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Category: Patent Strategy
The proper patent strategy can dramatically improve your IP protection.
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Calculating the Economic Value of a Patent
The economic value of an invention is notoriously hard to estimate, but such analysis can be used to compare different inventions to stack rank the inventions – or…
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Mapping an Invention to Competitor’s Products
Inventions with external business value will map to competitors or to potential outside licensees. These patents might not map directly to your products, but are assets that make…
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Mapping an Invention to an Internal Product Roadmap
Inventions with internal business value will map to your internal product roadmap. These patents are used to protect your products from direct copying and create a defensible space…
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How to Finance Getting a Patent?
Entrepreneurs are caught between a rock and a hard place: they need money to get proper patent protection, but they need patent protection to start raising money. What…
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Angel Funding Through BlueIron
BlueIron invests, on average, $40,000 for each patent your company has. If you do 5 patents, BlueIron will invest about $200,000. If you have 10 patents, BlueIron invests…
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What is the cost of a cheap patent?
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Patent Rejection – What it takes to get a patent issued
The back-and-forth process between the examiner and applicant is a necessary part of getting a strong patent allowed. We want the examiner to fully understand the invention and…
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Renting Your Patents – How does that work?
BlueIron’s financing allows you to “rent” your patents by having an exclusive license to the patents. This gives you all the legal benefits of owning the patents, such…
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Patents Make Your Company More Valuable to Acquirers
A well-crafted and curated patent portfolio has patents that make your company much more valuable to an acquirer. When curating a portfolio, BlueIron often targets potential acquirers.
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Patents Make Your Company More Valuable Going Into Financing Rounds
A patent portfolio increases your value when raising money. A strong portfolio sends a signal to investors that you are sophisticated, understand the marketplace, and mean to be…
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