summary for ip
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time
- depending of the office
- it may take up to 2, 3 years to grant your patent
- it takes longer, if your patent is initially rejected
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cost
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hiring professionals - patent office cost
- legal costs of filling for violation and infriengement
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patent litigation
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4.5% registration increasement -
compond annural rate is -
what to count
- understanding your direct and indirection competitors in ip
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how to scout
- google patent
- european patent office
- united states patent office
- world itellectual property organization
- national level
- what is the dervent database searching???
- use it online on the cambridge library
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natural mechanism
- time
- keepig ahead from competitors by delivering continuuous innovation
- first mver advantage
- r and d costs are paid out of the extra-profitsearned while compeitors are catching up
- lead time and learning lags
- Complementary assets
- competitors cannot easily initate your innovation because of the lack of other assets that you have like shops
- trademarks
- assistance and complementart services and brand value
- Lock-in
- Customers have to bear switching costs to switch to competitor’s products
- Standards (economics of network )
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going back to our initial question -
how to protect your intellectual property
- given the cost of patent, time for validation, ou have to think twice about this protection mechanism
- explore the national mechanism to protect your ip
- secrecy can serve as a sueful mechanism to protect your ip
- usually the best strategy is to mix diferent mechanisms to protect your ip depending on
- identifying the relevant mechanisms for different pieces of your invention
- copywright for software codes
- your commercialization strategy
- your competitor’s ip and heir protection mechanism???
- defense or attack
- you can simply kick the software to the market, and get the advantages
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