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Legal software as a service has been around since the early 1990s: Law Firms are finally starting to embrace it.

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 June 15, 2016

The world’s top intellectual property value creators of 2015 were named in IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists. The IAM Strategy 300 lists individuals that possess world class skills in the development and roll-out of strategies that maximize the value of patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights. IP Checkups’ Founders, Irving and Matthew […]

On August 24, 2015

The latest chapter in an ongoing collaboration between Kathryn Paisner, IP Checkups’ Director of Research & Business Development, and Brady Huggett, Nature Biotechnology‘s business editor, is now available via the Nature website, or by clicking here. This year’s data page approaches researcher rankings from a new angle. Instead of assessing researchers’ patenting efforts at their current institutions, we examined […]

On June 15, 2015

On December 19, 2014

BERKELEY, CA (December 19, 2014) – Join IP Checkups at the NAATBatt 2015 Annual Meeting & Conference – a “must attend” premier business development event for professionals in the electrochemical energy storage supply chain industry. The NAATBatt Annual Meeting & Conference is the place to understand where the business of electrochemical energy storage is going and where […]

On November 18, 2014

BERKELEY, CA (November 18, 2014) – For the past 30 years, Panasonic has dominated the graphite anode patent landscape. Traditionally, LG Chem and Samsung have been among the top five graphite anode patent filers but have trailed behind Panasonic; however, within the past five years, these two competitors outpaced Panasonic’s graphite anode patent application activity. […]

On December 22, 2012

The NPE Tracker — Bringing Transparency to the Patent Marketplace The rise of non-practicing entities (NPEs) brings new challenges for small and large companies, investors, and startups alike. Consistent with IP Checkups’ mission to illuminate competitive patent landscapes in order to align your IP strategy with business objectives, we are developing an online database of […]

On December 3, 2012

BERKELEY, Calif., December 03, 2012 – IP Checkups, a boutique patent analytics firm, launched Case IV Thicket last month, an Indiegogo crowdfunded project designed to expose Intellectual Ventures’ hidden patent portfolio and make it freely available to the public. Funding for the project closed last week at $13,580 – short of the $80,000 fundraising goal. Despite this setback, […]

On November 2, 2012

If you haven’t heard – we at IP Checkups have launched a crowdfunded Indiegogo project to reveal Intellectual Ventures patent portfolio to the public. Check out our campaign site here: www.indiegogo.com/iv-thicket During our fundraising, many backers have asked us for examples of our research methodology and process. Below is a sample of the initial patent […]

On October 15, 2012

[vimeo clip_id=”51175418″ title=”1″ byline=”0″ portrait=”0″] BERKELEY, Calif., October 15, 2012—IP Checkups, Inc., a boutique patent analytics firm, today announced the launch of Case IV Thicket, an Indiegogo crowdfunded project designed to expose Intellectual Ventures’ hidden patent portfolio and make it freely available to the public. IP Checkups plans to release a free, online database of patents […]

On September 12, 2012

BERKELEY, CA (September 12, 2012) — IP Checkups, a boutique patent analytics firm, today announced the launch of CleanTech PatentEdge, the only comprehensive online patent research database dedicated to addressing cleantech industry patent developments. The database filters more than 1.5 million worldwide patents in more than 150 cleantech market sectors and includes technologies as diverse as, but […]

On August 14, 2012

Innovation drives economic growth in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Despite this truth, startups, university spinoffs and SMEs often have trouble capitalizing on their innovations through intellectual property. When faced with massive budget restraints and constantly-shifting market pressures, startups often relegate IP asset management to the back seat. On September 26, 2012 IP Checkups […]

On December 19, 2011

Due diligence is a key concept in the business world. Before buying a new company or investing in a new product, companies spend millions of dollars reviewing financial statements, accounting methods, and market reports to ensure that their investments have no hidden risks. In contrast, many companies turn a blind eye to their competitors’ patents […]

On December 5, 2011

The case filed by Garnet Digital last week provides some interesting insight into joining multiple defendants in the same lawsuit.

On September 14, 2011

Greentech Media has summarized a recent CleanTech IP Panel, which Matthew Rappaport participated for the Licensing Executives Society – Silicon Valley Meeting. Greentech IP Trends: Risks and Opportunities

On September 4, 2011

IP Checkups, Inc., a boutique patent analytics firm, announced today that Irving Rappaport and Matthew Rappaport were named among the world’s leading intellectual property (IP) strategists, according to the recently published IAM Strategy 250: the World’s Leading IP Strategists. IP Checkups, Inc., a boutique patent analytics firm, announced today that Irving Rappaport and Matthew Rappaport […]

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Legal software as a service has been around since the early 1990s: Law Firms are finally starting to embrace it.

IP Checkups Founders Named Top Intellectual Property Value Creators in 2016 IAM Strategy 300

Biotechnology Research: Top 20 researchers of 2014

IP Checkups Founders Named Top Intellectual Property Value Creators in 2015 IAM Strategy 300

Join IP Checkups at the NAATBatt 2015 Annual Meeting & Conference: Energy Storage – Electrifying the Future

LG Chem & Samsung Surpass Panasonic as Leaders in Graphite Anode Patenting

Non Practicing Entities, The NPE Tracker

Press Release: In Wake of Case IV Thicket, IP Checkups Announces Plans to Crowdsource Public Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) Tracker

How do you unravel Intellectual Ventures?

IP Checkups to Publish Intellectual Ventures’ Hidden Patent Portfolio

Press Release: IP Checkups Launches CleanTech PatentEdge, the First Online Cleantech Patent Database

Patents for Startups: Opportunity, Necessity or Nuisance? An IP Checkups/ IPfolio Presentation.

Use Patent Due Diligence to Lower Your Patent Litigation Risks

Garnet Digital v. Apple – New Joinder Reasoning

Cleantech IP Panel Summary

IP Checkups Named World’s Leading IP Strategists