PerspireIP Blog
Expert perspectives on intellectual property strategy, patent law, trademark protection, and IP portfolio management from the PerspireIP team.
Most inventors focus almost exclusively on the written description and claims when preparing a patent application — and while those elements are undeniably critical, patent drawings...
Read MoreIf you have ever filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, you have almost certainly encountered the Information Disclosure Statement —...
Read MoreSecuring patent protection for an invention is one of the most consequential decisions an inventor or startup can make — and the quality of the patent...
Read MoreOpen 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...
Read MorePatent litigation is one of the most expensive legal proceedings a company can face. Defending a patent infringement suit through trial costs an average of $3...
Read MoreProcess innovation rarely leaks through a patent filing. It leaks through the supply chain, on the day production moves to a third party who now holds...
Read MoreRead what follows with one distinction in mind. Life science patenting fails at a different point from patenting in most other fields: rarely at novelty, frequently...
Read MoreClaim charts are where a patent case stops being an argument and turns into evidence. Whether a team builds them in-house or buys patent claim chart...
Read MorePatent attacks come in many forms — demand letters from non-practicing entities, infringement suits filed by competitors, ITC exclusion order proceedings, and multi-front campaigns coordinated across...
Read MoreEvery patent portfolio monetization programme eventually runs into the same wall: a portfolio is worth what somebody can be shown to be practising, not what it...
Read MoreReceiving a patent infringement notice — whether a cease-and-desist letter, a demand for licensing royalties, or an actual complaint filed in federal court — is one...
Read MoreWhen a patent assertion hits your company, the first question your legal team asks is simple but critical: is this patent even valid? The answer almost...
Read MoreInnovation 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...
Read MoreFor 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...
Read MorePharmaceutical patents occupy a unique and critically important position in the intellectual property landscape. No other industry depends so heavily on patent protection for its fundamental...
Read MoreSoftware is simultaneously one of the most valuable and one of the most legally complex forms of intellectual property in the modern economy. A single software...
Read MoreThe 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,...
Read MoreTechnology transfer—the process by which intellectual property developed in academic, government, or corporate research settings is commercialized into products and services that benefit society—is one of...
Read MoreJoint development agreements (JDAs) represent some of the most complex and consequential IP transactions that companies enter into—and some of the most frequently mismanaged. When two...
Read MoreNon-disclosure agreements—NDAs—are the most frequently executed legal documents in the business world, yet they are also among the most frequently misunderstood, poorly drafted, and inadequately enforced....
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