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IP strategy is business strategy. IP-engaged boards outperform those that treat IP as a back-office technicality fully delegable to IP specialists.

Invention harvesting is a framework for prompting innovators to conceive of new inventions or describe inventions already conceived, and documenting such inventions for subsequent protection via the patenting process or, if appropriate, as trade secrets. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and related software tools can be leveraged by companies, universities, law firms, and IP service providers to overcome common impediments to invention harvesting. Adopting and

Most technology enterprises are well-acquainted with NDAs. On the positive side, they recognize the importance of entering into NDAs with...

I’ve been reflecting on what makes patent practitioners highly valuable to their clients. In a prior IPWatchdog article , I asserted that...

Technology companies face patent-related decision points around seemingly every corner. The consequences of suboptimal decision-making...

Every year around this time, many pause to reflect on the past and present and chart a course for self-improvement. For aspiring or...

Patent prosecution—the act of negotiating with a U.S. or foreign patent office to obtain patent protection—sometimes is viewed...

It is almost indisputable that a sound intellectual property (IP) strategy, and effective execution of such a strategy, are essential...

Invention harvesting—sometimes also referred to as invention mining, brainstorming, and ideation, among other terms—is a proactive...

Despite their best efforts, patent practitioners may reach an impasse during negotiations with patent examiners at the United States...

CEOs, general counsels, and other senior leaders in a corporation often take a hands-off approach to IP strategy and execution, heavily...