NOTES FROM LECTURE
IP MARKETPLACE DYNAMICS:: macro
Trade secrets vs. Patents
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Patents are much more protected, no physical
connection needed
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Competitive advantage of IP by industry: patents
are more important to the biotech people than software people
o Why?
- Maybe there’s a more 1 to 1 relationship between patent and product with biotech
- R&D is so high for biotech, patenting is needed more
- Maybe there’s a more 1 to 1 relationship between patent and product with biotech
- R&D is so high for biotech, patenting is needed more
The Mobile Patent Wars
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NPEs/Patent trolls entangled with other
technological companies
o Business
model: to go after companies that don’t have enough money to pay for lawsuits
(i.e. startups)
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250K patents going into smartphones, maybe!
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2010 was a peak year into IP activity
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