Open innovation is not a single decision. It is an external IP strategy — a standing choice about which capabilities you develop inside the business, which…

A product launch is one of the most exciting and vulnerable moments in any company’s lifecycle. Competitors are watching. Copycats are ready to pounce. And if…

Few topics in intellectual property generate more controversy than patent assertion entities (PAEs) — organizations that acquire patents primarily to license or litigate them rather than…

Most startup IP portfolio development fails on dates and paperwork rather than on invention. A provisional that was never converted, a co-founder who never signed an…

Open source software powers virtually every modern technology product and service. From the Linux kernel running cloud infrastructure to the React framework powering web applications, from…

Securing patent protection for an invention is one of the most consequential decisions an inventor or startup can make — and the quality of the patent…

Innovation in the twenty-first century is global, and intellectual property protection must be global as well. A company that protects its inventions only in its home…

For a startup, intellectual property is often the most valuable asset on the balance sheet—more valuable than the office furniture, the laptops, and sometimes even the…

The IP litigation strategies that survive contact with a real docket are chosen before the first letter goes out, not after the complaint is answered. Venue,…

Treat this as a decision guide rather than an inventory exercise. Managing patent portfolio value comes down to a handful of recurring judgements — what to…

Intellectual property is the foundation of the modern knowledge economy — yet most business professionals have only a vague understanding of what it actually encompasses and…

Most organizations are sitting on a larger and more valuable collection of intellectual assets than they realize — and most of those assets are being managed…

Patent pools are one of the most powerful and least understood mechanisms in the intellectual property world. A patent pool is an arrangement where multiple patent…

Intellectual property sits on the balance sheets of the world’s most valuable companies — yet for most organizations it remains an asset that is felt but…

For startups, intellectual property is often the most valuable asset on the balance sheet — yet it is also the most overlooked. An IP strategy for…