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Will the Merger Have Freedom to Operate?

Patent Citation Trees for Freedom-To-Operate Another way to check if the highly cited patents are of interest to potential competitors is to build patent citation trees as shown in the “Patent Citation Trees for Freedom-To-Operate” figure. In this graphic competitors can be color-coded and in so doing they stand out when they surround [...]

pgermeraad2021-10-08T14:28:35-07:00

Background for IP Strategic Planning Processes

Harry Grinnell (Dow & Eastman Chemical) stated that “first and foremost IP is a business tool, and it must be treated as such and integrated into the business if it is to be properly used” . IP Strategies and IP Asset Utilization over Time As a business tool intellectual property strategy varies in [...]

pgermeraad2021-01-29T14:54:09-08:00