Publications

John Cronin, Managing Director and Chairman, Nathan Doudera, Analyst, and John Callan of Ursa Major Associates are the authors of “Can Intellectual Property Save the USPS?” a white paper exploring how IP could be used to revivify the USPS, and the implications that bares for other players along the postal value chain. The paper was published by Post & Parcel on September 11, 2012.

John Cronin, Managing Director and Chairman, and Nathan Doudera, Analyst, are the authors of "Is the Rental Car Industry Heading Toward Disruption Because of Intellectual Property?", an article outlining how recent increases in patents related to rental cars and mobile technology in particular, both within and outside of the industry, are cause for rental companies to embrace and prepare for IP's role in staying competitive. The article was written for Auto Rental News.

John Cronin, Managing Director and Chairman, and Marshall Phelps, ipCapital Group Board Member, are the authors of "Mining Patent Gold: What Every CEO Should Know", an article detailing recent large IP transactions and trends in the industry. The article, published in Forbes Magazine on September 9, 2011 can be found at the Forbes site.

Learn how to how to encourage joint creation in open innovation without losing IP rights in "Onwards and upwards", by ipCG Senior Manager, Kate Shore, published by Intellectual Property Magazine, September, 2011.

Rachael Schwartz, Senior Manager, details how communication of the value of IP accelerates business potential in her article, "Bridging the Information Gap", published by Intellectual Property Magazine, April, 2011.

Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal Partner, weighs in with her expertise on the role of IP in various industry sectors and board rooms in "Taking it to the Top" an article by Rebecca Evans for the March, 2011 Issue of Intellectual Property Magazine.

Rachael Schwartz, Senior Manager, outlines the best approach to IP valuation in an acquisition in her article, "Considering intellectual property in acquisition pricing", published by Intellectual Property Magazine, February, 2011.

Bruce Story, Senior Advisor, discusses creating business-aligned IP strategies and installing ICM processes in "Executing IP Strategy with ICM Process Implementation", available at the Polymer Ohio and CMPND web sites.

Rachael Schwartz, Senior Manager, talks about the intricacies of Trademark Licensing in the article, "The Art of Trademark Licensing", published by LES Insights, an e-zine of the Licensing Executive Society, September, 2010.

John Ciannamea, Senior Advisor, and John Cronin, Managing Director and Chairman are the authors of "Maximizing Value from Distressed Portfolio Companies ," an article describing the potentially lucrative benefits of intellectual property licensing and sales as an alternative to bankruptcy and other choices for failing companies published in the July, 2010 issue of Venture Capital Journal.

Bruce Story, Senior Advisor, emphasizes that the success of an IP strategy hinges on the employment of intellectual capital management processes in his letter "Executing IP Strategy with ICM Process Implementation ."

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman is cited for his expertise in the Februaury, 2010 Innovationedge blog posting "Don't Overlook the Power of Defensive Publications" by Jeff Lindsay.

Kate Shore, Senior Manager and Dr. Peter Allen of nu Angle discuss gaining a competitive advantage by combining technology roadmapping with intellectual property in the Quarter 1, 2010 issue of nu Angle's newsletter  (please see bottom of page 2).

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, outlines the objections he hears to developing or modifying a company's IP strategy and highlights the typical results of discussing these objections with clients in "The Case for Developing an "Executable" IP Strategy in 2010 ."

Ben Taylor, Consulting Manager, outlines the steps for using intellectual property as a strategic tool to enhance iPhone application development efforts in "Creating Innovative Apps", on pages 83 and 84 of iPhone Life's Winter 2010 issue.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman of ipCG, Jed Cahill, Consulting Manager at ipCG, and Brian Cookson, President & Managing Director at RDP Associates, explain how companies conducting R&D can capitalize on valuable synergies between systematic IP extraction and R&D tax credit documentation processes in "Uncovering Value in R&D Tax Credit Processes Through Strategic IP Management," written for MX: Medical Executive, November 2009.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman of ipCG, and Brad Goldense President and CEO of Goldense Group, Inc. are the authors of "Integral IAM and new product processes are the future",  published in the November/December 2009 issue of IAM Magazine. The article stresses the importance of becoming an early adopter to the growing trend of merging intellectual property and business goals.

