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Category: Patent Strategy
The proper patent strategy can dramatically improve your IP protection.
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IP-Backed Lending In Asia
Intellectual property-backed lending, particularly patent-backed lending, has been growing in Asia, particularly China and Korea. Both countries have made extensive efforts to use IP as a business resource…
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Why You Cannot Hire a Patent Attorney Who Worked for a Competitor
I talk to countless patent holders, and I often hear that their patent attorney did all this work for a direct competitor before doing their patents. Somehow, the…
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The Problems with Your Patent Attorney Owning Stock in Your Company
Patent attorneys are entrusted with the responsibility of safeguarding their clients’ intellectual property. This fiduciary duty requires them to act in the best interest of their clients, providing…
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Patent Attorneys’ Misguided Obsession About Costs
Patent attorneys work in a bubble that is completely hidden from laypersons, but is an incredibly loud echo chamber. An example is the current obsession and endless handwringing…
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Every Word Hurts You: Patent Claims
The length of the claims really matters. The length of the specification is important – but only up to a point.
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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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BlueIron Model, Patent Drafting, Patent Process, Patent Strategy, Patent Valuation, Working with Attorneys
Patent Descriptions: Every Word Hurts You
The patent application has two parts: the specification and the claims.
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Do You Like My Invention?
As an investor who focuses on IP, I get asked for feedback on inventions and patents. I have written hundreds, maybe even a thousand patent applications, reviewed countless…
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Communication Hygiene: Things You Never Say To Your Patent Attorney
Inventors have extraordinary power in the patent process, especially in litigation. An inventor’s opinion or comments can often be twisted during litigation and ultimately, used to invalidate a…
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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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