How to get more with a smaller IP budget?
Corporate leadership is squeezing IP budgets across the country. This impacts both staffing and overall IP creation efforts. In-house IP management is being asked to file more applications with [...]
TC Heartland Decision and its impact on NPE Litigation Trend
On May 22, the Supreme court of the US issued a ruling on TC Heartland LLC V Kraft Foods, a decision that is credited to have changed the law on venue for patent cases. Recently, the US court of [...]
How not to be a loser in the game of M&A of patent assets?
When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, the incoming IP from the entity being acquired (or merged with) holds a vital importance. The concerned authority, in most cases a patent counsel, has [...]
9 block buster initial patent damages awards in the US
The number of patent cases filed in the US, on average 4500 to 5500 in the last two year, is way more than any other country in the world. Hence, there is no dearth of patent lawsuits in the US [...]
