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RIM: $310M purchase of intangible assets (from Corporate Dealmaker)

There was an intriguing tidbit in the upbeat results that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. reported Wednesday: In the fiscal quarter just ended (which saw revenue surge 102% above the same period a year ago), the company also spent $310 million acquiring intangible assets. What did they buy? No...

Posted on April 3, 2008 4:36 PM

Patenting the atomic bomb (from Corporate Dealmaker)

A segment that aired on NPR's "Morning Edition" Friday should interest anyone who has had to wrestle with the problem of protecting intellectual property developed in the course of a strategic initiative. Turns out the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bombs used on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945, wasn't...

Posted on March 28, 2008 12:32 PM

The power of patent mapping (from Corporate Dealmaker)

As the strategic and commercial importance of intellectual property increases, companies need to better understand both their own IP and that of their competitors. The question is, how? Patent activity has surged in recent years: Patent filings increased from 175,000 in 1992 to 366,000 in 2004. A company in...

Posted on February 15, 2007 1:16 AM

The Boston Sci-Guidant deal revisited (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Viewed from a patent perspective, the acquisition makes a little more sense -- for both offensive and defensive reasons.

Posted on December 15, 2006 10:02 PM

Plugging the IP leaks (from Corporate Dealmaker)

You regularly scour the patent portfolio and product pipeline for technologies with commercial potential; you've established a diverse partner network; you're signing more licensing agreements. Think you're doing all you can to maximize your company's intellectual property? Probably not if contract management and enforcement aren't high on your agenda....

Posted on April 15, 2006 3:55 PM

How smart are your patents? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The need to manage patents for maximum shareholder value is a given. What's less clear is how to calculate the value of patents in a way that delivers a competitive advantage and carries weight in the marketplace. Ocean Tomo, a Chicago-based intellectual capital merchant bank, believes its PatentRatings system,...

Posted on October 15, 2005 1:47 PM