Perpetual Innovation

Category: intellectual property

  • The Refractive Thinker® Radio Show: Trademark, Patents, and Perpetual Innovation 07/07 by Cheryl Kulikowski Lentz | Entrepreneur Podcasts

    The Refractive Thinker® Radio Show: Trademark, Patents, and Perpetual Innovation 07/07 by Cheryl Kulikowski Lentz | Entrepreneur Podcasts:
    (30 minute broadcast on BlogTalkRadio.)
    This is an interview with Dr. Elmer Hall about Intellectual Property and the types of information included in the Patent Primer 3.0.

    Hall talks about the basic processes that entrepreneurs can take to capitalize on Intellectual Property (IP). This interview is an excellent overview of that the approaches that creators and inventors should consider in bringing IP protection to their creative efforts.

    The books (and eBooks) in the Perpetual Innovation(tm) series are:

    Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2013). Perpetual Innovation™: A guide to strategic
    planning, patent commercialization and enduring competitive advantage, Version
    2.0    . Morrisville, NC: LuLu Press. ISBN: 978-1-304-11687-1  Retrieved from:     http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan
    Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2015). Perpetual Innovation™: Patent primer 3.0:
    Patents, the great equalizer of our time! An overview of intellectual property
    for inventors and entrepreneurs.     Morrisville, NC: LuLu Press. ISBN: 978-1-329-17833-5  Retrieved from:     http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan
    Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2015). Perpetual Innovation™: Patent primer 3.0e:
    Patents, the great equalizer of our time! An overview of intellectual property
    with patenting cost estimates for inventors and entrepreneurs.      [Amazon Kindle eBook].  ASIN: B010ISU7ZG  Retrieved from:     http://www.amazon.com/dp/B010ISU7ZG   
    Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2015). Perpetual Innovation™: Innovator’s  primer 3.0: The basics on intellectual property protection for the creator and inventor.  Morrisville, NC: LuLu Press.  ISBN: 978-1-329-23954-8  Retrieved from: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan  
    Hall, E. B. & Hinkelman, R. M. (2015). Perpetual Innovation™: Innovator’s  primer 3.0e: The basics on intellectual property protection for the creator and inventor.   [Amazon Kindle eBook].  ASIN: B0115BG35I  Retrieved from: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0115BG35I   

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  • Revenue Per Patent A Longstanding Question of Value for Many

    In the world of IP, there is a list of questions that never seem to be answered to the satisfaction of all particularly when there is generational change in who is running the corporation.  Foremost among the questions is what is the revenue per patent and is it worth the time, energy and resources that must be applied not only for a patent but protect in the marketplace from infringement that may result in costly litigation.  IAM presents 20 corporations with extensive patent portfolios and the revenues per patent at  http://www.iam-media.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=d37195bc-4870-406d-81cc-f9e74c6e17b8.  Among the points worth noting is that Apple has the least number of patents among the 20, but blows all away in the revenue it realizes for each patent.

    All of those listed make sizable revenues.  It is clear that the effort to patent from beginning to end is of demonstrable value to the corporation.

  • ARM Takes Its Chip Business Beyond Phones – WSJ

    ARM Takes Its Chip Business Beyond Phones – WSJ:
    ARM Holdings, $ARMH, is one of the great intellectual property engines of our time. They make the chips used in cell phones and other computing devices. Or, stated more accurately, they invent the chips, and then license out the manufacturing, sales and distribution of them.
    One thing that has made them such a dominant force is low power use technologies, exactly the kinds of things you need for mobile technologies.
    When you look at the financials of ARMH, don’t be deceived and compare them directly with a company like Intel or AMD. ARM has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 60 to 70; Intel has a PE of only 14 to 16. Intel has the $ billion factories. ARM has only the development labs for inventing stuff.
    And, speaking of stuff; ARM is now setting their sights on the-internet-of-stuff. Billions of new items will be connected to the internet each year. Appliances, pet monitors, and more…
    Let’s see how that evolves.
    In the mean time, keep your eyes on this company that utilizes IP better than pretty much any other. It gets is reviews in the form of royalty payments wired to the bank. Nearly pure profit.
    It’s a beautiful thing.
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  • Has DOW gotten its groove back? | Watch the video – Yahoo Finance

    Has DOW gotten its groove back? | Watch the video – Yahoo Finance:

    Interview on Mad Money of Andrew N. Liveris, Pres., Chair and CEO.

    Dow chemicals is now a innovation, high-tech company?

    That’s right. The olde staunching company now has two-thirds of its products in with intellectual property (IP). Proprietary products are 66% of their products. !

    Was 100% petrochemicals (kindof).

    Here you can find out about their products: http://www.dow.com/products/

    They are creating massive facilities in the USA, taking advantage of the low costs of production here were we are swimming in nat gas (and petro chemicals).

    But the really BIG project is in Saudi. The size of the factory is about 1,000 football feilds BIG. With some 60,000 employees at peak construction. Coming onboard this year.

    Wow.

    They are taking advantage of the US energy boom in a way that no other company can (or does)!:-)

    Wow.

    They are coming out of an aggressive “activist” investor action and seem pretty good for the wear.

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  • The Toll of the Patent Troll by any other name: Intellectual Property – Bloomberg

    Symantec, Microsoft, Blue Cross: Intellectual Property – Bloomberg:

    A patent troll, by any other name, may not be called a “patent troll” in court.

    This would be funny, if it weren’t true. The often called “patent troll” company Intellectual Ventures LLC, can not be disparages by such names as “patent troll” in court the presiding judge says. IV — a play on the vampire concept of draining all the blood from the body of otherwise living and productive entities — does not produce anything and has a monster war chest of patents which it brings out only during the stealth of night.

    In the case of an entity that buys up patents but doesn’t invent and doesn’t produce anything, the company is often referred to unkindly as a “patent troll”. In the real world, like cell phone makers, someone producing a product is exposed to other producer’s patents, and vise verse. The players are forced to work together, license and cross-license in order for anyone to produce anything.

    But the troll has a wonderful vantage point. Any product produced is fare game, and the real players in the game don’t have much recourse if they want to produce anything and run a productive business.

    Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) is another name for the troll, but it is not nearly so accurate.

    IV was rated #1 troll in 2012 in the kingdom of patent trolls: here.

    And, of course, the targets of the NPEs are larger and more innovative companies like AT&T and Google. In 2013 the “troll” toll in terms of law suites were up 19% from the prior year. (Fortune article on this topic.) It will be interesting to see what the stats for 2014 are since there has been a big drop in several types of law suits based on benchmark legal rulings.

    For now, a patent troll, by any other name, will have to be by a nicer name, at least in court. I wonder if Patent Vampire, or intellectual property parasite is acceptable?

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