When a company’s IP culture varies across a company’s business units and IP functional groups inefficiencies develop. This was highlighted during a recent webinar with many prominent companies IP organizations represented. The simple answer of having “a single organization responsible for making sure everything is uniform” was appropriately shouted down by noting in [...]
The news of a Union being formed at Google highlights the importance of congruent Company Vision, Mission and Values. Although formation of a Union will not likely have a material effect on Google’s top management’s incongruent behavior, the Union’s formation does indicate that senior individuals are deviating from the basic “tacit” governing principles [...]
"Green" Product Development "Sweet Spot" for Speed-to-Market Initiatives You must manage time-to-market and Speed-to-Market at the right stage of product development (The sweet spot is in the development stage). Managing time-to-market and Speed-to-Market works when technological invention is finished, and technical work is confined to creating or optimizing the product. At this stage [...]
Step 3b of Improving Your Speed-to-Market Is:Implementation of Speed-to-Market Pilot Project(s)There are six elements that comprise successful completion of this stepPlanning: plan the work, work the planA project plan is essential and must include learning and improving activities.A project plan is essential for each product development project. This plan must include activities aimed at [...]
Step 2a of Improving Your Speed-to-Market Is:Defining Your Speed-to-Market ProblemThis Requires Creation of a Problem StatementA team should develop a comprehensive problem statement and plan.why Speed-to-Market matters;the specific benefits; and,mitigations to avoid potential disadvantages This Requires Creation of a Project TeamA dedicated team is essential. May require multiple levels and functions.Getting the right team in [...]
1. “Intellectual Property Strategy”, by Harry Grinnell, IP Review, Autumn 2006.2. “IP Strategy”, by John Cronin, presentation at LES Workshop, May 2002.3. “Business Model Archetypes”, by Peter Weill, Working Paper, May 2004.4. “Summary of IP Elements”, by Unknown, lesNouvelles, Dec. 2005, p. 161. 5. “Asset-based monopolies”, by Unknown, Research Technology Management, September 2003, [...]
Valuation of Confidential Information It is a business adage that what gets measured gets done. The corollary is that you have to identify Confidential Information in order to know how it is used, and therefore of how much business value it is. Relationship Between Business & IP Needs Confidential Information is essentially the [...]
A great deal has been written on the valuation of intellectual property. The best resources are available from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Licensing Executives Society International. The focus is on three primary means to determine how much intellectual property is worth. These are cost approach, and income approach, and [...]
Considerable Territorial Variation in Protection of Confidential Information As mentioned elsewhere in this collection, it is crucial to ensure the confidentiality of undisclosed information in order to retain its commercial value. In the connected world in which we live, this requires worldwide protection to ensure that information does not enter the public domain [...]
Because Confidential Information is the glue that holds the company’s competitive advantage together, it is important to find some method to keep this valuable information exclusive to a corporation in spite of the fact it has little legal protection in its own right. One of the best ways to control dissemination of this [...]
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