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What is “Aging in Place”? Why is it important? “Aging in place” is exactly what it sounds like: remaining in your home as you grow older. Historically, the elderly lived with family as they aged. Today, this model has evolved to more prevalence of institutional care such as assisted living and nursing care facilities. However, there are multiple issues with this model, including high cost, inconsistent quality, lack of independence and control over one’s life, and little room for customization.  The COVID-19 pandemic also presented new issues with spread of disease and lockdowns that prevented family visitation and much needed socialization.

In today’s episode, John will teach you how to deal with copycat companies and win the war against IP infringement. If you’ve invested time and money into your technology, the last thing you want is another company profiting off your hard-earned developments. Whether you need to prepare for this possibility, or arm yourself to deal …

The European Patent Office (EPO) recently denied an application in which the inventor was listed as DABUS, “a type…of artificial intelligence,” ruling that the inventor must be a human being. [1] Not only does this argument fly in the face of the history of invention creating, but also certainly in the future of same. Invention by machine is inevitable; it’s been with us in some form for decades and is accelerating quickly. The sooner we define the structure by which AI invention is acceptable, the sooner the EPO will be able to handle reality.

What does AI have to do with IP? Artificial Intelligence (AI) goes back to the 1950’s, as defined by Minsky & McCarthy, to be “any task performed by a program or a machine that, if a human carried out the same activity, we would say the human had to apply intelligence to accomplish the task”. This being the case, a lot has happened in almost 70 years since that statement. The history of AI can be easily researched; however, a reasonable definition can also be extracted from examples of how AI is being used and what AI is being used for.

In order to challenge you as an executive or an investor of a small or early stage company looking to leverage your value to (1) raise money, (2) be acquired, (3) enhance your market value, or (4) increase revenue, we will discuss how to create real value (for investors, the stock market, M&A, or monetization) for your company through the rapid development of a strategic intellectual property portfolio. For more than twenty-one years, we have helped hundreds of small and early stage companies create real value, and we have benchmarked the rapid development of a strategic intellectual property portfolio to demonstrate significant value. Interestingly, over this time, we have seen few executives or investors who understand this, and worse, many do not believe it is possible to create real value using intellectual property (IP).

Many inventors and companies wait until they have a granted patent in hand before finally asking themselves the question, “So now what?” From lean tech startups to Fortune 100 heavy hitters, patents are granted each week in the U.S. and abroad, raising questions to their owners like, “what exactly are the patents good for?”, “how much are the patents worth?”, and “how can any value be realized?” If you have invested time and money in your patents, these are undoubtedly the right questions to ask. The answers may be found in patent valuation.

Foreword The idea to interview Senator Leahy, a titan of intellectual property legislation in the United States Senate, about the America Invents Act began shortly after the start of my internship with ipCapital Group. I am a graduating high school senior who began interning with ipCapital Group at the start of my senior year. This …

In this episode, John explores the types of businesses that may or may not need intellectual property (IP), like patents and trade secrets. Learn whether your business needs IP to protect its business model, or if filing patents will just increase expenses. The topics in this episode include: Business Brand and Personal Brand Business Risk …

The pandemic wildly accelerated purchases of Peloton exercise bikes. Celebrities, athletes, business influencers, and more were seen on social media sporting the newest fitness trend, and the company took off. But how did Peloton get started, and how does its meteoric rise affect the intellectual property sphere going forward? How it initially filled a need …

Written by John Cronin CEO and Chairman of ipCapital Group, inc. This article is also available as a PDF One way to innovate is to ensure that the megatrends are evaluated in your innovation processes. Megatrends, by definition, have shown they are customer-driven needs! Of course, there could be differences of opinions as to what …

In today’s episode, John discusses the process to create a power intellectual property tool: provisional patent applications. Provisional applications can be leveraged in many and offer strategic advantages to businesses and inventors. The topics in today’s episode include: 1 – What is a Provisional Application? 2 – Types of Provisional Applications 3 – Strategic Uses …

The initial buzz, controversy, and outcry over the emergence of Non-fungible Tokens, or NFTs, into the marketplace has created unprecedented interest in the technology. One may wonder where these art projects with blockchain-based proof of ownership may fall in the intellectual property space. To understand where NFT patent space is developing, it is important to …