By: Devin Salmon, Patent Analyst, IP.com
Mapping patent portfolios can provide highly sought-after insight into where a company is innovating and investing.
How Popular Patents Come to Life: The Slinky’s Simplicity Leads to Intellectual Property Success
Few toys have been more popular than the 72-year-old Slinky. With more than 350 million units sold as of 2012, it has gone down your staircase and beyond.
And the Slinky is an incredible story of how even the simplest ideas should be protected. Its 70-year-old patent remains one of the most lucrative protections of intellectual property the toy industry has ever seen—withstanding the test of time and leading to countless sales and licensing opportunities.
The Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich: Can You Draft the Claims?
By: Nasreen Bakht Brady, Client Engagement Director at IP.com
Kids might be groaning as they head back to school, but when Labor Day passes and we lament the end of summer, I find myself reminiscing about some of my favorite days as a student.
Accelerate Your Innovation Life Cycle
The innovation life cycle starts with ideation, moves to patenting and ultimately to monetization. Download this infographic to learn how InnovationQ accelerates your organization’s innovation life cycle.
InnovationQ Tips: Corporate Tree
By: Megan Scroggins, Client Engagement Manager, IP.com
Corporate Tree is a new set of data, integrated into InnovationQ and InnovationQ Plus, to make it easier to identify and search related companies and subsidiaries.
The Importance of Patent Searching Prior to Filing
By: Deb Toepper, Editor, IP.com
Everyone should invest in a thorough examination of the prior art before deciding to file for patent status
Kim Kardashian vs. SnapLight: Who Invented the Selfie Phone Case First?
By: Caitlyn Tuzzolino, Marketing Director, IP.com
With so many new inventions created every day, it is likely that patent owners will find infringing products or services in the marketplace.
Four Ways to Protect Your Business Value
By: Devin Salmon, Patent Analyst, IP.com
When it comes to your business’ intellectual property (IP), it really breaks down to four categories of the IP your business owns…
InnovationQ Tips: Using the Semantic Engine to Find What You’re Really Looking For
By: Nasreen Bakht Brady, Client Engagement Director and Devin Salmon, Patent Analyst, IP.com
Like any patent searching, semantic searching is often iterative.
A Shift in Mindset – From Whittling to Eureka!
By: Nasreen Bakht Brady, Client Engagement Director and Devin Salmon, Patent Analyst, IP.com
When do you know when you’re done with a patent search? The cheeky response is ‘well how much time do you have?’