Every year, a set of individuals is inducted into the IP Hall of Fame. For 2012, six people - all leaders in their fields and renowned among their peers - have been chosen to
join the ranks of a very elite group
Helen Sloan
There are a growing number of active patent funds in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. They have been established for different reasons, but all are seeking to become active global players
Patrick Terroir and Miyuki Monroig
Companies which see the exponential market capitalisation
growth that Acacia Research has enjoyed over the last three-and-a-half years are bound to attract attention. The question that investors are asking is whether the NPE’s
success is sustainable over the long term
Jack Ellis
Unlike BP, Transocean escaped the initial reputational fall-out following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. But as the former finds itself in an improving situation, the latter’s standing is now on the decline
Nir Kossovsky
Artron is a unique Chinese company built on copyright. Its founder and CEO, Mr Jie Wan, speaks exclusively to IAM about what inspired him to establish his groundbreaking business
Victoria Wang
With trade in IP rights attracting heightened attention and financial markets becoming increasingly important, the concept of an organised IP rights market is gaining traction. From a geostrategic point of view, Europe must consider the role that it hopes to play in this global phenomenon
Steffen Preissler, Thorsten Posselt, Oliver Gassmann, Pirjo Jha, Lutz Maicher, Liina Tonisson, Frauke Ruether, Martin A Bader, Florian Liegler and Stephan Wabra
The capacity to make better decisions – and to make them faster than your competitors – is the ultimate strategic IP advantage. When everything else appears to favour the opposition, swift and proficient decision making can tip
the scale
Ana-Maria Popescu and Robert Cantrell
The annual IP benchmarking survey conducted jointly by IAM magazine and the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters took place in the early spring of 2012. As ever, the
results make for fascinating reading
Joff Wild
Many subjects are taught at business schools, but intellectual property is not usually one of them. Until that changes, widespread executive ignorance of what IP is all
about is bound to continue
William C Elkington
Patent licensing in the semiconductor and electronics
industries has always had a US focus, but today a myriad of multinational consumer electronics and telecommunications companies are battling over IP issues in as many as 10 different jurisdictions simultaneously
George Chan, Ari Laakkonen, August Zhang, Michael J Lennon and Terry Ludlow
