From the category archives:

Intellectual Property

Breaking Down The Silos That Separate Business People And Lawyers

by Doug Park March 3, 2010

In many companies, business and legal operate as separate silos. On the business side, there is business development, corporate development, marketing, finance, and human resources. On the legal side, there are in-house attorneys and outside counsel. Business sees legal as a cost center, not as a value driver.  Unfortunately, this separation of business and legal [...]

Read the full article →

Why Strategy, Law, And Organization?

by Doug Park February 18, 2010

Good business lawyers understand that legal problems are necessarily business problems. Yet, understanding the law, by itself, is insufficient to understand and solve complex business problems.
In this short post, I advance a simple argument: A combined Strategy, Law, and Organization lens provides superior solutions to difficult business and legal problems. Examples include mergers [...]

Read the full article →

Intellectual Property Rights, Merger And Acquisition Strategy, And Transaction Costs

by Doug Park January 21, 2010

Do the transaction costs of allocating intellectual property rights in collaborative R&D influence merger and acquisition strategy? When it is difficult to write intellectual property agreements, does it makes sense for managers to turn to a merger or acquisition as the solution? The answers have consequences for how business strategy and legal strategy interact.
What [...]

Read the full article →

Apple Acquires The “i-phone” Trademark In China

by Doug Park January 7, 2010

Apple has finally ended its iPhone trademark problem in China by acquiring the rights to the “i-phone” mark from Hanwang Technology. The acquisition ends a dangerous intellectual property and marketing situation for Apple.
As I wrote in an earlier post, because of an apparent oversight in coordinating its marketing strategy and trademark strategy, Apple faced the [...]

Read the full article →

Introducing New Contributor To The Strategy x Law Blog, Soyeun Choi

by Doug Park October 21, 2009

I am excited to introduce Soyeun D. Choi, a new contributor to the Strategy x Law Blog. She will write primarily on leadership, business and intellectual property law. After conversations with Soyeun about business and law, I am confident that she will provide thoughtful insights on issues at the intersection of strategy and law.
Soyeun advises [...]

Read the full article →

Creating Markets For Patents

by Doug Park September 22, 2009

The New York Times recently reported on the emerging patent marketplace. The idea is that a market where patents can be bought and sold would reduce the costs of patent litigation and promote innovation. What are the prospects for success of a patent marketplace?
Patents As Commodities?
For a patent marketplace to operate efficiently, it would certainly [...]

Read the full article →

Intellectual Property And Open Innovation On The Smart Grid

by Doug Park August 27, 2009

Will the smart grid develop through proprietary intellectual or open innovation? To what extent can both contribute to the smart grid’s growth? The answers to these questions will have a huge influence on how the smart grid works and what it ultimately does for energy efficiency. In this post, I offer a few thoughts on [...]

Read the full article →

Implications Of China’s Appeal Of The WTO Ruling

by Doug Park August 17, 2009

After last week’s WTO ruling regarding China’s importation of copyrighted materials, China has announced that it will appeal the decision. What are the implications of the appeal?
Reasons For China’s Appeal

China has given two related responses to the WTO ruling. First, China contends that the importation of copyrighted materials, including music, books, and movies is “completely [...]

Read the full article →

The WTO Ruling On China’s Imports Of Copyrighted Materials

by Doug Park August 14, 2009

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that China improperly curbs imports of books, music, and movies. While it is tempting to view the ruling as a victory for copyright law, it does not mean the competitive playing field will become level.
The U.S. Complaint Against China

In 2007, the United States complained to the WTO that [...]

Read the full article →

Mistakes Small Businesses Make Regarding Intellectual Property (Part 2)

by Doug Park August 7, 2009

In this post, I continue to examine how small businesses and startups can avoid common misconceptions about intellectual property. This time, I turn to patent issues that small and emerging companies must consider to maximize the value they create and capture from their intellectual property.
As noted in the previous post, these misconceptions come from an [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries