IP Think Tank

33 (make that 50) intellectual property mistakes and how to avoid them

The team at Think IP Strategy has been kicking around their list of top IP mistakes.   We’ve listed them here for you and we’ll give you a more detailed post on each and everyone. What would you add?  We’ll happily do an extra post on any new ones you suggest. (They are in no particular [...]

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The Difference Between a Strategy, a Plan, and a Process

I received a great question at an IP strategy training course I taught.  The question was about the difference between a strategy, a plan, and a process.  It came about because while we expect on paper most people could match these three words to their appropriate definitions, in practice, they get confused.  So to address [...]

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The pointy end of patent strategy – claim construction with the OUP Claim Construction Thesaurus

It doesn’t really matter how strategic you think you are, if you can’t access a pragmatic and clear construction of patent claims, you’re in trouble. While patent terms always come back to the context of the specification itself (and the file history in some countries), Oxford’s Thesaurus of Claim Construction is a very handy addition [...]

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Happy holidays

From all of us at Think IP Strategy, we wish you peace and joy this Christmas and we hope that 2013 holds much happiness and many successes for you!  Image credit: Y0$HlMl Tweet

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From all of us at Think IP Strategy, we wish you peace and joy this Christmas and we hope that 2013 holds much happiness and many successes for you! 

Image credit: Y0$HlMl