Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are a number of factors that a business owner needs to be aware of when they start the process of raising private capital. In addition to navigating the various channels that may provide funding for your business, you will need to have a...
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt appears that patents and baseball players share similar odds of success and the same value curve. Likelihood of Success The chances of a high school baseball player making it to Major League Baseball are roughly equivalent to an inventor...
Reading Time: 2 minutesSolo performing rock starts are much more likely to die prematurely than rock stars that are members of a band. The reason is solo performers are more likely to engage in destructive behavior (e.g. drug and alcohol abuse) than members of a band....
Reading Time: 20 minutesYou will never get the license agreement your technology deserves. You get the license agreement you negotiate. With this in mind, it is important for inventors, licensing professionals and intellectual property lawyers to constantly hone their...
Reading Time: 4 minutesSuppose you are valuing a large patent portfolio with issued patents and pending applications in more than 20 countries throughout the world. One of your tasks would be to project how much royalties each patent could collect in each of the...