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Innovation

Consulting firms and IP

November 18, 2008

Last week I was having an informal conversation with some colleagues who also happened to be from a consulting business (but not IP or legal consulting). Over an excellent pub lunch on a rainy London day, we got to talking about IP (naturally enough when I’m involved in a conversation) and its role for consultants. [...]

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Parajet – the flying car and patents

November 12, 2008

A flying car has been a goal of engineers and The Jetsons fans alike for a number of years now. The Times has a story (“The Flying Car” – 9 Nov. 2008) about the SkyCar – a working (and inexpensive) design based around “paramotors”. These giant fans get strapped to your back and when added [...]

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Scottish funding trends in the downturn

November 5, 2008

Over the weekend the FT ran a piece on a recent report by Scottish Enterprise on the risk capital market in Scotland Scottish start-ups could face funding gap. The highlights: Angel investors are moving to a “cradle-to-exit model”, thus changing the more standard model of angel-to-VC; Overall investment in 2006 and 2007 went up (£85m [...]

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Pro geek hobbyists, innovation, and IPRs

October 22, 2008

When it comes to bleeding edge innovation, large companies are not often where it’s at.  This can be for a variety of reasons, but often larger companies end up innovating by acquisition or licensing rather than having large R&D budgets and doing everything in-house. Often larger companies will look to start ups or university tech [...]

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