How does your company reward people who are granted patents? We are trying to harmonize the various practices across our company for rewarding people who receive patents and would like to benchmark...
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Intellectual Asset Management
Who manages your IP? How is the leadership role defined for your IP management function? What are the distinct job responsibilities for this role? How does this role fit within your organization – is...
How much do you spend on patent related expenses? We want to benchmark patent related expenses as a percentage of annual revenue for other companies. Patent related expenses include freedom to...
Spring 2018 Networks Conference March 5-7, 2018 Denver Brown Palace Hotel Register Online What is the Intellectual Assets Management Network? The Intellectual Assets Management Network (IAMN) is a...
What is your licensing royalty strategy? As you develop new technology, how do you determine what the appropriate royalty should be for customers that license it? I've considered several factors:...
How do you handle IP when collaborating with universities? How do organizations work through the complexities of IP ownership when collaborating with universities in an open innovation environment?...
March 01, 2012
On October 18, 2011, in the case of Oliver Bruestle v. Greenpeace , the European Court of Justice (ECJ) unanimously ruled that no invention resulting from medical research involving the destruc-tion...
How do you handle unsolicited ideas from external sources? While using Open Innovation as a way of bringing in new ideas from the outside world, what is your company IP policy for unsolicited ideas...
September 01, 2014
The pursuit of intellectual property (IP) that can be protected through patents, copyrights, and trademarks has traditionally formed the cornerstone of many companies’ strategies. The general rule of...
September 01, 2014
Jim Bessen talks with James Euchner about the role of patents in encouraging—or discouraging—innovation. Patents have been a cornerstone of our economic system; their continued existence has been...
July 01, 2015
I have had only one job for my entire professional career. John Spirk and I graduated from the Industrial Design Department of the Cleveland Institute of Art at the same time. We both had Fortune 500...