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  • Full court press for patent licensing negotiations

    Many companies want to license their technologies. But what happens when a company takes a license, then decides to quit paying – or refuses to negotiate after the first license runs out?

  • IP Theft by an “Angel” Investor

    How an investor stole intellectual property from a portfolio company.

  • Beware of (some) Angel Group’s Due Diligence

    Not all “due diligence” is created equal.

  • Smaller Companies CAN Use IP to Protect Against Bigger Competitors

    “Grown ups” use patents to their strategic advantage.

  • What Is Patent Infringement?

    Patent infringement is when someone else uses your patented idea without permission. The strict, legal definition is when someone infringes or performs every limitation of at least one patent claim. This is found in 35 USC 271.

  • Lawsuit dismissed for undetectable software patent claims

    Undetectable[1][2] claims are a huge problem during litigation. This highlights the disconnect between what the patent attorney does during examination – and what the litigator needs to successfully sue infringers.

  • How Patent Pools Work

    Patent pools are sophisticated ways that companies can bring technology together, cross license them, and license that package of intellectual property to the market. For many major technologies, such as Bluetooth, MPEG, 3G, 4G, and even electric vehicle charging, companies have banded together to get their technology in wide adoption – and patent pools are…

  • Financing patents for pre-angel or pre-seed startups

    BlueIron provides financing for patents – but only when the patent makes good business sense. When we finance patents, we do extensive due diligence to make sure the patents will have value before our investment. We have skin in the game. In this article, we talk about our investment criteria and what we value as…

  • IP Due Diligence Checklist

    Due diligence is essential for any business deal, and IP due diligence[1] is shockingly left out of the equation for most angel investors and venture capital investors.

  • Detectability is a Key Factor for Patent Value

    Updated 16 Jan 2022.