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The IP ink blot test. What do you see?

Greg Daines · May 22, 2009
Rorschach_like_Inkblot In my last post I raised a question that my mind has been dwelling on ever since… Why do some organizations manage IP primarily as legal instruments, while others handle them like business assets? In fact, I realize that the question is incomplete. This is because there are a whole host of other organizations [...]
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What is IP Management Software and who needs it?

Greg Daines · May 19, 2009
Software-icon The short answer: it’s a lot of things, and a lot of people need it. I’ll just say it… The concept of managing intellectual property is a bit elusive. For that matter, the idea of intellectual property itself is often a bit vague for many. This can make explaining what IP management software is [...]
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Are IP Values Collapsing With The Recession?

Greg Daines · January 27, 2009
There’s a terrific post and debate over at the IAM Blog about the apparent collapse in the intangible values of companies. This arose out of both a very stimulating blog post by Pat Sullivan on the fallacy of the common intangible value concept derived from [...]
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Are Business Method Patents Finally On Their Way Out?

Greg Daines · October 31, 2008
Yesterday a federal appeals court ruled against a patent on a business idea (here is the Yahoo story), and the decision has significant implications. Bernard Biliski was seeking a patent for a method to hedge against the risk of weather-related impacts on business. The focus of the decision was that the application [...]
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Book Review: The Innovator’s Guide To Growth

Greg Daines · September 23, 2008
I had the great pleasure of sitting down with my good friend (and all-around good egg) Mark Johnson last week to talk about his new book : The Innovator’s Guide To Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation To Work (Harvard Business Press; with co-authors Scott Anthony, [...]
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Google’s Chrome is a Disruptive Threat

Greg Daines · September 13, 2008
Ever since Google released its new browser, “Chrome” last week, it has been the subject of hot debate. People are arguing whether the world needs another browser, whether this new browser is any good, and whether or not this is really innovation. A very interesting post by Scott [...]
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Creativity is the Speed Limit of Innovation

Greg Daines · September 12, 2008
I am finally back from a long summer hiatus. Thanks for patience to my faithful readers. I am preparing a new post on the astonishing disruptive potential of Google’s new browser, Chrome. But in the mean time, here is something very enjoyable to remind just how important creativity is for innovation. Sir Ken Robinson (at [...]
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Why Business Schools Should Be Teaching IP Management

Greg Daines · July 24, 2008
Are business, engineering, and law students learning anything about managing IP? This was the central question asked at a conference last week on Intellectual Property Management Education and Research hosted by WIPO. The answer to this questions appears to be “no”, and the consensus among participants is that this needs to change. [...]
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InnoScot: The Highlands Go For IP Management

Greg Daines · July 9, 2008
There were not one but two very interesting reports in the past 48 hours coming out of Scotland. The first was a particularly harsh critique of Scottish efforts to commercialize IP from its Universities. Robert Hannah, a partner in account firm Grant Thornton’s technology industry [...]
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Is innovation too risky for venture capital?

Greg Daines · June 25, 2008
I enjoyed Carl Weissman’s recent article on Xconomy (one of my favorite sites!) in which he talks about (among other things) how venture capital has [...]
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