John Cronin, Managing Director and CEO, and Sarju Bharucha, Associate, outline their guidelines to "Friendly licensing" - an approach that offers companies an opportunity to strengthen their IP portfolios while maintaining a favorable industry-wide reputation, in their article "Friendly Licensing in the Aftermath of MedImmune."

Jed Cahill, Consulting Manager, and Sandy Lewis, Director of Human Resources, outline best practices for managing intellectual assets before, during, and after workforce downsizing in "Minimizing loss of vital intellectual assets when downsizing", written for IAM Magazine's May/June 2009 issue.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman of ipCG, and Paul DiGiammarino, CEO of Anaqua, highlight the role-players and the best practice strategies for managing intellectual property in an era of economic uncertainty in "Understanding and unifying diverse IP strategy perspectives" , written for IAM Magazine's January/February 2009 issue.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, and Kate Shore, Consulting Manager, discuss the framework for maximizing ROI by "Managing IP in open innovation partnerships" reissued in the IAM Magazine special report "IP in the life sciences industries 2009". Copies of the report are available upon request.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, and Bruce Story, Senior Advisor, discuss an important method for reducing the costs of IP portfolio management during an economic crisis in their letter, "Reducing Costs in Managing Patents" .

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, and Bruce Story, Senior Advisor, outline methods of IP management that can position a company for gains when market conditions change in "Managing IP in a Difficult Economic Environment" , written for IAM Magazine's March/April 2009 issue.

Read about the history and background of ipCG and its founder, John Cronin, in "Patent Medicine Man," from the March 2009 issue of Business People-Vermont.

Jed Cahill, Consulting Manager, and Chris Rose, Senior Manager, discuss strategies for growing revenue and reducing IP costs in "Base your IP decisions on strategy" in the January/February 2009 issue of Telecom Asia.

ipCapital Group receives prominent mention as a licensing agent in IAM's article "Meet the Middlemen"  by Raymond Millien and Ron Laurie.

Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal, is highlighted in Sara-Jayne Adams' IAM magazine article "Breaking through the glass ceiling"  in the October/November 2008 issue.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, and Rachael Schwartz, Senior Manager, are the authors of "Get Smart about Intellectual Property: A three-stage plan for boards to get a handle on intangible assets," written for Directorship Magazine's October-November issue.

Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal, discusses the implications of a recent infringment suit in "TiVo gets $104M from EchoStar over patent infringement" by Tony C. Yang for the San Jose Business Journal.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, and Douglas Roth, Senior Manager, are the authors of "Increasing the Value of Portfolio Companies Using Disciplined, Cost-Effective Approaches to Intellectual Property Management," written for the National Venture Capital Association's newsletter.

Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal, discusses a recent Google patent application and its implications for Google's efforts to green up its data centers in her latest blog entry, "Google Sets Your Data Adrift?" for the Huffington Post's green section.

Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal, highlights the role of technology and IP in Olympic swimming in her latest blog entry, "In the Water Cube, It's Clean AND Green" for the Huffington Post's green section.

In the July 2008 issue of Chief Executive Magazine, John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, lends his intellectual property expertise to Erik Sherman's article "Surviving the Patent Shakeup."

Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal, discusses "The Role of Intellectual Property in Innovation" in Tatsuya Nakagawa's Product Life Marketing Blog.

Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal, weighs in on the role of intellectual property in clean tech entrepreneurship in "Watch Your Back - Protecting Your Green Invention" by MC Milker for Ecopreneurist.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, and Kate Shore, Consulting Manager, discuss the framework for maximizing ROI by "Managing IP in open innovation partnerships" in the June-July 2008 issue of Intellectual Asset Management Magazine.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, contributes his insights on IP in the banking industry in Glen Fest's Bank Technology News article "Intellectual Property on Trial."

Rachael Schwartz, Senior Manager, and Ben Taylor, Senior Associate discuss the effects patent protection could have on the development of insurance industry patents in their Risk & Insurance Online article "No More Patent Copycats" and sidebar "Recent Insurance-related Patent Filings."

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman and Rachael Schwartz, Senior Manager, discuss ways the banking industry could better approach infringement issues in "A Little Homework Could Have Saved Banks a Lot of Patents Grief."

