Intellectual Property Resources
Each of the following resources has either been reviewed by or recommended to Management Roundtable, though their inclusion does not necessarily imply endorsement. Contact information and notation is provided for further exploration.
BOOKS:
Berman, Bruce, From Ideas to Assets – Investing Wisely in IP
Chesbrough, Henry, Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology, Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
Chesbrough, Henry, Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape, Harvard University Press, 2006.
Davis, Julie and Harrison, Suzanne, Edison in the Boardroom: How Leading Companies Realize Value from their Intellectual Assets, Wiley, 2001.
Harrison, Suzanne and Sullivan, Patrick, Einstein in the Boardroom: Moving Beyond Intellectual Capital to I-Stuff, Wiley/Andersen Intellectual Capital Series, 2006.
Hunt, David; Nguyen, Long; and Rodgers, Matthew, Patent Searching: Tools and Techniques, Wiley, 2007.
Rivette, Kevin G. and Kline, David, Rembrandts in the Attic: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents, Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
Parr, Russell, Valuation of IP and Intangible Assets, 3rd Edition, Wiley.
Parr, Russell L. and Sullivan, Patrick H., Technology Licensing: Corporate Strategies for Maximizing Value, Wiley.
Shaughnessy, James PO and Germeraad, Paul, Prospecting for Value in Corporate IP
Sullivan, Patrick, Value Driven Intellectual Capital
MAGAZINES / NEWSLETTERS / BLOGS:
Corporate Dealmaker – online news
www.thedeal.com
Intellectual Property Watch – blog
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php
IP ThinkTank – blog
http://duncanbucknell.com/blog/
IP Dragon – blog about IP in China
http://ipdragon.blogspot.com/
Managing IP – magazine
www.ManagingIP.com
Intellectual Asset – magazine
www.iam-magazine.com/
IPFrontline – magazine
www.ipfrontline.com
Patent Strategy & Management – newsletter
http://www.lawjournalnewsletters.com/newsletters/trials/ljn_patent.html
ASSOCIATIONS/AGENCIES
The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
http://www.aipla.org/
ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law
www.abanet.org/intelprop
Intellectual Property Owners Association
http://www.ipo.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
International IP Alliance
http://www.iipa.com/
International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition
http://www.iacc.org/
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
www.aippi.org
The Licensing Executives Society International (LESI)
http://www.lesi.org/
The Patent Information Users Group, Inc. (PIUG), the International Society for Patent Information
http://www.piug.org/index.php
Technology Transfer Society
http://www.t2society.org/
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov
USPTO Patent Data
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
U.S. Copyright Office
www.loc.gov/copyright
Copyright Society of the USA
www.csusa.org
WIPO, World IP Organization
http://www.wipo.int/
OUTSIDE USA:
European Patent Office
www.epo.org
China Patent & Trademark Office
www.chinatrademarkoffice.com
Japan Patent Office
http://www.jpo.go.jp/
IP SERVICE PROVIDERS:
Delphion
Patent tracking, analysis and research tools and services.
Thomson Delphion Headquarters
901 Warrenville Road
Suite 20
Lisle, IL 60532
1.630.799.0600 / 1.630.799.0688 Fax
Global Prior Art, Inc.
Global Prior Art’s expertise in locating prior art complements the legal and analytical expertise of patent attorneys.
21 Milk St. 6th floor
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: (617) 574-9574 / Fax: (617) 574-9559
Email: [email protected]
ipCapital Group
ipCapital Group serves organizations that wish to protect and monetize intellectual property portfolios and implement Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) practices.
400 Cornerstone Drive, Suite 325
Williston, VT 05495
Phone (802) 872-3200 x279 / Fax (802) 288-9468
Toll Free (888) 853-2212
ipPerformance Group, Inc.
Provides extensive and comprehensive intellectual property management benchmarking, performance metrics, and best practices information database
104 Burr Ridge Parkway
Burr Ridge, IL 60565
630-416-7459
http://www.ipperform.com/index.htm
Intellectual Property Research Associates (IPRA, Inc.)
