PetroCoins, Oil Sands Extraction and Blockchain.

Oil sands are seriously back in play with patented technology. Combine that with blockchain tech, and you have an investment that you simply gotta get into, or not!…Petrotech Energy Inc. is touting both patents and blockchain in a penny, over-the-counter, stock (PQEFF).Well, maybe not investing, but here is a hyped-up “sponsored” Ad that looks slightly like an article over at OilPrice.com: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/This-New-Technology-Could-Transform-The-Oil-Industry1.htmlTwo things that are interesting in the penny stock that’s now up to $1.50 level. It…

12 Patents of Christmas Past

Entertaining to follow some of the patents of Christmas past. Here’s something for you to be entertained by as you look into the new year of 2018. 12 Christmas related patents by AboveTheLaw. My favorite is the Santa kit, with big boot pattern and special instructions on how to leave out food and drink, but make sure to sample it well, to show proof positive that there really is a Santa, to those young, skeptical…

Dodgy YayYo IPO advertised on TV – Business Insider

YayYo IPO advertised on TV – Business Insider: Dodgy is probably the best term for Yay Yo IPO, for the inner circle, and for the product-less crowdfunding approach using the JOBS act. In the true spirit of a pyramid scheme, Yah Yo has the promise of a product, but there is little or no “there” there. They are selling the business model that they will tie in all the ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft…

Happy Days are near, but yet so far away, for Generic Viagra

The discussion on when pharma patents expire is often long and tortuous.The the ED world of Viagra and Cialis we discuss the 2017 patent cliff here.True, Cialis patent(s) expire in 2017, so it is reasonable to expect the influx of generics soon… Here’s a list of patents related to Cialis. Note that there are a lot of patents listed that go all the way to 2020. Here is a great discussion about the expiration of Phara…

A Good News Story from an Unexpected Source

Here at IAM-Media is an example of using patents to secure products in a global market.Its full strategic management of its 200 patents included creating barriers to entry  and to transform the antenna industry.  This approach does not take place overnight, more than a decade.  The company began initially with patent protected product sales which was quite successful.  Well into the market adoption,  Fractus concluded that licensing for royalties was the best option for the future….

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Sustainable Long-term good for R&D, Patents and Profits

Here’s exerts from the blog over at IPzine, a sister blog spot. A recent study shows how long-term focus pays off. This study concentrated on switching the CEO compensation to longer-term. From that point forward, what happened, on average to several things related to the performance over time. Great study was by Flammer and Bansal (2016) and summarized in the WSJ, CEOs should focus on the long term, a study says. Although the study is coming…