Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business.
Always America has emerged from these stronger and moreprosperous.
Be brave as your fathers before you.
Have faith!
Go forward!”



Thomas Alva Edison 1847-1931

Most famous American Inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world record 1.093 patents.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge"

Albert Einstein's preference for imagination over knowledge is a starting point, because IP is based on the power of imagination. Einstein understood that it is the ability to stand on an existing foundation of accepted knowledge, and yet see beyond to the next frontier of discovery that is the source of personal, cultural and economic advancement.

Intellectual property is a term increasingly in use today, but still little understood. To most people it remains an obscure legal concept of little relevance to every-day life. However, intellectual capital is the most valuable asset of many companies and economies today and will be the driving force behind future economic growth.

Because of the value of IP, IP management is becoming a major element in corporate business management . IP managers help to accumulate hefty corporate IP asset portfolios, for use in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cooperative R&D agreements, and licensing agreements, in much the same way as product managers help to build up product portfolios.

IP Asset Portfolios are developed strategically, targeting cluster areas based on product and technology markets and cross-licensing opportunities. Companies are forging alliances with each other in order to heighten the value of their IP assets and to obtain mutually beneficial competitive advantages through cross licensing. Often such alliances will give the companies involved substantially increased clout in their particular field of technology, allowing them to support technological standards in a particular field that interact with their IP in such as way as to confer a competitive advantage.