IoT financial valuation

IoT is everywhere. Everybody seems to talk about it. But we hear less about IoT protection, and rarely about their financial valuation as it is possible to value patents, trademarks, software… So what do you need to master to promote the best possible value of your connected objects?

Freedom to operate in the real world

freedom to operate

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” […]

Filing a patent for cunning or broke people

…or how to pretend to have an IP (Industrial or Intellectual Property) strategy, especially when you do not have the means… This is an unusual title for an article that answers some frequently asked questions, and highlighting patents’ unconventional practices. Be careful, unorthodox, naughty tricks are presented below… I apologize in advance to the IP […]

What is your soft or app worth?

software developer

“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 […]