Author archive for Invest in IP

Notwithstanding my attempt to juxtapose IP investments with other categories of investments (e.g., stocks, gold, real estate), patent assets...

Part 5 of 5: Before investing to purchase a patent asset, verify that no obvious statutory bars exist with...

Part 4 of 5: When purchasing a patent asset, always ask whether the seller or any previous owners put...

Part 3 of 5: When purchasing a patent asset, you must determine whether or not the seller, previous owners,...

Part 2 of 5: In Part 1 of 4, we discussed steps to ensue that when you purchase a...

When purchasing a patent asset, it is absolutely critical you conduct thorough due diligence.  Otherwise, you may end up...

Patent monetization begins with identifying patents that read on current-day, high value products or services. Over the next 5...

A patented invention realizes its potential for monetization only after it experiences market adoption.  If the market never adopts...

Prior to the Akamai/Centillion decisions, to enforce a patent against a certain party, you needed to prove that that...

The new AIA procedure, Inter Partes Review, will change the fundamental dynamic of patent monetization.  Up until Inter Partes...