12 Patents of Christmas Past

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….

» The “Patent Cliff” and its Effects upon Workers’ Compensation Claims: The Oxycontin patent expires today. So you would expect to be able to buy many people’s favorite drug on the side of the road or on hill-tops, just above cliff level.As with many things that are FDA approved and regulated, this is going to be a very slow ride down from the cliff, definitely not a one-time drop off.First, this drug is highly abused and strongly regulated by the…

References Cited Per Patent | Patently-O: This is interesting how the number of issued patents cited have gone up from about 20 total patents references to about 50.  Over the last 10 years! WOW. The additional references from the examiner appears to be consistent at about 5 to 7; but as the comments indicate, some of those may already have already been mentioned in some form by the applicant. That is a 250% increase in…

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…