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Try to understand what the client NEEDS, not just what he WANTS and you could win a client for life. We have all heard a variant of the sentence above somewhere, but most of the time we’re so [...]

The push to develop solar cells with higher efficiency and lower manufacturing cost has never been more urgent than today when the climate changes are escalating. The Sun in an hour provides [...]

How is Competitive Landscape helpful to researchers for creating an effective R&D strategy? To answer this question in its truest sense, we need to understand what competitive landscaping [...]

In the US, while presenting a piece of non-patent literature (NPL) as a valid prior art, the litigators have to overcome challenges of proving that the NPL was publicly accessible and that the [...]

Invalidation searches are not a cakewalk. That’s why a lot of time many prior art search service providers or your in-house team fail to return with a result you needed. Weak results or no [...]

Talk of budgets and the very first question that comes to the mind is — Given a certain amount of money, how much should be allocated to various expenses?   Should you abandon few patents from [...]

Do you use Salesforce in your organization? If yes, this write-up is for you. Excuse me for starting the article abruptly, but I don’t want to waste a second and directly jump on to help you with [...]

“I don’t want to give a report with zero results to the client.” It was a beautiful, cold October morning. I was sitting at my desk sipping my latte when I received a mail in my [...]

The number of patent cases filed in the US, on average 4500 to 5500 in the last two years, is way more than any other country in the world. Hence, there is no dearth of patent lawsuits in the US [...]

Since childhood, my parents have always been scolding me for being a big movie buff. It has been their favorite dialogue to tell me that these movies won’t support me in my future. It was a [...]

Are you a law firm or an independent attorney who is in search of some out of the box ideas for client acquisition? If Yes, Congratulations! You are at the right place.  Without wasting any time, [...]

Smart Speakers have become quite the household commodity nowadays. Recently, I was working on a research study related to smart speakers, as a result of which I got to know a good deal about [...]

“The CTO’s key tasks are not those of lab director writ large but, rather, of a technical business person deeply involved in shaping and implementing overall corporate strategy.” ~~ W.W. Lewis in [...]

Stephen King once said, “Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once.” Some books are written in such a way that the more the times you read it, more the secrets you uncover. One of those [...]

Investment decisions are not made in a vacuum, they have a context. The main question is – What is that context which you should set, as an investor or a VC, before making an investment [...]

Does the idea of getting approximately 7.2 times the return on investment OR reducing legal spending by 20% OR saving 28% (80% in a few cases) in contract reviewing time appeal to you? If yes, [...]

“Britain is leading the charge among its European counterparts when it comes to embracing the digital transformation of healthcare. From nimble start-ups to the evolution of the National Health [...]

Last Week, USPTO launched a new tool Patentsview.org to visualize the patent data of past 40 years (1976-2014). Its development is a part of Barack Obama’s plan that began in 2012 and aims to [...]

The Generic drugs industry is one of the fastest-growing industries of this century. Valued at USD 200 Billion in 2015, the global market for generic drugs is expected to reach USD 380 Billion by [...]

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”  ― Jorge Luis Borges I’ve heard this quote many times, yet hadn’t felt it until now. Recently, I was analyzing the stats of the [...]

Recently, Hailo Technologies LLC – after three continuous attempts at suing the manufacturer of Anker Roav SmartCharge Car Kit – sued Best Buy, Target, and Walmart for infringement through the [...]

Corporations continuously invest in R&D to maintain their competitive edge. A good portion of this investment further goes into building a patent portfolio that helps the company in a number [...]

Genome editing or gene editing tools bring along with them a promise for a better future as they give scientists the ability to alter DNA. Further, as a result of the growing use of technologies [...]

Thinking like a historian can transform the way how research can be performed on patents. As a historian studies the history and tries to connect different events to understand the cause behind [...]

Note – The technology and client name have been modified to maintain confidentiality. Peter, a senior R&D manager at one of the fortune 500 companies were researching in the domain of [...]

This article, authored by Shikhar Sahni, first appeared as a guest article on IPWatchdog.com Patents, for a long while, have been an integral part of the business development strategy. Companies [...]

Wanna know how we cope and stay sane amidst all the client requests and workload we handle daily? The answer is patents! Not trying to be sarcastic here, but while working on projects which [...]

But there’s a catch. Patent research is not cost effective for many businesses and they prefer ignoring it.  As it doesn’t fit into their budget, they tend to go for low cost solutions. This [...]

Since time immemorial, great companies have become great by hiring the right people. A rookie might wonder why. But seasoned players understand that it is your people who decide your reputation [...]

Having a sound patent strategy is as crucial as having a well-planned business strategy for a company. In the era where thousands of patents are being filed by technology giants each year, it is [...]