Comments on: Patents as the wrong kind of signal http://www.tangible-ip.com/2009/patents-as-the-wrong-kind-of-signal.htm ipVA's blog on adding value through intellectual property Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:43:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JS Hatcher http://www.tangible-ip.com/2009/patents-as-the-wrong-kind-of-signal.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2591 JS Hatcher Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:20:31 +0000 http://www.tangible-ip.com/?p=436#comment-2591 Thanks for the comment Jackie. I definitely agree, though I think to get investment, sometimes patents are needed to act as a kind of security blanket and both signal that the company innovates and that their will be some assets around to use if everything goes bad. Right or wrong, this trend still exists. Obtaining patents is an expensive decision, and every business owes to themselves to approach this area critically. Patenting too much without a purpose just wastes money. Thanks for the comment Jackie.

I definitely agree, though I think to get investment, sometimes patents are needed to act as a kind of security blanket and both signal that the company innovates and that their will be some assets around to use if everything goes bad. Right or wrong, this trend still exists.

Obtaining patents is an expensive decision, and every business owes to themselves to approach this area critically. Patenting too much without a purpose just wastes money.

]]> By: Jackie Hutter http://www.tangible-ip.com/2009/patents-as-the-wrong-kind-of-signal.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2119 Jackie Hutter Mon, 18 May 2009 12:11:40 +0000 http://www.tangible-ip.com/?p=436#comment-2119 I agree with you here, Jordan. Unfortunately, many patents are worthless to all (except the patent attorneys who get them for their clients). In a similar vein, I think too many people think that the decision to move forward with IP means that the successful obtaining of IP is the end game. To the contrary, just as business strategy decisions often result in NOT moving forward with a business idea or making a decision to stop moving forward, competent IP strategy decisions should also comprise options other than issuance of IP rights. I agree with you here, Jordan. Unfortunately, many patents are worthless to all (except the patent attorneys who get them for their clients). In a similar vein, I think too many people think that the decision to move forward with IP means that the successful obtaining of IP is the end game. To the contrary, just as business strategy decisions often result in NOT moving forward with a business idea or making a decision to stop moving forward, competent IP strategy decisions should also comprise options other than issuance of IP rights.

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