Are NFTs DRM by Another Name?
Twenty years ago, when the first generation of DRM (digital rights management) technologies hit the market, one of the benefits they touted was that with DRM-packaged files, consumers could be sure that they were getting genuine content from the source.…
What is the Value of my Intellectual Property?
"What’s the value of my IP?” is a question that comes up in the mind of a lot of IP owners, enticed by news of lavishly priced IP rights, they would like to see if they can get their IP monetized in a similar lucrative way. For the companies that receive the question of whether they can valuate the IP this is not always good news. “It depends” is mostly not a reply that is welcomed by a hopeful IP owner, who expects immediate enthusiasm from the valuator and a strong confirmation of his own ideas about how valuable his IP is.
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Book Review Patent Management
A Book review by Severin de Wit on the book "Patent Management, Protecting Intellectual Property and Innovation (Springer 2021) by Oliver Gassmann, Martin A. Bader and Mark James Thompson, published in Elsevier's Journal World Patent Information
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Patents and Innovation, What We Learn From History
Below is the text of a speech given by Severin de Wit on the occasion of the “DSM SPECIAL INVENTION REWARD” given on January 9, 2007, at “Huis van de Toekomst” in Rosmalen, Netherlands. As the content is still relevant…
About IP ranking-mania
In an old (2013) IPEG post, “Does every artist have to be a Picasso?” we discussed the number of publications ranking lawyers and IP professionals, announcing them as the “top” lawyer in such-and-so, or a “top” IP professional in such-and-so…