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POSTED BY John Cronin AT 11:37 A.M. Oct 9, 2018 When considering starting the AI journey, unlike in the past, it is not enough to have expert people working on the project, installing processes with standard, simplified procedures in a Microsoft Office program or with extremely well-known tools like patent office databases, etc. Now, in order to …
POSTED BY John Cronin AT 11:58 A.M. Oct 5, 2018 For many years, those working at licensing and patent sales for hundreds of buyers and sellers have always realized that “telling the story” was essential. An industry standard, if not the industry standard, was a 2-pager flyer with sections on Business, Market, Technology, Valuation, and Claims Charting, etc. to …
POSTED BY Chris Huffines AT 4:23 P.M. Sep 18, 2018 In the last blog post, the basic types of intellectual property (IP) were discussed. But there are other types of more specialized IP that don’t fall into the basic categories. Today, those types, which are “neither fish nor fowl” will be discussed. Mask WorksA mask work (or integrated …
POSTED BY John Cronin AT 1:32 P.M. Sep 14, 2018 There is no question that large artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to solve the numerous efficiency and quality needs in the intellectual property (IP)/intellectual asset management (IAM) space will fail. This has been seen with companies that have tried to bring in a generalized AI engine to solve …
POSTED BY Chris Huffines AT 8:18 P.M. Sep 4, 2018 This post is the first in a series talking about the basics of intellectual property. Intellectual property, specifically, consists of those rights associated with knowledge and creation, not land and buildings (real property) or physical things (personal property/chattel). In this first post, the various types of intellectual …
POSTED BY Yiyi Jin AT 3:39 P.M. August 28, 2018 In the previous article, we discussed the recent development of the IP environment in China. Newly strengthened protection of intellectual property rights from the Chinese side indicates lower risk, which will likely encourage foreign investors to enter the Chinese market. On the other hand, there are also incentive …
POSTED BY Chris Huffines AT 2:56 P.M. Aug 21, 2018 In a previous post, the question of legal changes necessary for artificial intelligence (AI) to invent was discussed. But what about practical changes? How will AI change inventing in a world in which its inventions are granted patent protection? Fast FilingThe first notable effect will be the speed …
POSTED BY Yiyi Jin AT 2:19 P.M. August 14, 2018 SummaryWith one of the world’s fastest growing economies, China continues to develop its IP environment. As mentioned in the previous article China and the next Great Wall, China has already entered a transitional period away from seeking GDP growth by capital investments and imported technology diffusion toward promoting …
POSTED BY Seth Cronin AT 12:58 P.M. August 8, 2018 New technology brings exciting opportunities for early innovators, and potentially disastrous disruptions to the status quo. Blockchain, a growing, publicly-distributed ledger of transaction data and cryptographic hashes that famously enables cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, LiteCoin and Ripple, may be one such technology. Much like the California Gold …
POSTED BY Chris Huffines AT 11:44 A.M. July 31, 2018 It has been obvious for a while now that artificial intelligence is not only going to assist inventors with more robust research and analysis tools, but will soon be inventing on a large scale itself. However, currently patent law does not recognize non-humans as inventors. This will …
POSTED BY Seth Cronin AT 12:26 P.M. July 25, 2018 How can tax accountants, wealth managers, M&A brokers, and business owners extract the most value from personal goodwill? Tax court decisions (Bross Trucking, Inc., T.C. Memo. 2014-107, and Estate of Adell, T.C. Memo. 2014-155) have demonstrated that sale of personal goodwill as a distinct asset, separate from corporate …
POSTED BY Adam Bulakowski AT 9:53 P.M. July 10, 2018 Below is an excerpt from the July, 2018 white paper. Read the full paper here. Summary In this whitepaper, Adam discusses how companies (and countries) with unique, intangible assets and associated capabilities capture more of the value that they create from innovation activities (and remain competitive). What is …