When considering a strategic technology partnership many elements need to be thoughtfully considered if the partnership is to be a success. First and foremost to consider is the strategic fit between the two organizations. If these do not match the probability of success is very low. The next element to consider is the [...]
8-K Item Codes In his article on “Mining SEC forms for material events”, Michael Levy points out that competitive intelligence professionals are benefiting from the fraud committed at the end of the late 1990s. In attempt to prevent future fraud and improve corporate transparency, the SEC mandated a broader set of 8K material [...]
Understanding what a company is really up against in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology areas is certainly a challenge. In her paper on “pharmaceutical and biotechnology assessment on a slim budget”, Candace Hughes points out that on the one hand there are large number of for-pay resources that have extracted information and specific market [...]
To summarize all the above information for the management team, the assessment this competitive intelligence team produced would be put into four bullet points: Strengths: Established industry, Competitive yet healthy rivalry, Competitors have different strategies and approaches, and the portfolios are suited to protect each companies own business interest. Weaknesses: No strong IP [...]
To understand the areas of investment in more detail the landscape map is made from the text found in the patent specification. Since passive since patent specifications cover both business and technology elements the landscape map of the “Specific Business/Technology Areas of Investment Focus” figure can be used to understand who is really [...]
Investment Velocities To find out if the field is active the number of patents published per year is plotted as shown in the “Investment Velocities” figure. This is referred to as investment velocity because the work done at the Industrial Research Institute found that issued US patents correspond to approximately $1 million spent [...]
In the “Competitor A’s Patent Portfolio“ figure, the art held by this competitor is moderately strong in all four categories. The portfolio is of a moderate size. Applications and patents are filed worldwide. The number of references and cited by counts contained in these patents and applications is around the average for benchmarked [...]
When profiling an IP portfolio from a business perspective, there are six main areas to consider. These are: (1) Overall Size and Scope, (2) Validity and Value, (3) Licensing Size, Depth and Breadth, (4) Sustainability, (5) Velocity, and (6) Direction. For the first four areas a star/spider chart is made using over two [...]
When developing strategic plans it is important to know your competitor strengths and weaknesses. Likewise when developing business partners the same needs exist. The long-term viability of a business is strongly dependent upon knowing your competitor strengths and weaknesses, identifying opportunities and threats these competitors present, and uncovering unknown competitors. When developing this [...]
Example Patent Portfolio Metrics of Acquisition Target A In constructing the comparative radar diagrams 22 measures of portfolio performance are calculated in the three areas of legal, citation, and geographic strengths. In the “Example Patent Portfolio Metrics of Acquisition Target A” figure, the metrics associated with prosecution / maintenance / litigation are shown [...]
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