As my travels as LESI President near an end, I am excited to assist President Elect Kevin Nachtrab and GTIF 2013 Co-Chairs Hector Chagoya (President, LES Mexico) and Martin Schneider (President, LES Switzerland) in planning for the second Global Technology Impact Forum (GTIF) taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 20-22, 2013. This second forum […]
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Global Trends in Licensing
Today I had the honor of giving the keynote address at the LES Asia Pacific Regional Conference held in Tokyo. With more than 270 registrants, this was the second largest LES meeting ever to be held in Japan. The assignment for my address was to provide a short overview of recent “Global Trends in Licensing”. […]
Building A Better Box: Techniques for Innovation
It’s been eight years since Business Week branded the cover of its 75th Anniversary edition with the words “The Innovation Economy.” Since then markets have changed and bubbles have burst, but the message of that cover continues to hold true—we operate in an Innovation Economy powered by ideas. Today, competitiveness is determined by a business’ […]
The World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes 2012 Global Innovation Index
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in collaboration with INSEAD and its Knowledge Partners recently released the 2012 Global Innovation Index (GII), a report ranking 141 countries on the basis of their innovation capabilities and results. Emphasizing the importance of going beyond traditional measures of innovation, such as R&D expenditure and patent count, the GII […]
Federal Circuit Panel’s Diverge on Abstractness of Business Method Claims
Recent Federal Circuit Court rulings indicate inconsistencies surrounding “abstract ideas” and the resulting patent-eligibility of business methods and software. In CLS Bank Int’l v Alice Corp. (No. 2011-1301, Fed. Cir. July 9, 2012), the Federal Circuit passed judgment on the eligibility of claims directed to a computerized trading platform for exchanging credit and debit obligations […]
TechAmerica Foundation- Fueling Rapid Growth Enterprises
Since 2005, Ocean Tomo has reported that intangible assets are becoming increasing recognized as a catalyst for wealth creation and market value. New research continues to support this platform. In a study released Tuesday by the TechAmerica Foundation, business expert Andrew Sherman urges big businesses to use a portion of its $2 trillion in “idle […]
Tipping Point for IP, attests IPBC Conference in Portugal
A very exciting IP global meeting just finished in Portugal, with approximately 500 IP professionals and companies from around the world, and many of the leading figures from the largest IP deals in recent past, USPTO, EPO, academics, politicians and others. IAM did a fantastic job with speakers, logistics, details, as everyone has come to […]
Patent Quality in Chicago – Companies with the Highest Quality Patents Issued in 2011
My team recently completed an analysis of Chicago’s most innovative companies in 2011 for Crain’s. It was non-trivial to tease out exactly which companies should be considered – those with Chicago headquarters, even if innovation was somewhere else, those with headquarters elsewhere but innovation in Chicago, small, big, etc. Once we had the list, we […]