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Patents and trade secrets are seemingly opposing concepts, however they share the same goal: to prevent competitors from using an invention. The difference is in the process. Patents require public disclosure, while trade secrets require secrecy. In some instances, a single invention may be protected by both patents and trade secrets, which may be counterintuitive …
Invent Anything Presents: Inventors At Work. In this series of podcasts, host John Cronin interviews some of the world’s most celebrated inventors to learn what makes them tick. By exploring the inventors background, their education, career, and experiences that inspired them to invent, we hope demystify the process of invention and becoming an inventor. …
Recent lawsuits between two major players in the 5G wireless arena have highlighted the need for patent holders to understand and incorporate FRAND licensing in their overall IP strategy. What is FRAND? Before exploring the Ericsson lawsuit, we have to understand what FRAND is. FRAND/RAND licensing, or “fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory” licensing, is an approach …
In this article we’ll discuss the power of trade secrets for your business. Essentially every business has some form of trade secrets they use for competitive advantage. In order to get the most value out of trade secrets, however, it’s important to understand the best practices to protect and leverage these intellectual assets. In this article we will answer questions like: What are trade secrets? How do you protect trade secrets? How to leverage trade secrets in business? We will even discuss how you can create new trade secrets for your business.
This article is sourced from Episode 10 of Invent Anything with John Cronin. Listen here. Introduction Once your patent is granted, you may wonder what you can do with it. There are a variety of ways to make money with patents, whether you are in management or another supervisory role, or you are an inventor …
Thursday marked the ten-year anniversary of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), a landmark piece of legislation that refashioned the United States patent system and intellectual property development. Passed on September 16th, 2011, this Act was sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Representative Lamar Smith of Texas. When signing this Act, President Obama …
Introduction Hello, this is John Cronin in Invent Anything. Welcome to Episode 5, “Types of Creativity 3.” We are going to be talking today about continuous improvement thinking. We will cover the first topic of the history and the theory of continuous improvement thinking, and in Topic 2, we will give you some tools and …
John Cronin appears on the SharkPreneur Podcast Hosted by Seth Greene. Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with John Cronin about guarding your intellectual property.
In this series, John and Seth share insights relating to invention, creativity, and intellectual property collected over 17 years at IBM (becoming its top inventor with over 100 patents and 150 patent publications) and over 30 years of combined experience as ipCapital Group’s leaders (working with over 1,500 companies and approximately 15% of the Fortune 500, hundreds of mid-size companies and hundreds of startups and governmental laboratories).
A business has just been threatened. A close competitor got a very broad patent just issued, and the company believes they are violating the patent. Now what do they do?
Use of intellectual property without the consent of the owner, or assignee, is infringement. When considering patent infringement, there are several different types, the most obvious being direct infringement.
Blue Gas is poised to revolutionize transportation and energy. But what inventions will be needed for it to really take off in our lifetimes?