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Invalidity and Infringement Invalidity: ? Prior Art ? General Knowledge Infringement: ? This is attributable to excessively or insufficiently broad claims Strategy-Crafting Phase Evaluation of patentable technologies and registration of patent Deployment Phase Licensing Competitive Intelligence Litigation Patent Portfolio Strategy Patent Objectives Increase the firm’s market value Provide leverage for growth Protection of process/technology/patent knowledge Facilitate protection of future business Patent Portfolio Range Core patents: Used for protecting key product innovations Camouflage Patents: Used for deceiving competitors Minefield Patents: Used for inhibiting competitors Application Patents: Used for protecting methodology, equipment and parts Patent Portfolio Analysis Relationship of Specified Technology with Business Objectives Legal Status of Claim, Highlighting Scope of Technology and Expanse of draft Geographical Distribution Availability of Blocking-off Patent Average Life-Cycle of Technology Current Financial Performance Future Financial Performance International Regulations Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)/treaties/en/registration/pct/The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in each of a large number of countries by filing an “international” patent application. Such an application may be filed by anyone who is a national or resident of a PCT contracting State. It may generally be filed with the national patent office of the contracting State of which the applicant is a national or resident or, at the applicant’s option, with the International Bureau of WIPO in Geneva. Trade-Related Aspect of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)/english/tratop_e/TRIPS_e/trips_e.htmThe TRIPS Agreement is normally enforced by WTO Inventorship and Assignment Inventors within the organization should be appropriately identified, rewarded and harnessed. Inventors should be obligated to assign their rights to the firm.