by Louis Carbonneau | Aug 3, 2023 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, As we reach the famous “dog days” of August and part of the world (aka Europe) unplugs for the month while the US keeps baking under the same heat dome, it is a good time to reflect on how things are shaping up on the IP market front. Certainly, a lot has...
by Louis Carbonneau | Jul 6, 2023 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, I hope everyone is enjoying the first weeks of summer, despite the heat domes, the smoke from forest fires and other natural calamities that seem to have accelerated. The first few days of July were officially declared the hottest days on planet Earth ever...
by Louis Carbonneau | Jun 8, 2023 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, In our last column (Why Bother?), I was commiserating about the poor state of the patent system worldwide (especially in the US) and explaining why, although we shouldn’t lose hope that the pendulum can swing back, it begs the question as to when patents...
by Louis Carbonneau | May 11, 2023 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, In our last two columns, we covered several mistakes made by inventors and their legal counsel when drafting or prosecuting patents, as well as the many tools that defendants have at their disposal to invalidate them or otherwise emerge unscathed from an...
by Louis Carbonneau | Apr 11, 2023 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, As this newsletter hits your inbox, I will be in Paris finishing a presentation to our good friends at LESI (Licensing Executive Society International). The topic is the current state of the IP market. However, all this assumes I manage to dodge the endless...
by Louis Carbonneau | Mar 16, 2023 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, I am often asked why so many patents are invalidated or impossible to enforce. When I tell patent owners that we can really only transact 1-2% of the patents we review daily, they do not understand, which is legitimate. Some of it has to do with what the...
