Part of the series: Patent and IP basics
Intellectual property and its role
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Part of the series: Market insights and innovation
How to use innovation intelligence to evaluate a competitive landscape
Learn how to use innovation intelligence to evaluate a competitive landscape.
Part of the series: Market insights and innovation
How to use non-patent literature for market reports
Explore a framework for organizing and managing non-patent literature research, and how to use it for market assessments, forecasts and competitive analysis.
Part of the series: Intellectual property in life sciences
What can you patent in biotechnology?
Investigate inclusions, exemptions, medical use claims and patents relating to therapy, surgery and diagnosis.
Part of the series: Intellectual property in life sciences
How to effectively patent your sequences
Discover the interaction of science and law, and explore what it means for patenting sequences from a US, EU and global perspective.
Part of the series: Intellectual property in life sciences
Commercialization of ideas in life sciences
Learn how to select the right business model for an idea and how IP analytics can help.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
How to use IP to raise finance
Follow a CEO's guide to IP-backed finance: how it works, what are the different models and what businesses need to consider when pursuing this type of funding.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
Standard essential patents and emerging tech
Learn about the litigation of the past and how that sets the scene for today.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
How do design rights work?
Learn what design rights are, the types of design rights available in Europe, how to file for registered design rights and why they are useful.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
How to protect IP: licensing and litigation
Learn how an entrepreneur won infringement battles globally and commercialized inventions through solid licensing agreements.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
How to evaluate new inventions and technology
Examine the three key initial questions that are vital for deciding next steps: Should a patent application be filed? Should the invention be marketed to existing companies or be used to develop a spin-out company? And, what is the potential value of the invention?
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
How to turn an idea into a start-up
Discover how to give a new idea the best chance of commercial success, by following a programme of systematic steps and guidelines covering product development, business set-up and intellectual property.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
How to protect IP in China
See why it's time for your organization to look East for your next innovation opportunity.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
Copyright, trademarks and design rights
Explore what a holistic IP strategy involves, with a focus on copyright, trademarks and design rights.
Part of the series: Intellectual property for R&D
How to manage trade secrets
Examine how trade secrets are interpreted in law, ways in which they can be managed and what happens in the event of trade secret theft.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
Does IP matter with open source software?
Learn how to evaluate your organization’s exposure to risks posed by open source software and avoid unknown dangers, infringement risks, fines and bad publicity.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
IP risk and IP risk management
Hear about typical IP risks, the management process, solutions for mitigating risk, the idea of an IP risk register, risk visualizations and the psychology of IP risk management.
Part of the series: Intellectual property for R&D
Master the art of patent search
Find out how to identify which fields should be included for different searches, how to use Boolean logic and how to refine results using data such as classification codes, dates, jurisdictions and other information.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
How are patents valued?
Explore how patents can be valued using a number of different methodologies and how the output from these analyses can be used for negotiations, licensing, raising funding or measuring R&D performance.
Part of the series: Types of IP and strategy
How to successfully commercialize IP
Examine market and licensing strategies, patent valuation and how to benchmark the likelihood of success. Learn how to use innovation data to keep commercialization efforts on track.
Part of the series: Intellectual property for R&D
Understanding patents and their role
Explore the art of patent searching, how to use patents to glean inspiration and how to use patents to determine the likely success of R&D projects.
Part of the series: Patent and IP basics
How to do an FTO search
Explore the core concepts of freedom to operate: its definition, objectives of an FTO search and what insight and guidance an FTO analysis can offer.
Part of the series: Patent and IP basics
The technical and legal framework for patents
Find answers to the common questions about patents that you were too afraid to ask. Explore different types of patents, how to identify them, classification systems and intellectual property ownership.
Part of the series: Patent and IP basics
Getting started with patents
Find out what you need to take into account when using patents for innovation research for the first time.
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How to analyze markets using innovation data
Discover how to compile research analysis using innovation data, and learn how to plan your research before examining which insights can be derived from this data. See how to determine threats and opportunities, as well as forecasting future trends and identifying other market influences.