Valuation of IPR is a tricky business
“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…
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The process for managing trade secrets
A process is an interrelated set of activities designed to transform inputs into outputs, which should accomplish your pre-defined business objectives. Processes should produce an output of value, they very often span across organizational and functional boundaries and they exist…
Engaging Patent Brokers
Suppose you wish to sell your house. Since you seek to sell your house “as-is”, you want to minimize your investment in the selling process and elect not to spruce up your house. To avoid paying a real estate agent…
The best way to learn to cycle is to get on the bike
There’s an easy way to learn how to cycle. It basically involves getting on the bike and learning by trial and error. Yes one can read about cycling, watch educational videos, talk to others who can cycle, study all of…
Trade Secrets 2.0
The enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) of 2016 in the United States creates a new paradigm and is a watershed event in intellectual property law. Former U.S. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on May…
Time Travel & The Grandfather Paradox
Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine, in the form of…
The valuation of IP & Trade Secrets
Any business professor will tell you that the value of companies has been shifting markedly from tangible assets, “bricks and mortar”, to intangible assets like intellectual property (IP) in recent years. IP in its various forms is increasingly used as…
Waardering van intellectuele eigendomsrechten
Geen onderwerp staat zo vaak in de belangstelling als de vraag naar de waardering van rechten van intellectuele eigendom. De opkomst van octrooiveilingen – in 2006 gestart door Ocean Tomo [1] in de VS – heeft in elk geval voor…
Valuation of Intellectual Property: Moving Beyond the Paradox
Intellectual Property (IP) valuation is easily one of the most misunderstood topics surrounding the management of intangible assets. Over the last 20 years we have seen the migration of IP valuation from being a tool for estimating IP damages into…
Can US Trade Secret Law have impact on non-US companies?
The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) created a uniform federal trade secret law on May 11, 2016, in addition to the existing state trade secret laws. The DTSA is important for non US companies because it provides a…
Fiduciary Duty with respect to Trade Secret Asset Management
As we both have written previously, the changing nature of technology, product development and sales, and the patent enforcement landscape, have given trade secrets a new-found prominence. Trade secrets are now becoming a much more significant part of a company’s…
How will Intellectual Property look like in in 2033?
Under the title “Patent rights, property, exclusivity and how a newborn reaching the age of maturity will experience the Patent system, if there is still one“ IPEG consultant Severin de Wit wrote this essay in a book (Liber Amicorum) contributed…
Transfer Pricing & Trade Secrets
Transfer pricing is probably the most important issue in international corporate taxation. In taxation and accounting, transfer pricing refers to the rules and methods for pricing transactions between enterprises under common ownership or control. A transfer price is the price…
Baker McKenzie Report on Trade Secrets
In June 2017 law firm Baker McKenzie published an highly relevant and interesting report: “The Board Ultimatum, Protect and Preserve. The Rising Importance of Safeguarding Trade Secrets“. Key findings of the survey: Four out of five (82%) senior executives say…
Blockchain Workshop Amsterdam, 5 februari 2018
Op maandag 5 februari 2018 organiseert IPEG Consultancy een “Workshop Blockchain, Technische & Juridische Uitdagingen“. De workshop zal worden gehouden bij Deloitte, Gustav Mahlerlaan 2970 Amsterdam (gebouw “The Edge”). De starttijd is (exact) 14.00 uur, eindtijd omstreeks 17.30-17.45 uur. Inschrijving:…
Workshop Trade Secrets Deep Dive September 7 (High Tech Campus Eindhoven)
A workshop Trade Secrets Deep Dive will be held on Friday September 7 in Eindhoven (High Tech Campus). Speakers from private practice and industry (see below) will cover all aspects of trade secrets, by many considered the most important intellectual…
USTR urged to push for stronger Trade Secret protection in trade negotiations
In the US, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 packs a powerful punch. Some view it as setting the standard for others to try to achieve. A set of major industry lobbying groups are now urging US Trade Representatives…
If Patents Don’t Do It, File a Trade Secret Lawsuit
The patent fight between can hardly been escaped to anyone’s attention. The patent disputes involve both Standard Essential Patents as well as Implementation Patents. It involves FRAND and arguments about what qualifies as “fair and reasonable”. It involves the thorny…
Typical trade secret incidents
The life cycle of a business, much like that of a human being, goes through many stages. Businesses are continuously changing and evolving. With the passage of time, a company will go through the various stages of the business life…
Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court stopped just before the Finish Line
Before the Brexit referendum in June 2016, it was commonly believed that the unitary patent system, which was intended to be implemented in early 2017, would be delayed for an unforeseeable period if the UK decided to leave the European…