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IAM magazine issue 19
IV moves from myth to reality
Until recently, Intellectual Ventures had operated in almost total secrecy,
revealing nothing and seemingly happy to allow rumours about its business
model become accepted truth. Now, however, senior directors Nathan Myhrvold
and Peter Detkin are beginning to talk
Features
A global evolution: the growing role of IAM
For organisations that have made a commitment to the principles
that underpin intellectual asset management, the availability of the right
technology to help in the task is crucial
Cooperation the key to reducing pendency times
As most of the world’s patent applications are filed through the
Trilateral offices, it falls to them to work out how the current pendency
time crisis can be solved
Intellectual asset risk-linked securities
The convergence of the capital and insurance markets may have created
new opportunities for intellectual asset finance
Tackling the shadow over the international patent system
Pendency times are on the rise in the world’s major patent offices and
industry is being damaged as a result. Although everyone agrees there is
a problem, finding a solution remains a difficult task
The best of both worlds
Mixing open source and closed software can prove to be an effective –
and profitable – corporate strategy. Philips is one company that has come
to understand this
The European IP market needs a revolution
The European R&D and patenting world treat intellectual property as a legal
right and nothing else. Most companies and investors want that attitude to
change. If it does, a number of exciting possibilities can begin to emerge.
What Europe needs most is intermediaries from outside the law
The importance of customer valuation
Although the famous adage about the value of brands still stands, it is
also worth remembering how that value is created so as not to lose sight
of another old adage which reminds us that the customer is king
The Supreme Court creates licensing doubts
There is no disputing that the Supreme Court’s ruling in eBay v MercExchange
delivered a blow to patent trolls. Less clear, however, is the effect it will
have on others who seek to monetise their rights
Insights
Europe may be on the move but big battles lie ahead
Although the Community patent now looks to be
dead in the water, the signs are that progress could
soon be made on both the EPLA and the London
Protocol. For this to happen, however, patent owners
must seize the moment
Outsourcing means that India moves ever closer to the centre stage
A growing number of companies are
looking at the possibility of offshoring
aspects of their patent procurement
work in India.
Columns
Crashing into Moore’s Law
The speed of computer processing
has doubled every 18 months for
the last four decades, just as
Moore’s Law predicts. Whether it
will continue to hold true, though, is
another issue
Freedom to operate
A thorough freedom to operate
analysis is a vital part of any venture
capital deal in the technology sector
Kicking and screaming?
It remains to be seen whether
patent owners will need to be
dragged kicking and screaming into
the 21st century
Pfizer wins latest round in Chinese Viagra dispute
When the patent relating to Viagra
was invalidated in China, it created
headlines across the world. But as
the latest decision in the case
shows, the dispute is actually an
example of the country’s IP system
functioning properly
Co-published editorial
Columns
Is SaaS the future of IP management?
The growing popularity of software
as a service could have a profound
impact on the IP industry
