by Professor Ruth Soetendorp In a recent article, Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel at IBM and President of the IPO Education Foundation, was right to
Category: Guest Column
A responsive patent system requires time and participation: a response to Jay Walker’s IPAS 2018 speech
GUEST COLUMN: At the IP Awareness Summit held at the Columbia University on November 29 Jay Walker, entrepreneur, prolific inventor, TEDMED curator and founder of
Et tu, TechCo? Some potential patent licensees should be outed for abusive behavior
What is the appropriate response to a legitimate request for patent licensing? If you are an information technology company comfortable taking full advantage of confusion
More patent holders (and buyers) are valuing perception over reality
Lack of certainty and the high cost of monetizing patents are motivating some businesses to acquire impressive looking patents, not necessarily valid or essential ones.
US Tech Cos are Bulking-up On Software and Methods Patents
More than half of Google and Microsoft’s 2014 US patent grants were in methods-related classes. IBM and Apple also were active filers in these areas.
Leading Blogger Unloads on Patent Critics and the Real Bad Actors
Innovation is not threatened by patent “trolls,” says a Virginia IP attorney, but by half-truths about the failure of the patent system spread by businesses
IBM’s Huge Lead in Patents: Under the Microscope
Big Blue may be caught in its image as the perennial patents-received leader, for better or worse. Obtaining large numbers of patents is often more
Guest Column: Russell Parr
“Something Must Be Done About Daubert” By Russell L. Parr, CFA, ASA, CLP, RPOP[i] Expert witnesses in patent infringement cases often are the subject of
U.S.-Funded Alternative Energy Patents Fall into Foreign Hands
Solar Subterfuge By Daniel Scotto, Whitehall Financial Advisors LLC The value of energy assets has taken a giant leap backward. What used to be simply
“Patent Failure” Fails to Recognize Danger of Too Much Repair
A Reply to Professors Bessen and Meurer’s Book About the Difficulty of Perfecting the Patent System By Roya Ghafele and Benjamin Gibert The publication of
Guest Column: “America Invents Act Will Slow Investment”
Veteran IP Exec Says Patent Bill Will Have a Strongly Negative Impact on Economy & Jobs – America Invents Act Will Encourage Anything But by
Rampant IP Piracy is Hurting U.S.
China-U.S. IP Policy: Not a Two-Way Street The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) held a public hearing on June 15 and 16 that focused
