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
Tag: patents
Demand Builds for Nortel Patents
Who Will Make Best Use of the IP? A lot of people are interested in what bankrupt Nortel will do with its valuable patent portfolio. In fact,
Surveying the IP Landscape
Help to Measure the State of IP, 2010 The importance of IP rights to business performance and value has grown significantly over the past decade. But where does
Eureaka! The Harvard Business Review
HBR Article Takes Aim at IV Doubters Intellectual Ventures makes its most convincing argument yet in support of its patent rights business model in an

iPlaces – SF Bay Area-Silicon Valley
IP Asset-land – Some places lend themselves to innovation. Some also lend themselves to new uses of innovation rights. Silicon Valley is one such area. In and
Caught and Released
MOSAID Buys AST Patents MOSAID a well-know Canadian NPE that owns approximately 2,000 semiconductor, communications and related patents disclosed on March 3 in a regulatory
Outside Perspective
Patents: Use Them or Lose Them Russell L. Parr, President of Intellectual Property Research Associates, Inc. (IPRA), is at the top tier of the IP
IP Law & Business
IPL&B is Folded into Corporate Counsel I learned recently that IP Law & Businesses, a decade old monthly published by American Lawyer Media, was folded
Interview – Joe Beyers
The Ocean Liner and the Speed Boat Joe Beyers headed IP business at H-P where for decades he helped to monetize thousands of patents and other innovation rights in