Xiaomi revamped its IP function in 2016, bringing in a savvy, business-focused team to concentrate on strategy. Now the company is becoming a more vocal leader in the IP space
Jacob Schindler
Artificial intelligence is having a profound impact on the tech world, across a range of disciplines. While in-house IP departments have been slow on the uptake, the potential of this new technology is astounding
Jay Yonamine and Jeremiah Chan
There has been an upswing in US sentiment among respondents to the 2017 IAM benchmarking survey, with more confidence in the litigation system matched by less interest in seeking opportunities elsewhere ‒ although there are still concerns about the USPTO
Sara-Jayne Clover and Joff Wild
Innovation or patent boxes are gaining in popularity as a way of using tax policy to encourage IP-backed R&D. With tax reform on the new administration’s agenda, the United States could be the next major market to introduce one
Olivia Johansson, John Warner and Patrick C Keane
Defensive aggregator models continue to evolve to address the challenge posed by patent assertion entities. While determining the financial return on these can be challenging, there are solutions – as a work-through of the LOT Network proposition demonstrates
Erik Oliver and Kent Richardson
After it opted against a sale five years ago, InterDigital has been on a licensing roll with a series of headline deals. The question now is whether it can maintain this growth
Richard Lloyd
The world of the Internet of Things is becoming increasingly complex in terms of both markets and technology definitions. And that is before we even get to the patents
Goran Grbic, Raymond Angers and Ian MacLean
There is a reason why patent litigation in China is surging: patent owners have some big advantages. However, there are differences from US patent disputes at every stage which plaintiffs need to know about
Erick Robinson
For too long a widespread lack of transparency, flexibility and fairness has held back many sectors of the patent licensing industry. For the sake of all participants, this must change ‒ which means tackling the prisoner’s dilemma head on
Joseph Siino
Australia and New Zealand have the expertise, the investment and the right economic conditions to become high-tech innovation dynamos. What they need now is an IP strategy
Jack Ellis
Matching inventive ideas to business objectives is a complex interdisciplinary process. However, so-called ‘collaborative invention mining’ can help an organisation to align its inventions with its long-term strategy
Akhilesh C Srivastava and Santosh K Mohanty
