IPVision's Alex Butler and executives from Goldman Sachs and Ropes & Gray will discuss Wall Street's view of IP and IP due diligence in patent centric M&A transactions. The event is hosted by Deal Flow Media on 4 April 2013 at the Westin Times Square in New York City.
Categories: IPVision Update, Patent Strategy, Venture Capital, IPVision News, M&A, IP Investment
Please join IPVision and Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP for a complimentary webinar, “Disruptive Technologies and Patents: A Case Study of Graphene,” presented by Steven G. Parmelee and Alex Butler. The webinar will take place on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at 9:00 am PDT / 10:00 am MDT / 11:00 am CDT / 12:00 noon EDT.
The forecasted development of intellectual property and patents as an asset class has arrived in the high technology sector. Increasingly, patent due diligence is now at the front end of M&A transactions.
On Tuesday, March 6, IPVision's Dr. Hoo-min Toong will join leading corporate IP counsel and seasoned professionals from Apple, Cisco, Google, Kodak, Intel, JDSU, Nortel and Yahoo, to discuss this trend in San Francisco at the PLI Seminar "IP-Driven M&A: The Revolution Has Arrived."
Categories: IPVision Update, Patent Analysis, IPVision News, M&A
IP Strategy is recognized as an important component that supports corporate strategy. Each year, Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Magazine identifies and recognizes those individuals who are the best of the best in terms of offering IP owners and executive leadership world-class strategic IP business advice.
In "Why the US Patent Office is a National Problem" Fast Company published an excerpt from the recently published book “Great Again” on June 9, 2010.
This Fast Company Leadership briefing focuses upon the importance of a well-functioning patent office and patent systems for entrepreneurs, technology companies (and their investors) and economic development. "It is the intellectual property that [provides] the basis for investors to place their resources at risk," wrote Mario Cardullo, counselor for technology and entrepreneurship within the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce.”
The article further discusses the difference between merely having IP and developing well-positioned, strong, high-quality IP rights, including references to IPVision’s analytics into the correlation between patent quality and patent positions and venture capital success.
