IP Checkups recently hosted and presented a four-hour IP workshop at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, CA. The workshop started with three slide presentations and ended with an interactive panel discussion. Panel members included IP Checkups’ team Read the Rest…
If you haven’t heard – we at IP Checkups have launched a crowdfunded Indiegogo project to reveal Intellectual Ventures patent portfolio to the public. Check out our campaign site here: www.indiegogo.com/iv-thicket During our fundraising, many backers have asked us for Read the Rest…
Last October, Popular Mechanics reported that non-practicing entities (NPEs) may have “bled companies for half a trillion dollars” between 1990 and 2010. Sometimes called “patent trolls” by their detractors, NPEs are generally defined as companies that obtain most of Read the Rest…
Indiegogo – IV Thicket – Patents are a marketplace of ideas. from IP Checkups on Vimeo. BERKELEY, Calif., October 15, 2012—IP Checkups, Inc., a boutique patent analytics firm, today announced the launch of Case IV Thicket, an Indiegogo crowdfunded project Read the Rest…
Innovation drives economic growth in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Despite this truth, startups, university spinoffs and SMEs often have trouble capitalizing on their innovations through intellectual property. When faced with massive budget restraints and constantly-shifting market pressures, startups Read the Rest…
The BlueTech Forum in San Francisco next week will highlight innovative water technologies and serve as a networking platform for investors, CEOs, and policymakers in the water sector. One of the features of the Forum will be a panel on Read the Rest…
The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released a nifty patent visualization tool – the “Visual Patent Search.” The tool showcases all US patent applications and issued US patents created through DOE funding. Users can analyze patent documents by individual DOE Read the Rest…
Recently, IEEE featured an article by George Lawton on different patent-analytics systems. An excerpt of the article is below: The process of developing, applying for, analyzing, defending, and filing lawsuits over patents involves complicated concepts and complex relationships between concepts… Read the Rest…
The Patent Portfolio Theory, coined by Parchomovsky & Wagner of University of Pennsylvania Law School, attempts to reconcile what is known as the “Patent Paradox”; the recent phenomenon of rising patent applications, even as the expected value of each patent Read the Rest…
The Cleantech Forum in San Francisco next week promises to be a unique collaborative space for corporations, investors, and entreprenuers. A highlight of the forum is the entrepreneur showcase. On Tuesday, March 27 twenty promising startups will present pitches across Read the Rest…