The most significant changes to US patent law will take effect in March 2013
The changes contained in patent reform will put new competitive and financial pressures on R&D and new product development (NPD) operations. Maintaining your company’s defensible competitive postion and generating new intellectual property (IP) assets will likely require changes to innovation organizations and processess.
Our work with clients have shown that patent reform will cause unintened shifts in activities impacting R&D and NPD processes, changes that most companies are unprepared for.
Newlogic is the thought leader on the changes required by US-based innovation organizations to minimize the negative impacts of Patent Reform in 2013. We have an established track-record starting before the law was passed. Our team is uniquely cross-functional and experienced, focused on R&D decision making, investments, processes, organization and strategy. Our 6- Step process guides companies through the changes their R&D organizations require with the minimal disruption.
What Changes When Patent Reform Takes Effect
- First inventor to file
- Supplemental examinations
- Post grant reviews
- Prior user rights
- More and different costs
How Patent Reform will Effect R&D
The America Invents Act of 2011 will have concequenses that make it more difficult for engineering and innovation teams to meet their performance goals:- Patent reform will make innovation more expensive
- Patent reform will make innovation will increase time to market slower
- Patent reform will make innovation riskier
- Patent reform will require more people and overhead
- Patent reform will give your competitors new options to challenge your patents
- Patent reform may limit the use of ideas you consider secret
How can we help?
Contact us to learn how we can help you adapt to Patent Reform