IAM Issue 28

Are we ready for a world where all
business relationships begin to look
like licensing transactions?

The International Organisation for
Standardisation is seeking views on
the establishment of a standard for
valuing patents. The move should
be welcomed

On 13th December 2007 the
European Patent Convention 2000
came into force in all contracting
states, extensively changing the
original convention

With some predicting recession for
2008, it is time to speak out about
the value that IP can bring

There are more ways to make
money from IP rights than ever
before. The key is knowing which
one works for you

The major accounting initiative designed to improve the reporting of
intangible value in the US was supposed to bring greater clarity. But a new
study shows that SFAS 141, like IFRS 3, has failed to live up to the hype

Over recent years a number of new business models for making money out
of IP have emerged and along with them have come the IP intermediaries.
They may not be universally loved, but they show no signs of going away.
In fact, we can expect to see many more evolve

There is more competition and antitrust scrutiny of IP owners than ever before. And it is only going to get more intense

Building a successful and sustainable patent divestiture programme
requires embracing the key decision points through which a corporate
organisation must work

Over the last few years, the US Supreme Court has heard a number of
major patent cases. As 2008 gets underway it is due to decide another that
could have a significant impact on the issue of exhaustion

The patent brokerage business has experienced a lift-off over the last five
years, driven mainly by the activities of Intellectual Ventures. But although
many more deals are now being done, its future still lies largely in the
hands of this bold and mysterious operation

It is hard to identify many clear winners and losers in the US patent
litigation stakes 2007; although Vonage will be pleased that the year
is over and it is still in business

A group of IP stakeholders has got together to form Open-IP Consortium,
a standards-based, online patent exchange

Elizabeth Bevier, of Thomson
Scientific IP Management Services,
looks at portfolio management
requirements in the wake of USPTO
rule changes

Sir: In previous issues of IAM
you have discussed what makes
a good chief intellectual property
officer ( IAM 25, pages 31 to 36;
IAM 26, pages 8 to 10). We
have found that the most
successful heads of IP often
organise themselves in a
different way from others.

An exclusive interview
with IAMreveals that the
new president of the EPO
is determined to tackle
the problems the office
faces both internally and
externally. It will be a
tough task