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Upcoming Webinar: Disruptive Technologies & Patent Strategy: Graphene Case Study

Please join Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP and IPVision for a complimentary webinar, "Disruptive Technologies and Patents: A Case Study of Graphene," presented by Steven G. Parmelee and Alex Butler.

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IP Investment Conference, 2013 - IP Centric M&A

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.

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Graphene - Advanced Materials Patent Landscape Case Study

Disruptive Technologies and Patents: A Case Study of Graphene

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.

Stephen Quake is the 2012 Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner

The Lemelson-MIT Awards Committee today announced that Stephen Quake of Stanford University's Department of Bioengineering is the 2012 Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

According to The Lemelson-MIT Program the Prize "recognizes individuals who translate their ideas into inventions and innovations that improve the world in which we live....Dubbed the "Oscar for Inventors," the Lemelson-MIT Prize is awarded to outstanding mid-career inventors who have developed a patented product or process of significant value to society, which has been adopted for practical use, or has a high probability of being adopted."

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Patent Due Diligence in Patent Driven M&A - Perspectives from Google, JDS Uniphase and IPVision

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."

Intellectual Ventures Starts Its Patent Litigation Engine

As reported by Robin Wauters in TechCrunch, Intellectual Ventures has filed suit against over a dozen companies, for patent infringement.  The lawsuit was filed on July 11, 2011 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington state.  Lawrence D. Graham of Black Lowe & Graham and Elliot Brown of Irell & Manella, LLP are listed as counsel for Intellectual Ventures.

Intellectual Ventures brought suit against the following companies: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.; Hynix Semiconductor America Inc.; Elpida Memory, Inc.; Elpida Memory (USA) Inc.; Acer, Inc.; Acer America Corp.; Adata Technology Co., Ltd.; Adata Technology (U.S.A.) Co., Ltd.; Asustek Computer Inc.; Asus Computer International Inc.; Dell, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Company; Kingston Technology Co., Inc.; Logitech International S.A.; Logitech, Inc.; Pantech Co., Ltd.; Pantech Wireless, Inc.; Best Buy Co., Inc.; and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc

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IP Strategy – IPVision Leaders Recognized in IAM Strategy 250

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.

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"Fast Company" and "Great Again" Reference IPVision Research

In "Why the US Patent Office is a National ProblemFast 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.

Dolby Sues Research-in-Motion for Patent Infringement

As reported in TechCrunch, Dolby Laboratories has sued Research-in-Motion, the maker of the Blackberry, for patent infringement.

According to a Dolby press release "...RIM infringes Dolby patents covering highly efficient digital audio compression technologies which allow manufacturers and consumers to provide and enjoy high quality audio while using extremely limited amounts of transmission and/or storage space for such audio. RIM employs Dolby’s patented technologies in its Blackberry smart phones and Playbook tablet devices, without having obtained licenses from Dolby ....[a]ll other major smart phone makers have agreed to license the Dolby technologies which are the subject of this litigation."  The lawsuit was filed on June 14, 2011 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is counsel for Dolby

John A. Rogers - 2011 Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

The Lemelson-MIT Awards Committee today announced that John A. Rogers of the Department of Material Science and Engineering of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the 2011 Winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.

According to The Lemelson-MIT Program the Prize "recognizes individuals who translate their ideas into inventions and innovations that improve the world in which we live....Dubbed the "Oscar for Inventors," the Lemelson-MIT Prize is awarded to outstanding mid-career inventors who have developed a patented product or process of significant value to society, which has been adopted for practical use, or has a high probability of being adopted."