Posts Tagged ‘Design Around’
Patents As Investments
BlueIron treats patents as investments. But we don’t invest in everything. We do not invest in technologies where we don’t think there is a market for the patents alone. BlueIron treats client’s patents like collateral for loans. Our investment is protected only by the value that the patents would have on the open market, if…
Read MorePatents that are Bad Stand-Alone Investments
How BlueIron Evaluates Patent Investments. We do not invest in technologies where we don’t think there is a market for the patents alone. BlueIron treats client’s patents like collateral for loans. Our investment is protected only by the value that the patents would have on the open market, if the client walks away from the…
Read MoreMapping an Invention to an Internal Product Roadmap
Due Diligence for Patent[1]s – Comparing your 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 for you to operate. There are two main factors to consider for this analysis:…
Read MoreProtecting a Product With Patents
Most companies get patent protection to protect a product. This is the first line of defense and is the most simplistic manner to use patents. In this case, the business interest is two fold. The primary goal is to prevent competitors from directly infringing the product going out the door and the secondary goal is to set…
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