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In today’s economy, patent management has assumed particular relevance within firm strategy. However, the academic literature on this topic has never been subjected to a systematic review. In order to do so, we adopted two bibliometric techniques (citation analysis and bibliographic coupling). Our analyses allowed us to identify three main research subfields within patent management literature: “patent...
Getting a patent through the US patent application process generally takes two to three years, but there are ways to accelerate that process if you're in a hurry. The Web extra at https://youtu.be/pnPksToYXDA is an audio recording of author Brian M. Gaff reading his column.
Patent infringement-related damages are typically calculated in one of two ways, and those calculations can lead to very large numbers, but recent court decisions have significantly limited their size. The Web extra at https://youtu.be/UJRCtoXP210 is an audio recording from author Brian M. Gaff reading his Computing and the Law column, in which he discusses how patent infringement-related damages...
The European Patent Office (EPO) supports innovation, competitiveness and economic growth across Europe through a commitment to high quality and efficient services delivered under the European Patent Convention (EPC). The EPO provides protection for an invention in up to 40 European countries on the basis of a single application. In the states for which it is granted, a European patent has the same...
The proliferation of devices that can be worn and used anywhere has raised a number of legal issues. How these issues will be resolved is difficult to predict. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/EPV3Us-puGg is an audio recording of author Brian M. Gaff reading his Computing and the Law column, in which he talks about how the proliferation of devices that can be worn and used anywhere has raised a number...
The ramifications of last year's US Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International concerning software patentability have become apparent as other courts grapple with and implement that decision. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/Boa67CXBqPU is an audio recording of Brian M. Gaff reading his Computing and the Law column, in which he discusses how the ramifications of last year's US...
Several intellectual property cases this year raise important patent, copyright, and trademark legal questions--the second part of this two-part series focuses on the trademarkand copyright cases. Part 1 is in the April 2015 issue at 10.1109/MC.2015.112. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/3atq5VwO874 is an audio recording of Brian M. Gaff reading the second installment of a two-part series in his Computing...
Several intellectual property cases this year raise important patent, copyright, and trademark law issues-this month's column focuses on the patent cases. Part one in a two-part series. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/caRwpdYrGDE is an audio recording of Brian M. Gaff reading his Computing and the Law column, in which he discusses several 2015 intellectual property cases that raise important patent,...
Communication between engineers and lawyers can be less than ideal, but improving it has far-reaching benefits and can help companies avoid risk. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/d5KB-Qwv4t4 is an audio recording from the Computing and the Law column, in which the authors discuss how to improve interactions between company engineers and lawyers, as well as the positive impact this can have on the...
Bringing that new app to market sounds exciting, but doing so without addressing common start-up issues will make the process more difficult than it needs to be. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/OlZ1pKcW8d4 is an audio recording from the Computing and the Law column, in which the authors discuss how bringing that new app to market sounds exciting, but doing so without addressing common start-up issues...
Products protected by patents, copyrights, or trademarks sometimes lose those protections when they're sold, leaving the holders of those IP rights with little recourse if those products are later resold. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/MhI9uiDxbzI is an audio recording of author Brian M. Gaff discussing how products protected by patents, copyrights, or trademarks sometimes lose those protections...
Dealing with patent infringement lawsuits filed by non-practicing entities--derisively known as "patent trolls"--is part of the cost of doing business in the US. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/bNcWDzT1LpA is author Brian M. Gaff's audio recording of the Computing and the Law column, in which he discusses how patent infringement lawsuits filed by non-practicing entitiesis part of the cost...
Technology transfer is often perceived to be transfer of intellectual property (IP). Very few realize that there are other means of transferring technology. Most common means of technology transfer is the transfer of the IP alone. While this is interesting in itself, it is not the best means of transferring technology in all cases. IP such as patents, trademark and copyrighted material can easily...
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