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman and Rachael Schwartz, Senior Manager, provide expertise to the May 2008 CFO magazine article Patents under Pressure 

Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal Partner, proposes improvements to the Eco-Patent Commons to aid in its goal of sharing useful environmental technologies in "Strategic Thinking: Growing the Eco-Patent Commons to Truly Promote Green Innovation". The article was published in April 2008 at Greenbiz.com.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman and Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal Partner, discuss the positive impact collaboration has on the ways companies invent in the recent How Online interview "Transparency and Collaboration in Intellectual Property".

John Cronin contributes to the article "The Changing Face of Intellectual Property" in the March 2008 issue of Financial Executive Magazine.

Doug Roth, Senior Manager, discusses the role of patent lawsuits in the consolidation-ripe CDN market in the February 2008 article "Are CDN Patent Lawsuits Actually a Mating Call?" by xchange Magazine's Kelly M. Teal.

John Cronin provides expertise on the relationship between businesses and academic institutions in determining an intellectual property royalty structure that is a boon to both sectors in the EE Times article "Industry could pay in advance for university IP, prez says."

Effective due dilligence requires linking a company's intellectual property to its business as outlined in "IP due diligence: Make it strategic" by Douglas J. Roth and Michael R. Bielski in their article in Corporate Dealmaker magazine.

Globalization has created both significant opportunities and risks for innovative organizations. Michael Bielski, Justin Kunz and John Cronin discuss how IP strategy can help innovative organizations sustain competitive advantage in "Lowering Intellectual Property (IP) Risk When Outsourcing Manufacturing."

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman introduces ipCapital Group and discusses the importance of a strong intellectual property strategy in ipCG's premier podcast. Listen to the Podcast

Combination products frequently rely on innovations from a number of different sources. Thus, it is crucial for all participants to understand the IP issues related to product development and commercialization. Michael Bielski, Senior Associate, and Christine Ford explain in "Combination Products and Intellectual Property." This article was published in the April 2007 edition of Medical Product Outsourcing.

Companies and their shareholders stand to benefit from the development and promotion of their IP portfolios as described in "How to Communicate the Real Value of Your Intellectual Assets to Wall Street."  Chris Rose, John Cronin, and Rachael Schwartz share their insights in the March-April 2007 edition of Research-Technology Management.

Determining how patents stack up within an industry is a challenge, especially in dynamic sectors such as renewable energy and environmental technology. Nancy Edwards Cronin considers the value of patent scoring in "Patenting Model Lets Companies Assess IP Strength." Additional information is available on energy and environmental technologies and patent scoring.

Is innovation part of your growth strategy? At a time when U.S. investments in R&D exceed $200 billion, it seems that many businesses are looking to innovation as the foundation of a sustainable competitive advantage. Our Winter 2007 edition of Growth Strategies explores the connection between innovation, corporate resilience, and IP strategy.

If you're merging or acquiring, you can creatively map patent data on a strategically developed framework that will show strengths or weaknesses of IP portfolio combinations. Douglas Roth, Senior Manager, illustrates this process in "Treasure Map." This article was published in the July/August 2006 issue of Corporate Dealmaker magazine.

In the near future, many insurance companies may be taken completely by surprise when one innovative leader captures large expanses of IP space in the insurance industry. John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, and Rachael Schwartz, Senior Manager, describe this trend and offer possible solutions in "Insurance Industry: Poised to Generate Significant Value from Patenting."

How do you ensure that all partners enjoy IP benefits in a joint venture? Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal, and John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, are the authors of "It's All in Your Point of View." This article appeared in the March/April 2006 issue of Corporate Dealmaker magazine.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, and Douglas Roth, Senior Manager, are the authors of "Strategic Licensing: Securing Value From Innovation." This article first appeared in issue 13 of Intellectual Asset Management magazine, published by Globe White Page, London, UK.

Nancy Edwards Cronin, Principal, is the author of "Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on IAM Personnel and Executives." This article first appeared in issue 7 of Intellectual Asset Management magazine, published by Globe White Page, London, UK.

John Cronin, Managing Director & Chairman, and Rachael Schwartz, Senior Manager, co-authored "Developing the Nanotech Patent Portfolio," within the article, "Patent Challenges for Nanotech Investors." This article first appeared in issue 2 of Intellectual Asset Management magazine, published by Globe White Page, London, UK.