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Category: Patent Valuation
Assessing patent quality and value, due diligence, investment grade analysis
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Inventions Where BlueIron Does NOT Invest
There are some inventions where BlueIron will NOT invest.
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BlueIron is Changing the Legal Industry
BlueIron was formed in response to a weakness in the way patents are prepared. My personal experience was that I needed a patent attorney’s advice and experience –…
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Investment Grade Patents Do Not Have “Broad Claims”
Inventors like to think that their patents are “broad” and somehow that is good. It is not.
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BlueIron Model, Patent Drafting, Patent Enforcement, Patent Process, Patent Strategy, Patent Valuation, Startups & Funding, Working with Attorneys
What Does A Quality Patent Look Like?
We evaluate patents every day. We underwrite investments in intellectual property, either for financing patents before they are written or for providing loans against patents that already exist. …
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Foundation of Investment Grade Patents
Getting solid, investment-grade patents is less about finding the gem as much as removing the dirt so that there are more possible gems in the portfolio. We do…
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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 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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