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Risks and Benefits of Patent Searching
There has been a long-standing debate between the risks and benefits of patent searching. For most R&D, marketing, and business managers, the benefits of searching patent information are unquestioned. However, legal counsel (including patent attorneys) often...
Patent Landscape Analysis Part 2 – How to perform a patent landscape analysis in 5 key steps
How to perform a patent landscape analysis in 5 key steps Introduction: Patent filings are occurring at an unprecedented scale. In 2016 approximately 3.1 million patent applications were filed worldwide (8% higher than 2015 statistics) — that’s over 8000...
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...
Patent Landscape Analysis: An Overview
Patent Landscape Analysis: An Overview. 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...
Patent Tracking Provides Unique Insights into Competitor Pipelines
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...
Patent Search-Attorney, Inventor, Search firm?
Patent Search-Attorney, Inventor, Search firm? Recently, Entrepreneur.com published a short article on how to conduct a patent search. The author presented two options for inventors and innovators to “make sure your brilliant invention doesn’t already exist”. In the...