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The waiting game
The US is still waiting for its first major IP-based shareholder suit; the
one that will change the way company boards view IP rights forever.
And with Sarbanes-Oxley now fully up and running and the SEC beginning
to take an interest, many predict the wait may soon be over
Litigation strategy focus
Because intellectual property is a legal
right, in the end it only has value if those
that own it are ready to go to court to
defend what they have. A company that is
prepared to stand by and watch others
infringe its patents, trademarks, copyrights
or trade secrets will not be in business for
long. Certainly, its shareholders will very
quickly begin to ask questions.
The USPTO is the “ruling” party
IP managers who do not adapt to the
new USPTO rules will have budget
and patent enforcement problems
Train your patent attorney
Finding a patent attorney should
not be too difficult. Making sure you
have the right one, however, is a
harder task
Ideas and wars of ideology
In the so-called War on Terror,
intellectual property has a crucial
part to play. Whether the IP
community is doing enough,
however, is open to debate
Dumb and dumber
Outlawing broad patents on unusual
inventions is a bad idea. It is more
likely to destroy innovation than fuel it
From breakdown to breakthrough
While negotiating parties can usually agree on the major elements in any
licensing deal, things get trickier when it comes to looking at the minutiae.
To prevent negotiations breaking down, multi-faceted valuation
methodologies should be employed
Avoiding the patent storm
SFAS 141 was issued five years ago in the US to change the way in which
acquiring companies value assets and view intangibles involved in an M&A
deal. In order to avoid future problems such companies would do well to
ensure that IP experts take part in the valuation process
The truth about non-core licensing
Off-industry and non-core patent licensing has often been held up as the
IP industry’s Holy Grail. But recent research suggests that for most it is
actually nothing more than myth and mirage
The path to progress for India’s booming IT sector
India’s IT industry is one of the country’s great success stories.
But to take the next step forward, businesses operating in the sector
have to come to terms with a series of IP management challenges
The quality conundrum
It has always been easy to measure the size of a patent portfolio.
More complicated has been the task of working out its quality. Now, however,
new statistical benchmarking methods are emerging which could make
things a whole lot simpler
Fair dues
Intellectual property due diligence
should form part of the necessary
audits undertaken before any M&A
activity. However, it often isn’t
considered until very late in the
process, writes John Pryor of CPA
Money men hedge their bets at LES in New York
At this year’s meeting of the LES USA and Canada,
the relationship between patents and finance was high
on the agenda. And while the mainstream investment
community remains wary of placing too much emphasis
on any kind of IP right, specialist investors are
beginning to emerge
Bridging the divide is key to a positive IP future
There has been a shortage of
dialogue between IP practitioners and
owners on the one hand, and
academics on the other – often to the
detriment of both. A new European
Patent Academy initiative aims to
change all that.