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Category: Patent Strategy
The proper patent strategy can dramatically improve your IP protection.
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Patents Are Similar to Stock Options
Patents are an inherently risky investment and have lots of similarities to options trading. This is because they have value only when the market comes to them. At…
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BlueIron Skewers Traditional Patent Attorney Role with Unique Investment Model
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Patent Funding: Better Patents from BlueIron
One of the biggest ironies is that your patent attorney cannot give you good advice. But patent funding changes that.
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How to Get a Good Patent
How to get a good patent? It is easy to get a worthless patent[1][2], but quite hard to file a good one.
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Patents Need to Make Business Sense
In our business of investing and financing patent portfolios, we can only invest in patents that have real commercial value.
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Patents As Investments
We do not invest in technologies where we don’t think there is a market for the patents alone.
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Inventions Where BlueIron Will NOT Invest
I see an obnoxious number of inventions and patents from startups. Almost all of them are not good candidates for us to invest. It is heartbreaking to say…
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Investment Grade Patents Start with a Solid Foundation
Most patents are worthless[3], and getting a good patent is less about finding the gem as much as removing the dirt so that there are more possible gems…
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Patents are Similar to Stock Market Options
Patents are an inherently risky investment and have lots of similarities to options trading. This is because they have value only when the market comes to them. At…
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How to Find a Good Patent Attorney
Here is a simple technique to find a good patent attorney: start with at least *two* candidates. Ask each attorney to give you a sample of their work,…
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