Navigating Intellectual Property: Safeguarding Your Innovations
In a world driven by innovation and the ceaseless push for the next big thing, your ideas are your most valuable currency. They pave the way for new products, revolutionary processes, and…
October 9, 2023peering into the spaces in-between
In the Intellectual Property space, we have a service that exists solely to generate product ideas that may never see the light of day. This is called “Targeted IP Generation.” These ideas…
November 2, 2020Innovation Programs Are Good, Just Not Good Enough.
Like most big companies, you’ve probably run or are currently running, at least one internal innovation program. It might be small workshops, departmental level programs, the rollout of an enterprise idea management…
October 7, 2018INNOVATION MASTERY 23: Is It Patentable? Non-Obviousness [VIDEO]
Book available here: http://amzn.to/29q9ZsK This episode: Is It Patentable? Non-Obviousness This is a fun one. Many times, people come to me with ideas which are slightly better than something out there and…
April 19, 2017INNOVATION MASTERY 22: Is It Patentable? Novelty.
Book available here: http://amzn.to/29q9ZsK This episode: Is It Patentable? Novelty Novelty is typically the first criteria of patentability in our book. Simply put, if you can answer the following questions: Has this…
April 12, 2017Looking for Disruptive Innovation? Maybe All You Need Is a Clear Vision
Vision and Freedom: Two Essentials For Disruptive Innovation I worked at Yahoo from 2004 through 2009. During my tenure, we ran three major programs, an enterprise-wide innovation program, which generated near-term products…
March 2, 2017Innovation Is Dangerous
Innovation is beyond dangerous, awesome, and wonderful. Innovation is central to your company, but at the same time, innovation is dangerous. Innovation can be a threat to a lot of people within…
February 23, 2017INNOVATION MASTERY: Putting The Players In Place: Legal [VIDEO]
Book available here: http://amzn.to/29q9ZsK This episode: Legal You need to consult with legal on two fronts. One, you have to ensure that whoever will join the program has properly agreed to give…
February 22, 2017Hillary Vs Trump: On Innovation
How do Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fare on Innovation? Let me start out this post by stating unequivocally that I am not voting for either of the above, lest you may…
July 26, 2016What Kind of Ideas Can I Patent?
Wondering if you should patent your idea? Note for this post: I’m not an attorney, although I do hang around many of them, and they are all very nice people – so…
July 7, 2016