Mark Stignani

How is Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner Different?

Helping In-House Council

Using Product Association with IP Assets

Value Management and Cash Flow

Contractual Intellectual Property Rights

Value Management Lifecycle

Value Management and Risk Management

Calculating New Investments

Assessing Executive Experience

Seeking Money from Investors

Domain Registration Considerations

Trademark Filing Considerations

Researching Competitors' IP

Picking a Trademark

Improperly Marked Product

What Should a Company Patent?

How Big Should My First Patent Be?

Provisional vs Non-Provisional Patent

Considerations Before Hiring IP Council

What IP Should I Spend Money on First?

Trademarks and Brand Value

How Should IP be Considered for Acquisition?

Provisional Patent

First Item on IP To-Do List

5 Year View Point

Should IP be Part of Our Business Plan?

Picking a Domain Name

How Should IP be Considered for Growth?

Get Your Assignments Straight - Contribution of Owners

Marking a Product

Litigation Density

Third Party Confidentiality

Joint Ventures and Dispute Resolution

High Risk Joint Ventures

Joint Venture and Financial Agreements

Joint Venture Pitfalls

The Case of the Joint Marketing Agreement Gone Bad

Low Risk Joint Ventures

Joint Venture Ground Rules

Reasons to Consider Joint Ventures

Establishing Confidentiality

Moderate Risk Joint Ventures

Important Attributes to Being a Successful Patent Lawyer

Meet Mark Stignani

Most Common Client Question

Background

Rewards of the Practice

How can OSS Negatively Affect a Company?

How is Open Source Software Enforced?

OSS Licensing Conditions

Open Source Software

How is Open Source Incorporated into Software?

Open Source Initiative

Unlicensed Source Codes

Unanticipated OSS

The Five Components of an Open Source Software Policy

Managing OSS

Risks of OSS

Audit Action Sheet

Convergence Density

Auction Audit Sheet - Key Issues to Address

Claim Abstraction Theory

"Whens" - Audit Action Sheet

What Does an Audit Action Sheet Look Like?

What Should a Company Understand at the End of an IP Audit?

Segmenting a Portfolio

Risk Profile

Repeating Competitor Audits

Portfolio Dashboard - Inventor Information

Benefits of Audit Action Sheet

By the Numbers Overview

Why Perform Risk Profile?

"Who" - Audit Action Sheet

"Wheres" - Audit Action Sheet

Licensing Density

Tools for Auditing a Patent Portfolio

"Whats" - Audit Action Sheet

Discovering Annuity Information

Patent Portfolio and Budgets/Spending

"How Much" - Audit Action Sheet

Soft Assets

First Step in Performing a Patent Portfolio Audit

Golden Rule of Auditing a Patent Portfolio

Portfolio Mapping

Hard Assets

IP Registration Density