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Category: Patent Enforcement
Litigation, licensing, infringement, and patent disputes
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How Long Provisional Applications Hurt You
I had a client whose inventor would write long provisional patent[1] applications. He would think through all the options of his inventions, and he would include every option…
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Avoid Wishful Thinking Patents
Most startup CEOs want patents because they want ‘protection,’ so they go to a patent attorney. And the patent attorney is in the unfortunate situation of having to…
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Patent Ethics: Is it Ethical for the Patent Attorney to list themselves as an inventor?
There is the “legal” definition of an inventor, and there is the realistic, practical definition.
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Patent Value – Revenue is the only factor that matters.
TL;DR: Realistic patent valuations are based on *context*. I can tell your patent value by how much revenue it produces. If your patent is infringed, I can calculate…
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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,…
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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…
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How to Find a Realistic Patent Value
Updated 15 Aug 2025.
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HP CapShare: How a failed product yielded huge revenue
HP’s CapShare hand-held scanner is a great example of patents that come from problems solved on they way to the vision – not the vision itself.
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Selling Patents: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend
When selling patents, it is tempting to think of competitors or direct infringers as the appropriate people who would be interested in your patent. But the truth is…
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Do Startups Give Up On Their Patents?
Patent valuation[1][2] can be inferred from how much effort an applicant puts into their patent. One of the common criteria for the more sophisticated patent scoring algorithms is…
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