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Nokia Oyj , the worldâs biggest maker of mobile phones, won a partial review of the U.S. International Trade Commission patent case it lost to Apple Inc. in March... Read More »
Earlier today Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) poked a finger straight in the chest of alleged patent troll Lodsys, LLC, saying in no unmistakable terms â back off Apple... Read More »
Tessera Technologies Inc. (TSRA) lost an appeals court ruling in its efforts to get new licensing revenue from makers of computer-memory chips, including Acer Inc... Read More »
Rambus Inc., a company best known for its memory technology IPs and an army of in-house lawyers to protect them, this week came to Lightfair in Philadelphia to pitch the ... Read More »
Stem cell research deemed 'immoral' in the European Union will still be funded by Brussels but possibly patented overseas and re-imported for sale, say policy-makers and ... Read More »
Apple should take responsibility and find a solution to protect developers from patent trolling for technologies that Apple requires.
Ericsson AB is considering an offer for some of the patents being auctioned off by Nortel Networks Corp., increasing the number of potential bidders to at least four... Read More »
Apple is "actively investigating" the claims of patent infringement made by Lodsys against App Store developers, according to The Guardian. Lodsys, a patent holding... Read More »
INNOVATION and jobs have become a modern version of motherhood and apple pie in Washington, DC. Everyone in Americaâs capital wants lots more of both, or so they... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCOâThe U.S. International Trade Commission issued an exclusion order Tuesday (May 10), barring further importation into the U.S. of MEMS microphones sold ... Read More »
(Updates with closing share price in 12th paragraph.) May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Boston Scientific Corp., which makes coronary stents to prop open clogged arteries, won more... Read More »
Two patent holding companies with radically different approaches are giving companies looking to avoid expensive IP litigation a lot to think about this week. As we've... Read More »
The U.K.âs patent system is âbroken,â a group of small and medium-sized businesses said in a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron. The letter, sent May... Read More »
Google Inc. is facing possible rival bids for Nortel Networks Corp.âs portfolio of technology patents that could push the sale price to more than $1 billion. RPX... Read More »
In part 1 of this post, we talked about three ways to control and reduce cost in IP departments:
1. Bringing things under control
2. Efficient use of software
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Dan ASome great points here.
Avoiding extensions is a great point. I think having a policy to avoid too many RCEs can help as well - those fees add up.
Third party renewal suppliers give very competitive prices to large companies, but in my experience for small companies it is often cheaper to use the law firm (if the law firm has their own in-house renewals department). Law firms tend to give better service and much prompter advice and help if a renewal is missed as well.
Asking for bills to presented in a spreadsheet is such a great idea, I am surprised I haven't come across it before. Much better than using the e-billing services, such as Datacert or Tymetrix, which lock you in, can cost an arm and a leg, often crash and sometimes charge law firms as well (eventually leading to higher bills or poorer service to the client).
May 24, 2011
One of the ongoing concerns of Legal or R&D departments is controlling or reducing IP cost while keeping a meaningful rate of patent filing to ensure protection... Read More »
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Anonymous Good points, especially on the patent committees and review meetings. If an outside management software solution is bought, I think it is best to get the decision made close to the ground. By the people who use it - as far as possible. I know of several big companies where the decision was made by the head of legal or IP on the basis of marketing, but the paralegals and attorneys really struggled to use the software afterwards. Some big name packages, Anaqua springs to mind, are incredibly unstable and user unfriendly as well as being rather expensive. Improtech takes a huge amount of work to set up, but once in place is fairly user friendly. The best systems I have come across are those written in-house by a law firm or in-house department. Also beware the integrated package - they often do a lot of things badly.
May 24, 2011
Patent is a highly technical type of intellectual property. Creation, use and maintenance of this type of asset requires skilled personnel with three different... Read More »