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Building Your IP Strategy for Patent-Intensive Tech Startups – Part 4: IP Mapping
This is the last in a four-part blog series on how to build an IP strategy for patent-intensive tech startups.
15 Jan 2020
Quantum Computing: What Is That?
The golden opportunity of my professional life came in 2003. I was admitted to the PhD program at MIT, and…
29 Jun 2023
How to Write an Invention Disclosure Record
In a previous blog post, we recommended using IDRs to help document your company’s ownership of an invention. You might be…
18 Dec 2019
HOW CLOUD, EDGE AND FOG COMPUTING COULD AFFECT YOUR PATENT STRATEGY
Internet of Things devices are flooding the everyday tech landscape. From smart voice assistants to in-store beacons, companies are constantly creating…
22 Nov 2019
WHERE SHOULD WE FILE IN 2020? RECENT TRENDS IN FOREIGN PATENT FILINGS
Foreign patent filings are expensive. Tech startups are always operating on a budget, so if you’re a tech startup operator,…
30 Oct 2019
HOW TECH INVESTORS SHOULD APPROACH IP DUE DILIGENCE
This is the final post in a four-part blog series that examines the IP due diligence process for tech startups…
18 Oct 2019
IP DUE DILIGENCE: HOW DEEP SHOULD WE DIVE?
This is the third in a four-part blog series that examines the IP due diligence process for tech startups and…
13 Oct 2019
MICHAEL HENRY TO PRESENT ON QUANTUM COMPUTING AND BLOCKCHAIN
Emerging technologies such as quantum computing and blockchain technology are increasingly impacting IP lawyers’ work across diverse practice areas, from…
30 Sep 2019
WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE IP DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS?
This is the second in a four-part blog series that examines the IP due diligence process for tech startups and…
12 Sep 2019
IP DUE DILIGENCE: AN INTRO FOR TECH STARTUPS
This is the first in a four-part blog series that examines the IP due diligence process for tech startups and…
17 Jul 2019
HOW TO AVOID APPLICANT ADMITTED PRIOR ART IN YOUR PATENT APPLICATIONS
When drafting their patent applications, inventors often want to be very gratuitous in explaining what others before them have developed. …
10 May 2019
BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PATENT LANDSCAPE
The bitcoin bubble may have burst (though it’s predicted to be making a less splashy comebackthis year), but blockchain —…
2 May 2019
VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PATENT LANDSCAPE
Many early virtual reality devices simply didn’t live up to the hype. Highly-anticipated products like Google Glass and Facebook’s Oculus have quietly…