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
