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The Patent Renewals Challenge: Balancing Risk and Cost
As economic recession forces companies to cut costs and grow revenue, there is an opportunity to reduce IP overhead without impacting risk. By intelligently abandoning non-essential patents and trademarks and increasing revenue from IP sales, businesses can strengthen their balance sheets and increase competitiveness. The complex process of pruning a patent portfolio and determining what to renew and what to abandon is equal parts art and science. However, successful players in the IP space have learned that their IAM decisions can be made more precise and better grounded in business objectives. Many companies are successfully incorporating systems to help organize their patent portfolios and manage the risks inherent in them.
Economic recessions force businesses to cut costs and identify new and efficient sources of revenue. Yet many companies will pass up millions of dollars of low-hanging fruit annually in the form of reduced patent annuities and increased revenue from sales of unused patents. Reinforcing this, the USPTO 2008 Annual Report states that “the renewal rates for (patent) maintenance fees have been
increasing modestly over the last four years and the trend indicates that this growth pattern will continue.”
New York's Latest Cybersecurity Commitment
On Aug. 9, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced New York's inaugural comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In sum, the plan aims to update government networks, bolster county-level digital defenses, and regulate critical infrastructure.
Law Firms are Reducing Redundant Real Estate by Bringing Support Services Back to the Office
A trend analysis of the benefits and challenges of bringing back administrative, word processing and billing services to law offices.
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Risks of “Baseball Arbitration” in Resolving Real Estate Disputes
“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.