by Louis Carbonneau | Jan 13, 2022 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, A very Happy New Year to all our readers near and far. It’s too bad we all wanted to believe that with the flip of a calendar, 2022 would mark a new era or a return to an era pre-pandemic. Well, well, well. I guess the joke’s on us now as Omicron rages full... 
by Louis Carbonneau | Dec 16, 2021 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, It was a busy two weeks since our last column and our team is back from a great and productive trip in NYC where we attended the IP Dealmakers Forum along with a couple of hundreds of decision makers. I am writing this a little bit ahead of our usual... 
by Tangible IP | Dec 2, 2021 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, What do the Neelakurinji flower and a patent have in common? Read below to find out but, spoiler alert, it has to do with blooming… Let’s start with the latest development; earlier this week saw the USPTO director nominee Kathi Vidal appear in the US Senate... 
by Louis Carbonneau | Nov 11, 2021 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, We’ve witnessed an increasingly worrisome phenomenon in the US; interest groups are literally weaponizing Congress to advance their agenda in the usually non-controversial patent area (we knew of course this was happening in other areas). In the remaining... 
by Louis Carbonneau | Oct 28, 2021 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, Last weekend, I watched “ The Billion Dollar Code,” a 4-episode fictionalized series based on a true story. The series recounted the lawsuit brought forth by a small German startup (Art+Com) in 2014 against Google for infringing their patent. This patent... 
by Louis Carbonneau | Sep 10, 2021 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, September usually marks a return to normalcy, vacations are remembered in pictures, children return to school and work once again becomes the focus of your day. But this year feels different. The fatigue and frustration of the heaviness of the world hangs...