| IPfolio http://www.ipfolio.com Fri, 17 May 2013 16:11:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 USPTO to Select its Silicon Valley Location http://www.ipfolio.com/uspto-to-select-its-silicon-valley-location/ http://www.ipfolio.com/uspto-to-select-its-silicon-valley-location/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:11:09 +0000 IPfolio http://www.ipfolio.com/?p=1541 Silicon Valley is one of the most IP intense regions in the world. The city of Sunnyvale has the highest number of inventors per capita in the world, according to recent data from the USPTO. IP has been making headlines ...

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]]> http://www.ipfolio.com/uspto-to-select-its-silicon-valley-location/feed/ 0 The Mindset of an Innovator – Creating an Innovating Company Culture http://www.ipfolio.com/the-mindset-of-an-innovator-creating-an-innovating-company-culture/ http://www.ipfolio.com/the-mindset-of-an-innovator-creating-an-innovating-company-culture/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:26:50 +0000 IPfolio http://www.ipfolio.com/?p=1517 Companies need great innovators to come up with solutions for the future. Many firms have established formal innovation programs to encourage their engineers to come up with new and innovative solutions to their customers’ problems. Incentives are often financial and ...

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]]> http://www.ipfolio.com/the-mindset-of-an-innovator-creating-an-innovating-company-culture/feed/ 0 Social and Mobile Collaboration – an Enabler for Innovation & IP Management http://www.ipfolio.com/social-and-mobile-collaboration-an-enabler-for-innovation-ip-management/ http://www.ipfolio.com/social-and-mobile-collaboration-an-enabler-for-innovation-ip-management/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:58:07 +0000 Rupert Mayer http://www.ipfolio.com/?p=1481 Employees are demanding more social and mobile collaboration within their companies, according to a recent study by ABI Research. New social tools and platforms are emerging as alternatives to email and previous-generation collaboration platforms. There is great value in connecting ...

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]]> http://www.ipfolio.com/social-and-mobile-collaboration-an-enabler-for-innovation-ip-management/feed/ 0 The Opportunities Are Out There http://www.ipfolio.com/the-opportunities-are-out-there/ http://www.ipfolio.com/the-opportunities-are-out-there/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:56:39 +0000 Rupert Mayer http://www.ipfolio.com/?p=1444 Last week I got back from my first trip to India. Snow storms in Frankfurt and a broken plane in Munich resulted in a double-layover, 40h trip to get there. Leaving the comfort zone was rewarded with pleasant weather and ...

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]]> http://www.ipfolio.com/the-opportunities-are-out-there/feed/ 1 How To Get Inventors To Submit Invention Disclosures http://www.ipfolio.com/how-to-get-inventors-to-submit-invention-disclosures/ http://www.ipfolio.com/how-to-get-inventors-to-submit-invention-disclosures/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:10:26 +0000 IPfolio http://www.ipfolio.com/?p=1303 There are many things companies have to do right in order to stay competitive. To say the least, innovation is crucial. Many companies are focused on growth strategies and have designed programs to accelerate innovation. However, they often struggle to ...

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]]> http://www.ipfolio.com/connecting-locally-growing-globally/feed/ 0 New White Paper: Managing IP Beyond Excel http://www.ipfolio.com/new-whitepaper-managing-ip-beyond-excel/ http://www.ipfolio.com/new-whitepaper-managing-ip-beyond-excel/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:13:55 +0000 Rupert Mayer http://www.ipfolio.com/?p=1159 Creating and maintaining a high-value IP portfolio is expensive and time-consuming. Most companies have outsourced IP prosecution work to law firms, with the in-house IP team focusing mainly on managing the portfolio. In a surprising number of organizations, an Excel ...

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]]> http://www.ipfolio.com/new-whitepaper-managing-ip-beyond-excel/feed/ 1 Demystifying Intellectual Ventures’ Patent Holdings http://www.ipfolio.com/demystifying-the-portfolio-of-intellectual-ventures/ http://www.ipfolio.com/demystifying-the-portfolio-of-intellectual-ventures/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:18:25 +0000 Rupert Mayer http://www.ipfolio.com/?p=1145 Back in September, we partnered with patent analytics firm IP Checkups to discuss patent strategies for startups, universities and SMEs. Now, IP Checkups is back with a new project geared towards the SME community: “Case IV Thicket.” Case IV Thicket ...

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]]> http://www.ipfolio.com/epo-patent-information-conference-2012-a-personal-review/feed/ 1 On the Way to Good Old Europe with an iPad mini in my Bag http://www.ipfolio.com/on-the-way-to-good-old-europe-with-an-ipad-mini-in-my-bag/ http://www.ipfolio.com/on-the-way-to-good-old-europe-with-an-ipad-mini-in-my-bag/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2012 02:30:42 +0000 Rupert Mayer http://www.ipfolio.com/?p=1094 I am headed for a few days of chilly weather in Hamburg, where IPfolio is an exhibitor at the European Patent Office’s (EPO) patent information conference. A brilliant autumn day in Berkeley with a tranquil, deep-blue San Francisco Bay and ...

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