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Toyota’s Royalty Free Patents Result in New Revenue From Fuel Cell Equipment Sales and Know-How

On April 24, 2019

Back in 2015, Toyota announced it would grant royalty free access to 5,680 fuel cell vehicle (FCV) technology patents through 2020. Earlier this month, Toyota made an announcement to offer royalty free access to 24,000 of its hybrid vehicle patents. This includes hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles. Then, earlier this […]

On February 4, 2019

At IP Checkups, we developed PatentCAM™, a patent management software tool to spur innovation among R&D, legal and business groups. While many R&D teams have embraced the software, the legal groups, in-house and outside counsel, have been tougher nuts to crack. It doesn’t make sense. Here, PatentCAM can save companies (clients) millions of dollars simply […]

On June 29, 2017

Back in 1993, Irving Rappaport and his business partner, Kevin Rivette founded Smart Patents. The company was one of the early legal software firms. Smart Patents’ goal was to create a “Digital Patent” and transition patent attorneys from working on paper to working on an electronic format. According to Irving Rappaport, co-founder and managing director […]

On March 20, 2017

What is Patent Landscape Analysis & Why is it Important? It is believed that 80% of published science and technology information contained in patents is not published anywhere else. There are literally tens of millions of published patents and patent application references available for review by the public. This overwhelming treasure trove of information can […]

On September 1, 2015

IP Checkups custom patent monitoring and curation service supports Big Pharma Co’s successful launch of multi-billion dollar drug. In an effort to develop best-in-class new chemical entities, in 2007, one of the world’s largest biopharma companies (~ $20 Billion market cap) turned to IP Checkups (IPC), a pioneer in patent research and analytics, to develop a system […]

On January 16, 2015

At the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Toyota announced it would grant access to 5,680 fuel cell vehicle (FCV) technology patents. This idea of offering a royalty free patent license to competitors is novel, however it is not the first time we’re seeing an auto manufacturer open source its patent portfolio to drive mass adoption of an […]

On January 15, 2015

Toyota announced it would offer royalty free patent licenses to companies manufacturing and selling fuel cell vehicles until 2020. By sharing its Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) patent portfolio, equivalent to 20 years of research and development, Toyota hopes to spur innovation and development of a hydrogen-based automobile economy. IP Checkups notes that based on data from it’s […]

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Toyota’s Royalty Free Patents Result in New Revenue From Fuel Cell Equipment Sales and Know-How

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