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POSTED BY Charles E. Root Jr. and Nancy Edwards Cronin AT 1:48 P.M. May 17, 2016 In our first installment of The Internet of Things (IoT), Data, and the Implications on Intellectual Property, we discussed the need to understand the full landscape of IoT, not just devices. In this second part, let’s talk about “big data”. All of these devices …
POSTED BY Bill Petrow and Jeff Goodwin AT 12:51 P.M. May 13, 2016 The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) of 2016 was signed into law on May 11th, adding national and international protection for trade secrets to the already-existing state-level laws, which are allowed to remain in place according to the new federal statute. Generally speaking, the DTSA provides …
POSTED BY Jeff Padgett AT 5:29 P.M. Apr 28, 2016 ipCapital Group recently had the privilege of attending the 2016 BIOMEDevice Boston conference. Although the array of gears, wheels, pumps, membranes, molds, tubes and tools we witnessed was impressive, from our view, it was the data that stole the show. The Biomedical Innovation series of presentations focused …
POSTED BY Adam Bulakowski and Seth Cronin AT 4:27 P.M. Apr 18, 2016 Since Yahoo launched the sale of its core business and patent portfolio in February, questions have been raised regarding the value of non-operating assets. With estimates ranging from $1B to $4B for the patents alone, many are left to wonder how to value a …
POSTED BY Robert McDonald and Jeff Padgett AT 1:23 P.M. Apr 7, 2016 As innovation consultants, we have a front row seat to watch (and help) companies learn how to be innovative. We’ve seen a lot of companies take a variety of approaches to innovation. One of the most common we see is what we call the “ad hoc” …
POSTED BY Jeff Padgett AT 1:48 P.M. Mar 8, 2016 The Energy Distribution Grid is ChangingThe electrical energy delivery system, the Grid, looks today very much like it has for the past century: centralized generation, delivery and then consumption by customers. With much of the grid system over 50 years old and operating on antiquated technology the …
POSTED BY Robert McDonald AT 3:57 P.M. Mar 3, 2016 To say that the healthcare industry is under intense pressure to change is an obvious understatement. But in a large and mature industry how do we begin to understand the scope and scale of the change needed? Working with our clients, and a review of the literature …
POSTED BY Justin Kunz and AJ Knowles AT 4:08 P.M. March 1, 2016 Highlights: Companies in the consumer jewelry industry should expect increased competition from hand wearables Growing interest in smart rings from large tech companies (e.g., Apple) & start-up’s Technology is enabling increased innovation, intellectual property (IP) in hand wearable products The Apple Watch has been …
POSTED BY Charles E. Root Jr. MS. and Nancy Edwards Cronin AT 4:07 P.M. February 18, 2016 Introduction In 1999 Kevin Ashton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) gave a presentation to Procter and Gamble titled “The Internet of Things”. His explanation of the concept can be encapsulated in this excerpt from that presentation: ‘…people have limited time, …
POSTED BY Robert McDonald AT 4:55 P.M. January 28, 2016 ipCapital Group is a consulting firm that helps businesses solve complex problems. One of the complex problems that we have been focusing on recently is how to make innovation more successful. We measure innovation success as a combination of both the number of new innovations and the rate of …
POSTED BY Nagesh Kadaba AT 1:57 P.M. January 25, 2016 Why is IPR important?Intellectual property rights (IPRs) refer to a set of laws and rules that protect the economic value of inventions and artistic creations from imitation by competitors. The most common forms of IPRs are patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Traditionally, knowledge was …
Adam Bulakowski, Principal Partner, is the Author of “The Future of Banking Profits: Innovation Decisions for Retail and Commercial Banks” ORIGINAL POST BY ipCG Team AT 4:06 P.M. January 15, 2016 Below is an excerpt from the January, 2016 white paper. Read the full paper here. Why did: JPMorgan Chase partner last month with small …