corporate leaders continually seek new methods to capture firm asset value and improve cash flow. And, with estimates of more than 70 % of corporate value being in the form of intangible assets, it is not surprising that many organization are searching for ways to generate revenue from this all-to-often untapped asset class. IP [...]
According to Dallas intellectual property attorneys and Dallas intellectual property attorneys, the district court’s ruling overturning the $1.5 billion verdict against Microsoft was upheld on appeal. Initially, the case involved two patents. The patents involved in the litigation involved technology for compressing digital audio files into MP3 format. You are probably asking yourself who sued [...]
Making money is in everybody’s minds now. How to make money, in what ways should we make money. It is all about money these days. Let us face it money really do make the world go round. So if you have any ideas, any inventions that you think you can make money out of. Have [...]
What is Patent Law – Intellectual Property Law? There are four main types of intellectual property: patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. The patent system exists in most industrialized countries and is designed to reward inventors and authors. Patents are granted by the US patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where patents are carefully examined and [...]