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hamea
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Effective Patent Strategy
« on: Jul 5th, 2007, 4:15pm » |
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I am putting together a presentation for someone (confidential) and need a sample case study of a medium sized software company (500 employees, 100-200 million revenue) that went from being a small venture to its current size through the implementation of an effective patent strategy OR a sample case study of a medium sized company that grew into something much bigger again through the use of an effective patent strategy. Does anyone have any examples in mind? Please note, that when I speak of an effective patent strategy I am not necessarily speaking of licensing patented inventions. It could just be the use of patents as effective marketing tools or use of patents to defend a competitive advantage
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JimIvey
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Re: Effective Patent Strategy
« Reply #1 on: Jul 5th, 2007, 8:06pm » |
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I'd suggest looking at VXtreme Inc. (bought by MSFT in 97). You might also research Tumbelweed Corporation (known for a very aggressive patent strategy), Scientific Learning, and PocketThis (now PhoneSpots). I think they're all in the size you're looking for, had a prominant role for patents in their business plans, and are still around after the dot-gone flush.
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hamea
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Re: Effective Patent Strategy
« Reply #2 on: Jul 6th, 2007, 9:37am » |
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Thanks for the Input. Can you recommend any books on Implementing Patent Strategies that include good case studies relevant to the software industry?
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JimIvey
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Re: Effective Patent Strategy
« Reply #3 on: Jul 6th, 2007, 8:35pm » |
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I have two, but I haven't yet read either of them.
One is "Patent or Perish" by Eric Stasik -- a frequent poster here a while back. My apologies for not having read the book yet. He was kind enough to send me a free copy.
Another is "Rembrandts in the Attic". Don't remember the author, but I'm sure she'll pop right up in Amazon.com. (Incidentally, I studied law in Berkeley, so every pronoun referring to a person of unknown gender is a female -- except when it comes to divorce cases/hypotheticals in which the person with all the money and no custody is male and always qualified with "deadbeat" and a snear).
I have no idea whether those books follow illustrative company histories/experiences, but I'd expect that they do.
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Isaac
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Re: Effective Patent Strategy
« Reply #4 on: Jul 7th, 2007, 12:52pm » |
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on Jul 6th, 2007, 8:35pm, JimIvey wrote:I have two, but I haven't yet read either of them.
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That book is by former frequent poster Eric Stasik
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