Misunderstand the strength of IP (no. 16 in our list of IP mistakes)
Millions of dollars are invested every year in protecting new ideas through intellectual property – for many however the strength of these intellectual property rights is still largely misunderstood....
View ArticleThe Blind Cave Fish and the Art of Culling the IP Portfolio
If you have ever seen a blind cave fish, one thing you cannot help to notice is that it looks like a typical fish except that it has no eyes. It doesn’t have small eyes; it has no eyes at all. If...
View ArticleCIPOs – Top 5 Attributes
Whether a CIPO, IP Business Manager, Chief IP Officer or other title, what are the key attributes that individual needs to be successful when tasked with developing and implementing a coordinated...
View ArticleDevelop IP that no one wants (no. 33 in our list of IP mistakes)
Sometimes patents can provide little or no value for a business. They wind up being merely a cost burden. Can organisations avoid generating unwanted IP? For the most part, yes. Of course this entails...
View ArticleThe Tortoise and the Hare
A Holiday party treasure hunt this month became a reminder about how winning a game also depends upon understanding exactly what game you are playing. This treasure hunt game involved finding 12 clues...
View ArticleHighlights Think IP Strategy Seminar – Copenhagen 2012 – IP focus and value...
As part of our efforts to understand local challenges and build local IP communities, a little over two weeks ago Think IP Strategy organized a workshop and networking event in Copenhagen. We would...
View ArticleFail to clearly assign IP responsibility within the organization (No.40 in...
Most organizations create a system whereby IP tasks are created, assigned, monitored and enforced. IP responsibility is vague and it needs to be deduced into number of tasks of definite nature....
View ArticleOpen or Closed Case
What is better for a product-based IP Strategy, an open system of innovation or a closed system? The answer is both and neither, and here is why. Strategy, at its core, is the interplay between...
View ArticleGoing With or Against the Flow
Guest post by Robert Cantrell An IP strategy should take account of the natural course of technology evolution so that it provides adequate protections into the future. For example, product...
View ArticleIP Strategy changing focus
There was a great discussion at the symposium yesterday on ‘IP Strategy, what has changed, what is changing?’ Here are my slides – I look forward to your comments too. IP Strategy – what has changed,...
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