There are multiple reasons why Intellectual Property should exert fascination with innovation and economic theorists alike. One of those reasons is that it is a means to an end — an end to something tangible. Sometimes, however, the true function of IP gets mulled up in a myriad of attributed…

If ever there is a business area with an additional revenue stream written all over it, it would be the process of extracting value from a trademark portfolio. Most companies are unaware of their trademark and other IP portfolios' enormous investable value. For example, establishing your market authority — commonly…

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Extracting value from intellectual property has both tactical and strategic implications. The strategic impact comes from the ability to manage the intellectual asset generated by an enterprise, and the tactical implications are more about how the organisation can utilise (operate) those intellectual assets that are protectable by IP legal frameworks. …

These days, it is hard to peruse the web, newspapers or business journals without reading about intellectual property (IP) in some form or other. IP rights are very much part of our global and structural reality; it is well known that 75% of most company’s value reside in its intangible…

Extracting value from intellectual property has both tactical and strategic implications. The strategic impact comes from being able to manage the intellectual asset generated by the company, and the tactical implications are rather about how the organisation operates those intellectual assets that lend themselves to legal protection. When it comes…

Since today is father’s day I thought I would post snippets of the forthcoming series “The Gents” “A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feeling unintentionally” — Oscar Wilde As much as this quote embraces what we might call the conventional idea of a gentleman. the impact of a gentleman is far too important to reduce to a single line of words. …

AFRICAN DIASPORAS: YOU ARE BRAIN RESERVE NOT A BRAIN GAIN I remember how I felt the first time I encountered the term “brain drain” about the lack of development in Africa. It feels like an affective term used in a way to make fun of the problem instead of relishing and refining it. Brain drain is an expression that describes…

Are you interested in starting a business? Remember that you are no longer in the Middle Ages. Capitalism and industrialism had their infancy centuries ago, so whatever product or service you want to offer, it is likely that someone has offered it before while others are still offering it now. …