Blockchain : What do patents reveal ?
In this article, we propose an analysis of patent filings around the world on the blockchain theme. An enlightening study!
Intrapreneurship: large companies are not start-up
Article written by Sylvie Gamet, CEO of Nowall Innovation, originally published in French on Forbes France on March 15, 2018 Large companies, faced with the difficulty of innovating, try to promote intrapreneurship – a term that sounds like a miracle recipe – often packaged in an “intrapreneurship program” or “internal innovation contest”. Is this a […]
Tomorrow innovation will be based on empathy
Translated from the article originally published in Forbes France on 08/21/2017 Many experts compete for the podium of the best qualities to develop in order to innovate better. In a pocket handkerchief you will find for example, innocence and boldness, the ability to detect opportunities and needs and to respond to them the best you […]
Start-up : About to file a patent? Who is its owner?
Filing a patent is often recommended to protect an invention. Generally it induces an investment of around 4 to 5 k € the first year. Without dwelling on the steps of patent filing, it turns out that a crucial issue is sometimes treated too lightly: Who should be the owner of the patent? The start-up? […]
Freedom to operate in the real world
Where exactly is the limit between freedom to operate and prohibited activity? Identify troublesome patents and operational faults. Assessing the actual risks you have to deal with. Freedom to operate (or FTO) is the ability to perform a particular commercial activity (e.g. commercialize a product, provide a service, perform a manufacturing process or use a product) without “infringing” […]
What is your soft or app worth?
“The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth.” translated from François de La Roche Foucauld, French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680) As you may know, softwares and applications are intangible assets and thus, they can contribute to a company (often start-up) capital or they can (must!) be estimated […]
