Features
IPBC Global took place in Boston from 16 to 18 June. It was another sell-out event in the series and, by common consent, the best one to date
Joff Wild
To make high-cost, high-value patents more palatable to your chief financial officer, shift to a fixed monthly patent services subscription model
Ahsan Shaikh
While significant progress has been made in increasing and amplifying women in IP-related careers, there is still work to be done. Just before IPBC Global 2019, a group of leaders got together to discuss how best to do this. The result was the Boston Manifesto
Dori Hines, Michele Bosch, Raj Gupta and Laura Johnson
In the wake of the patent market crisis, licensors can achieve success not with new business models but by re-embracing an old one from the 1990s – the IBM model of licensing
David Pridham and Marshall Phelps
The availability of injunctive relief varies widely around the world. In our first analysis of the global injunction landscape we lift the lid on which jurisdictions provide the best opportunity for a sales ban
Joff Wild, Richard Lloyd and Jacob Schindler
How business, innovation and intellectual property are evolving together at TD Bank
Jens Bördin
It is generally accepted that an organisation can have too many or too few patents. While finding and maintaining the equilibrium will always be challenging, strategic patent intelligence offers the analysis required for evidence-based decisions which are capable of withstanding robust scrutiny
Nigel Swycher and Steve Harris
Only a small percentage of the world’s tech start-ups develop a patent portfolio of any depth, but failure to align IP strategy with long-term business objectives could cost companies millions down the line in litigation and licensing fees
Bridget Diakun
Examining the past and present of patent pools suggests that there is a way forward for one of the licensing market’s oldest ideas
Jaime Siegel, Saikrishna Upadhyayula, Janista Lee, Kristina Martinez, Sean Gaffney, Melissa Chen, Cecilia Choy, Valentina Polunina and Rayan Al Rubaish
How Australian IP firms have re-vamped their business models in the face of economic conditions and regulatory reforms, and what this means for practitioners and clients
Mark Summerfield
IAM’s 2019 benchmarking survey shows growing optimism about the US patent system. Across the Atlantic, the EPO continues to shine under new leadership, but uncertainties remain regarding the prospects for the UPC and the effects of Brexit
Adam Houldsworth and Bridget Diakun
US sanctions on Huawei have created confusion and some dismay among standards-setting stakeholders, but Chinese companies gain too much from their participation in global standards development to walk away
Jacob Schindler
The US government is bringing export controls and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States reviews to bear in its IP confrontation with China. IP executives must become familiar with these and other legal instruments, and how they affect R&D and licensing strategies
Mark Cohen
Roundtable
Patent prosecution remains a key part of IP practices at law firms all over the globe but as rights holders place more emphasis on the quality of their grants, specialists need to ensure that they stay up to date with the latest developments. In a co-published editorial, IAM brings together experts from top firms around the world to offer invaluable insight into how prosecution is changing.
Christian W Appelt, Markus Engelhard, Michael MacCallum, Marc Lorelli and Olga Dolgikh
