A Startup Company\’s Experiences with Open Innovation-Part 1: Dealing with a Large Company Having Small Innovation Goals
For the past several months, I have been at the helm of Evgentech, a startup company with game-changing battery charging
IP Strategy
False Marking Lawsuits are Real Problem for Business and Make Little Sense When Applied to Expired Patents
The threat of false marking lawsuits has garnered much attention in the IP business press in the last couple of
Clients Save Money and Get Better Patents When Attorneys Use This Solution
As a \”recovering patent lawyer,\” I now realize that I wasted a whole lot of my clients\’ money over the
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Open Innovation Insights: 5 Biggest IP Legal Mistakes Small Companies Make When Working with Large Companies
Open Innovation guru Stefan Lindegaard recently asked me what the biggest IP legal mistakes small companies make when they are
Companies Adopting Open Innovation Must Incorporate Patent Information at the Front End
(Editorial note: This is a repost from this blog over 2 years ago, but the content is more relevant than
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Success at Open Innovation Requires Finding the Right Partners: Here\’s How to Improve Your Success Rates
With more companies building open innovation into their product development platforms, there would appear to be increasing opportunities for companies
Patent \”Expert\” Opinion on Reasons for Google Tender Offer for Groupon Reveals Fundamental Problems with IP Professionals
After several years of writing about how business leaders need to wrest control of their IP matters from lawyers, today
How Patent Whitespace Analysis Can Set a Company Up for Sustainable Failure
I spent a few days last week at the Innovation Cubed Conference in Orlando. While there, I heard two instances
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Business Can\’t Hide from False Patent Marking Lawsuits: Here\’s How to Predict If You Might be Sued
The take home message: If your company sells a product that bears a patent number, you need to read this
We\’re Measuring the Wrong Things: Inventiveness and Patents Do Not Equal Innovation
Few things infuriate me more than supposed experts who make statements along the lines of \”patents are critical to innovation.\”
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