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Geotab Emerges Victorious in Orthosie Systems LLC Patent Infringement Lawsuit

February 10, 2016 - Global telematics leader prevails against second patent troll by a non-practicing entity (See the news release on Business Wire)

Geotab Triumphs over Rothschild Location Technologies in Patent Lawsuit

January 12, 2016 - Texas Judge Grants Motion to Dismiss 15 Claims of Patent Infringement Brought About by Non-practicing Entity (See the news release on Business Wire)

Disrupting the Disrupter: Strategic Countermeasures to Attack the Business Model of a Coercive Patent-Holding Firm

Posted June 8, 2015 - "Targeted companies have minimal leverage to do anything save for agreeing to the troll’s settlement demands or litigating the matter full-tilt." John F. Luman III and Christopher L. Dodson Partner and Associate, Bracewell & Giulani, LLP Abstract A coercive patent-holding firm operates a business model…

Finding the Signal in the Noise of Patent Citations: How to Focus on Relevance for Strategic Advantage

Posted Sept 10, 2014 - "We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation." Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Statesman, political theorist, and philosopher. Abstract: Patent evaluations based on prior art citation data are business methodologies that can reveal hidden relationships between a patent…

A Citation-Based Patent Evaluation Framework to Reveal Hidden Value and Enable Strategic Business Decisions

Posted Sept 7, 2014 - "The value of patents as competitive weapons and intelligence tools becomes most evident in the day-to-day transaction of business."   Kevin G. Rivette and David Kline Authors of Rembrandts in the Attic: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents. Abstract: Patent evaluation methodologies enable firms to make…

Leveraging Old Intellectual Property to Accelerate Technology Entrepreneurship

Posted Jun 21, 2013 - "We may be trained to think the new is about to overcome the old, but that’s just an optical illusion." Nassim Nicholas Taleb Author and professor. Abstract: Acquiring or licensing assets to older technologies, including surviving intellectual property rights, is an often-overlooked viable strategy for…