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Legal software as a service has been around since the early 1990s: Law Firms are finally starting to embrace it.
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...
Following Tesla, Toyota’s Fuel Cell Patents Are Now Open Source
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...
Toyota Offers Royalty Free Licenses To Its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Patents
Toyota announced it would offer royalty free licenses to its hydrogen fuel cell patents 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,...
Following Tesla, Toyota Releases Patents: Fuel Cell Technology
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...
New! Advanced Battery Blog
BERKELEY, CA (July 16, 2014) – We are excited to announce the launch of our Advanced Battery & Capacitor (ABC) PatentEdge Blog, a place where IP Checkups’ battery patent experts will post analyses on advanced battery companies, technologies and innovation trends. ...
Advanced Battery & Capacitor PatentEdge Launches
On January 21, 2014, IP Checkups announced the latest addition to its suite of PatentEdge solutions, the Advanced Battery & Capacitor (ABC) PatentEdge™, which focuses specifically on the advanced battery and capacitor industries. The ABC PatentEdge is the...