Licenses As Critical Sources Of Innovation
Viktor BraunVisiting Scholar at MIT, Sloan School of Management Attorney and Counselor at Law Currently, Düsseldorf, Germany Technological innovation has been the principal reformer of our world. Nearly every aspect of our lives—from human interaction and transportation to economic processes, leisure activities or health care—has been dramatically reshaped over the centuries, with an especially rapid […]
Recent U.S. Decisions And Developments Affecting Licensing – March 2009
Brian BrunsvoldFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Attorney, Washington, D.C., USA John C. PaulFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Attorney, Washington, D.C., USA COURT DECLINES TO FIND DECLARATORY JUDGMENT JURISDICTION WHEN PLAINTIFF HAS SUFFERED NO ACTUAL OR IMMINENT HARM Under the Declaratory Judgment Act, potential infringers can file lawsuits against patent owners to […]
Update On The WIPO Arbitration And Mediation Center’s Experience In The Resolution Of Intellectual Property Disputes
The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center As companies seek new streams of profit from their intellectual property (IP), commercializing and licensing IP assets has become an important global business model. Technology is increasingly protected on an international level, such as through the PCT or the EPO for instance. With the multiplication of international IP transactions, […]
IP-Related Aspects Of The French Law On Modernization Of The Economy
Didier IntesCabinet Beau de Loménie, Partner, Paris, France The Law on Modernization of the Economy (LME) was published on August 4, 2008 under N° 2008-776. This Law comprises four chapters, respectively aimed at promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, enhancing competition, increasing the appeal of the French economy, and improving financing. The third […]
Intellectual Property And Other Contractual Issues In Cooperative Research And Development Agreements (CRADAs): Part I
Mathew W. SagalAlliance Management Group, Senior Manager, Marblehead, MA, USA Gene SlowinskiRutgers University, Director, Strategic Alliance Research, Newark, NJ, USA Kenneth B. FreeseLos Alamos National Laboratories, Manager, Intellectual Asset Strategies Steven FergusonOffice of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health, Deputy Director, Licensing and Entrepreneurship, Rockville, MD, USA The Alliance for Advanced Energy Solutions —Los Alamos […]
Due Diligence Or Discount Monetary Effect Of Legal Aspects In Patent Valuation
Malte KöllnerMalte Köllner, Köllner & Partner, Patentanwälte, Partner, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Legal aspects influence patent valuation. Scrutinizing these legal aspects is generally termed patent due diligence (DD). In case DD is omitted, legal uncertainty remains. Speaking in financial terms, uncertainty leads to discounting. We will derive the mathematical framework and discount values that are […]
Industry/University Cooperation In Germany: Model R&D Cooperative Agreements
Prof. Dr. Heinz GoddarBoehmert & Boehmert, Munich, Germany Hermann MohnkopfRolls-Royce, Deutschland, “Professor in Innovation Management,” Blakenfelde-Mahlow, Germany Dr. Christian CzychowskiBoehmert & Boehmert, Certified IT Lawyer, Berlin, Germany After the revised version of the Berlin Contract “Building Blocks” was presented here recently (les Nouvelles 2008, 142 et seqq), a further step can be reported today in […]
A Best Practices For Developing, Expanding, And Renewing Your Inventory Of Licensable Technologies
David J. GibsonDJG Management Associates, President, West Depford, NJ, USA Nicholas J. DeMarinoWestford Technology Associates, President, West Chester, PA, USA Many readers of les Nouvelles are expert in some aspects of licensing technologies. Patents are the focus for most of these readers, but all are aware that know-how has value too, and is part of […]
Royalty Rates & License Fees For Technology
Russell L. ParrIPRA, Inc., President, Yardley, PA, USA The focus of this article is on the compensation terms in technology license agreements. Specially discussed are royalty rates and upfront license fees. Royalty rates permeate many aspects of business beyond the completion of licensing transactions. They are also often used in technology valuation assignments where a […]
Licenses As Critical Sources Of Innovation
Viktor BraunVisiting Scholar at MIT, Sloan School of Management, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Currently Düsseldorf, Germany In financially and economically unstable times, when stock markets become rollercoasters, apparent safe-havens such as mortgage lenders or re-insurance companies tumble and fall like cardboard houses, and economies across the world are on the brink of falling into […]