Welcome to Oxentia's podcast, 'Bringing new ideas to life'. Our episodes will feature discussions on a wide range of topics including knowledge exchange and commercialisation, innovation process cultures, accelerator programmes, social impact in the arts humanities and social sciences, capacity building and entrepreneurial support, plus a lot more. We want to focus on the topics which are raising questions for companies, governments and universities around the world, and we hope to share some useful insights and advice along the way.
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Welcome to Oxentia's podcast, 'Bringing new ideas to life'. Our episodes will feature discussions on a wide range of topics including knowledge exchange and commercialisation, innovation process cultures, accelerator programmes, social impact in the arts humanities and social sciences, capacity building and entrepreneurial support, plus a lot more. We want to focus on the topics which are raising questions for companies, governments and universities around the world, and we hope to share some useful insights and advice along the way.
We hope you enjoy listening, if so, please subscribe to the channel and share with your network. If you have any questions or would like to suggest a topic, email us a ideaspod@oxentia.com.
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Welcome to part two of our IP Strategy series on 'Bringing new ideas to life'. This time, Dom and Bruno discuss how to navigate competitors' IP, monitor their patents, and challenge them when necessary. They emphasize the importance of competitor awareness and tracking, and recommend using free patent analytics tools to set up searches on specific technology areas. They also suggests doing a light touch freedom to operate search at the early stages of innovation to identify any obvious barriers.
Timestamps
Competitor Awareness and Tracking [00:00:28]
Importance of monitoring competitors' patents and navigating their IP, with a light touch approach and the use of patent analytics tools.
Challenging Competitors' Patents [00:04:30]
Options for challenging a competitor's patent, including third-party observations and post-grant opposition period.
Preview of Part Three [00:07:56]
A preview of the next and final part of the series, which will cover where the real value lies in IP strategy, how to protect it, and what happens to IP when exiting a business.
Dom Icely is Co-founder of Impact IP, the Innovation Intellectual property law practice, and Bruno Reynolds is a Managing Consultant at Oxentia.
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