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Visit the Academic Corner

The Academic Corner brings you the best of what is being presented at academic conferences and written by academics from around the world in IP.

Click here to have a look at the list of contributors, professors, and feel free to make recommendations of White Pages and contributors who you feel would add value to the group.

Community Spotlight

The spotlight is on: Dr John Tao - Vice President, Open Innovation Weyerhaeuser Co.

Dr.Tao is currently responsible for Early Business Development, Licensing (in and out), Technology Partnering, and Intellectual Asset Management.

1. Describe your company’s structure/organization to extract value from intangibles.

I just recently joined Weyerhaeuser and have set up an organization similar to what I've done in the past at Air Products. There is a COE for Intellectual Asset Management and each businesses have a multidiscipline team that manages their IA. I've recruited a Director for Technology Licensing and he will sit in all the IA portfolio meetings to discuss value extraction....

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Upcoming Gathering2.0 Webinars

August 12th Webinar: Patenting Landscapes in India and China

Presented George Sawyer
Client Executive, EvalueServe

Summary: China and India are the two fastest growing markets in the world. China is rapidly becoming the "manufacturing hub" for the developed world whereas India is the "services hub." Consequently, substantial patenting activity is taking place in both countries. This presentation discusses key facts, figures and trends regarding patent application filings, grants and patent litigation in both countries.

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Click here for the complete Webinar Archives

Recent Reading Room Files

This is a list of the latest files posted to the Reading Room. All members are encouraged to post their own files.

University/Company Collaborations-Best Practices for Effective Technology Transfer (1 MB)

Best Practices in IP Offshoring Services (100 kB)

This white paper complements Harry Gwinnell's webinar.

What is my competitor really up to? (250 kB)

Case studies showing various methods to view competitive activity. There are tables and references.This paper was shared by Evaluserve.

Tax Planning for Improved ROI on R&D - Slide's (350 kB)

A Note from Harry - 12 Companies (50 kB)

Recent Blogs

Hidden value of hiding patents, IP & the war for talent, inventive patent attorneys and IP Business Congress reflections

Recently at IP Think Tank, we have discussed: Hidden value of hiding patents, IP & the war for t...
Posted by Duncan Bucknell on Strategic IP on 7/10/2008

Buy the Company and the Infringement Goes Away

I note that IBM has recently purchased Platform Solutions, Inc. Platform is a mainframe computer com...
Posted by Sharon Oriel on Gathering2.0 Executive blog on 7/7/2008

SOME THOUGHTS LANGUAGE AND IP VALUE AND VALUATION

I recently participated in a meeting where a number of company IP managers met with several major IP...
Posted by Derek Showerman on Pat Sullivan's Blog on 6/20/2008

Daiichi's bid for Ranbaxy, opaque patent expiries, patent sharks and the (almost) global Lipitor dispute settlement

Last week on IP Think Tank, we discussed: Daiichi's bid for Ranbaxy, opaque patent expiry dates, pat...
Posted by Duncan Bucknell on Strategic IP on 6/20/2008

Aussie IP at IPRoo, and a brief dissection of Quanta

Last week on IP Think Tank, we discussed: the new IPRoo Australian IP blog and some implications of...
Posted by Duncan Bucknell on Strategic IP on 6/12/2008

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Announcements

7/23/08 - We posted the archive of our recent webinar: Managing the Cost of A Patent Portfolio

Click here to watch an archive of this session.

7/10/08 - New blog: Hidden value of hiding patents, IP & the war for talent, inventive patent attorneys and IP Business Congress reflections

6/20/08- Pat Sullivan posted a new blog: SOME THOUGHTS LANGUAGE AND IP VALUE AND VALUATION

6/13/08- We ran an information filled Webinar on Tuesday titled: "Dow’s Intellectual Capital Management Journey".

- Click here to watch an archive of this session
- Click here to view the Slide Presentation

We also posted a new Webinar today titled: "A Look at the Pending Fate of Business Method Patents".

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6/9/08- We have new blogs. Click to read them!

- The Supreme Court Claws Back Yet More IP Owner Rights
- China IP Strategy, US provisionals and European patent harmonisation (via DSS v ECB)
- Paid keywords goes to the ECJ and why don't patents state their expiry date?
- Unappealing appeals in the USA, pharmaceutical polymorph patent strategy and more...

6/2/08 - The spotlight is on: James E. Malackowski is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Tomo, LLC

5/20/08 - New blog - Will Simultaneous Inventions Lead to More Liquidity for the IP Markets?

5/13/08 - We ran a fantastic webinar entitled: University/Company Collaborations-Best Practices for Effective Technology Transfer.

Click here to watch.

5/12/08 - We posted a new poll. Click your answer above.

5/2/08- We have a new IP Alert: COURT RULINGS PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.

4/23/08 We posted a new Community spotlight today. Look to the left to see the details. We also posted the Slide Presentation for our webinar: A Closer Look at P&G’s Connect Develop: The Engine Behind The Open Innovation Platform

4/21/08- Read the highlights of the 7th International CoDEV meeting which was held in Scottsdale in January. Paul Wright writes for Management Roundtable and has shared his summary article about the event. Learn what Hank Chesborough is currently saying about Open Innovation. Hawker Beechcraft and Kraft are also active in Open Innovation and their experiences are described.

4/17/08- We have new files posted in the Reading Room. Click here to read about how the Food Industry is starting to realize the value of patents. This master's thesis provides academic and industry insight into managing and assessing patents. The author interned at Nestle while completing her master's work at Chalmers University of Technology.

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