Value of intellectual property including patents, trademarks and copyrights, financial terms (including royalty rates), licensing agreements.
1004 Buckingham Way
Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067
www.ipresearch.com
Russell L. Parr, CFA, ASA
Phone: 215 428-1163
FAX: 215-428-9545
IPVALUE Management
IPVALUE Management employs a systematic and comprehensive approach to IP commercialization with its partners.
1070 Arastradero Rd, Ste. 300
Palo Alto, California 94304
Tel: 650.856.VALU (8258) / Fax: 650-856-8248
Ovalideas
Ovalideas has developed a new toolset for aligning and integrating technology search information (from IP databases) with strategic objectives.
547 Dale Drive
Incline Village, NV 89541
Phone: 805-646-9824
Email: [email protected]
The Patent Board
Proprietary analytic foundation, data, tools, and patent metrics provide insight into patent and portfolio quality. Patent Scorecard and related products.
20 North Wacker Drive
Suite 3720
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 205-7000 Phone
(312) 205-7001 Fax
http://www.patentboard.com/home/index.asp
Patent Café
Intellectual property information portal and provider of intellectual property management and patent research tools.
Patentcafe
441 Colusa Avenue
Yuba City, CA 95991
Tel: 530-671-0200 Ext. 204 / Fax 530-671-0201
http://www.IAMcafe.com
http://www.IPFrontline.com
Rembrandt IP Management
Rembrandt works as a partner to help inventors realize value for their inventions.
Phone: 610-667-9685 Fax: 610-667-9687
TECHNOLOGY SOURCES:
Battelle
Develops and commercializes technology for clients
505 King Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201
800-201-2011 or 614-424-6424
Innocentive Inc.
Connects technology seekers and “solvers” through its global Open Innovation Marketplace™
201 Jones Rd
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: +1-978-482-3300
Toll free: +1-866-812-7339
Fax: +1-978-482-3400
Intellectual Ventures
Invention company
PMB 502
227 Bellevue Way
Bellevue, WA 98004-5721
Phone: (425) 467-2300
http://www.intellectualventures.com
Invent Resources
Develops products and patents for clients
781.862.0200, fax: 781.721.2300
Dr. Richard Pavelle: [email protected].
http://www.weinvent.com/content/view/19/46/
New Venture Partners
Focuses on corporate spin-outs
98 Floral Avenue
Murray Hill, NJ 07974
+1 908 464 0900
NineSigma, Inc.
Connects technology innovation seekers and providers
23611 Chagrin Blvd. Suite 320
Cleveland, OH 44122-5540
United States
Tel (216) 295-4800
Fax (216) 295-4825
TIAX
Collaborative R&D company
15 Acorn Park
Cambridge, MA 02140-2328
617-498-5000
Ocean Tomo
Hosts IP auctions, provides advice in IP-related mergers and acquisitions, valuations, analytics
Chicago (Headquarters)
200 West Madison
37th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
312-327-4400 Ph
UTEK Corporation
Technology transfer company focused on open innovation among corporations, universities and research laboratories worldwide
2109 E. Palm Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605
Telephone: (813) 754-4330
www.utekcorp.com
Yet2.com
Online marketplace brings buyers and sellers of technologies together
175 Highland Avenue
Needham, MA, USA 02494
+1 (781) 972-0600 | fax +1 (781) 972-0601
[email protected]
LINKS & DOWNLOADABLE ARTICLES
Athena Alliance: information, intangibles, and innovation (I3 or I-Cubed) economy
http://www.athenaalliance.org/
IP webguide – intellectual property information and services
http://www.epo.org/topics/ip-webguide.html
Knowledge Management resources
http://www.klminc.com/intellcap.html
Innovation Asset library (legal resources
http://www.innovation-asset.com/Resources-ContractsIPManagement-InnovationAsset.asp