TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
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The 7 Mistakes that Undermine Your Success with External Innovations
Posted February 22, 2016As the concept of Open Innovation continues to gain popularity in academic and management circles alike, more companies are interested in bringing-in external innovations to maintain a…
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Monetizing Underutilized Patents through Licensing
Posted January 18, 2016The predominant way that companies extract value from their patents is through the sales of products that include technologies covered by one or multiple patents. Under this paradigm…
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Cutting Edge Technology or Not, Theranos Could Still Be Disruptive
Posted November 01, 2015In many ways, the Theranos story illustrates how the hype that often surrounds Silicon Valley’s most promising startups is a double-edged sword. A “unicorn” with a $9 billion valuation …
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Deal Mechanisms for Strategic Business Partnerships in Biotechnology
Posted September 21, 2015Deal making has gone hand in hand with biotechnology since the very beginning of the industry. The prevalence of these business arrangements is not surprising considering that it takes years…
COMPUTING
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Will Open Patent Licensing Change How Software Companies Use Patents?
Posted November 11, 2015Last week Mozilla announced it will start using the Mozilla Open Software Patent License, a new way to protect software that aims to balance the benefits of patents with the philosophy of open…
Open Innovation @ Siemens
Founded in 1847, Siemens is a global technology conglomerate and the largest engineering company in Europe. The …
Open Business Models, By Henry Chesbrough
Open Business Models builds on Chesbrough’s landmark first book Open Innovation, to delve even deeper into how companies …
Best Mode
noun | best·mode |
One of the disclosure requirements for obtaining a patent. The inventor must disclose the best way he knows of carrying out his invention, which could include specific materials or methods. The goal of this requirement is to obtain full disclosure from inventors so that others can practice the invention.
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