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Not sure if you need a Trademark? Here are 4 ways a ™ can protect your brand.

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Jeff Holman

Why should you get a trademark? Use trademarks wisely for exclusivity, branding, clearance, and valuation.

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A Guide to Intellectual Property Strategy (from an IP Attorney)

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Jeff Holman

How to move beyond the “file & hold” or “file & prosecute” intellectual property strategies and build assets that strengthen your competitive advantage.

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Top Tips for your NDAs and Confidentiality Agreements

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Jeff Holman

If you find yourself using NDAs and Confidentiality Agreements often, you should be aware of the many ways that you can customize your...

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When Am I Ready to File a Patent?

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Jeff Holman

The innovation process is complex, iterative, and often undefined. This makes it hard to know when you’re ready to file for initial...

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IP Strategy Roundup (16 June 2020)

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Jeff Holman

IP Strategy sits at the crossroads of technology, law, and business. With a focus on competitive advantage, IP Strategy can be aligned...

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Get “Patent Pending” – The Number One Reason You Need a Provisional Patent Application to Protect Your Invention (and how to use our 30-day challenge to get “patent pending”)

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Jeff Holman

Inventors are intelligent and inquisitive. That’s a good thing. That’s how your invention came about in the first place.

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Do you develop technology as an independent contractor? Here’s how you should think about defining your IP ownership, assignments, and licenses

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Jeff Holman

There are a lot of moving parts when you start working together with another party on joint research & development or in an independent...

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Should you File a Divisional, Continuation, or Continuation-in-Part before your Patent Issues?

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Jeff Holman

Your patent claims are allowed. Your patent is going to issue soon. Congratulations!

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IP Strategy Weekly Roundup (5 May 2020)

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Jeff Holman

IP Strategy sits at the crossroads of technology, law, and business. With a focus on competitive advantage, IP Strategy can be aligned...

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Ready for Patents? Here’s your Quick Start Guide

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Jeff Holman

You’ve got some innovative ideas, a technology team, or just an inventive approach to life. Now you want to know how to start the patent...

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Intellectual Property Strategy – An Integrated Approach to Aligning your IP Assets with your Business Strategy

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Jeff Holman

How do you evaluate an attorney or consultant who says they do strategy?

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Building a Business or IP Strategy? Be Strategic with your Strategist

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Jeff Holman

How do you evaluate an attorney or consultant who says they do strategy?

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What is Competitive Advantage?

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Jeff Holman

In a prior post, I explained why the inherent characteristics of intellectual property assets (patents, for example) don’t automatically...

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Four of the Fastest Fixes for your Patent Portfolio

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Jeff Holman

Everyone is in crisis mode right now. Even businesses that are doing still generating acceptable revenues should recognize these...

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Top 3 Mistakes when starting your Patent Strategy

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Jeff Holman

Speaking with prospective clients this week reminded me of some common and potentially costly mistakes that innovators make.

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Can you explain how your Patents and IP support your Competitive Advantage?

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Jeff Holman

At its core, strategy is all about competitive advantage. Strategy is fundamentally about how to gain and sustain an advantage over...

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Nine Ways Intellectual Property will be Impacted by COVID-19

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Jeff Holman

Here are some ways I predict the IP landscape will be impacted by the devastating impacts of COVID-19. You’ll notice I only listed eight...

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COVID-19 is a (Devastating) Opportunity to Connect and Collaborate

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Jeff Holman

Economic downturns can be devastating. The current situation with COVID-19 certainly is. The recent earthquake and aftershocks in Utah...

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Use these 3 Perspectives to Think about your Startup?

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Jeff Holman

You can take an idea and turn it into a business in numerous ways. Most businesses, however, can be viewed from 3 separate perspectives...

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Use these Four Factors to Assess Your Business Strategy Profile

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Jeff Holman

Every business exists for a purpose. Usually, that purpose is to make money. However, making money is not a business strategy.

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