Intellectual Property rights play
a crucial role in the holistic development and protection of IP assets of your
organization. For a brief moment think about the umpteen patents filed within a
year under software or mobile technology domain. Definitely the count is high
and likewise is the case for other booming technology wizards. The race for
securing a patent starts from the very stage when an idea is conceived and goes
on till you secure one. Eventually this leads to the ever-growing and
overlapping, dense web of technology patent rights, also termed as Patent thickets. If your Tech organization is planning for securing patents, make sure
you successfully pave your way through this dense cloud to commercialize your potent
technology.
There have been many debates
across the IP community on Patent thickets contributing to technological complexities
and acting as innovation barriers. The need of the hour is to Whitespace the
patent landscape and spot the potential areas of interest. Whitespacing will
result in recognizing technology areas with little or lacking patent
activities thereby lending you an exclusivity in the global marketplace. Patent
Whitespace analysis could be a potential remedy for patent thickets and
innovation black holes. Thus, organizations
shall enforce resultant patent whitespace data for R&D and overall
innovation. We hope this approach holds
promise to pave your organization's way through patent thickets.
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