Patent or Perish explains in clear and simple terms the vital role patents play in enabling high technology firms to gain and maintain a competitive edge in the knowledge economy. Patent or Perish describes how technologies like the Internet remove traditional barriers to entry and enable competitors to quickly and effortlessly duplicate positions of competitive advantage and shows why just having good ideas is not enough. This books shows why companies need good ideas that can be patented.  Patent or Perish shows how companies like HP and Lexmark use patents (and other intellectual properties) to create highly profitable computer printer business models - and keep competitors at bay.  The creation and protection of intellectual property is essential to survival of high-tech firms. This book explains the value of knowledge and why you have to protect it. It explores the dichotomy between traditional patenting and licensing strategies that are focused on discrete technologies, and how to apply these strategies in complex technologies.  Patent or Perish will help any high technology firm make better decisions regarding what patents to file: you will learn what makes a valuable patent, and, more importantly, what doesn't.  You will learn how to view patents as part of overall business strategy. Most important, you will learn practical strategies for how to use patents to create and defend strong market positions.   Some of the most important topics featured are: - How companies like HP and Lexmark use patents to create the highly profitable computer printer business - Why Open Source is a threat to small and independent software developers - Why the invention strategy fails - When filing fewer patents can be better - How to determine the value of a patent

Patent Or Perish, A Guide For Gaining And Maintaining Competitive Advantage In The Knowledge Economy

Stasik, Eric

Intellectual Property

Althos Inc

"Practical Patent Strategies Used by Successful Companies" explains, through the use of practical examples, how companies can use patent strategies to achieve their business goals. Despite their importance to business planning and success, patent strategies are usually presented as abstract legal or economic concepts that provide little or no value to business and technology managers who are not patent experts. Examining how patents are used by leading companies in specific business applications can provide great insight to their practical use and application in your business plan. Unfortunately, most patent strategies are obscured by complexity and secrecy that makes examination difficult. This book cuts through the obscurity and presents in plain and clear language why having a patent strategy is important and how to implement programs and processes to develop and manage different forms of intellectual property (IP). To help the reader understand the value of patent strategy, this book includes an analysis of how Hewlett Packard and Lexmark have used patents (and other IPR) to create the tremendously profitable ink-jet printer business. These examples provide a useful road-map to show how patents may be used in other technologies to create similar advantages. Herein you will find a presentation of the basic elements of a patent strategy, how these basic elements are applied in the specific case of ink-jet printer cartridges, and a discussion of how products and patents can be engineered to ensure that competitive advantage is gained and maintained. Some of the most important topics featured are: ∙ Why a patent strategy is essential to most business plans. ∙ How a patent strategy can affect the design and development process. ∙ Methods to "design-in" patent protection. ∙ How to reduce, or avoid, royalty payments. ∙ Ways to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Practical Patent Strategies Used by Successful Companies

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Patent Or Perish, A Guide For Gaining And Maintaining Competitive Advantage In The Knowledge Economy

Practical Patent Strategies Used by Successful Companies