IP Intelligence
Real-Life Scenarios
Composite, fictionalised situations built from the patterns we see most often. No real client is described.
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The search that was not a search
Why did an honest search miss both documents?
The claim that matched the product
What is the company able to do?
The renewal that lapsed during an acquisition
Can the patent be brought back?
The licence with no enforcement clause
What can the licensee do?
The employee who left
What does the former employer actually have?
The working statement nobody filed
What is the position?
The letter that started the wrong fight
What went wrong?
The prototype shown to a supplier
What are the two separate problems here?
The portfolio nobody pruned
What is likely to be true about those 61 cases?
The patent that could not be amended
Can they amend to above 680 degrees?
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