02082nas a2200289   4500008004100000022001400041245011900055210006900174260004200243300000900285490000600294520119500300653001901495653002901514653002701543653002001570653002601590653002601616653000801642653001101650653001901661653002501680653001701705653001701722100001701739856003601756       2015                        eng d  a1927-032100aDisrupting the Disrupter: Strategic Countermeasures to Attack the Business Model of a Coercive Patent-Holding Firm0 aDisrupting the Disrupter Strategic Countermeasures to Attack the  aOttawabTalent First Networkc05/2015  a5-160 v53 aA coercive patent-holding firm operates a business model that strategically targets firms to force unforeseen patent licensing rents. Coercive patent holders use aggressive litigation tactics to instantaneously create a complicated asymmetrical expensive problem with significant business risk. The strategy creates a dominant position by leveraging legal and business pressure to force the targeted firm into an involuntarily engagement with a coercive patent-holding firm. Such engagements can be quite profitable for the patent holders – and quite devastating for targeted firms. Thus, this article attempts to synthesize a business model framework that reveals insights concerning the profit formula, key resources, and key processes that support the dominant position of coercive patent-holding firms. Based on this framework, we further synthesize countermeasures to disrupt these business model elements and diminish the dominant position. The insights and countermeasures reveal strategic options and tactics that can be leveraged against the business model of a coercive patent-holding firm to alter the dominant position and improve the business situation of the targeted firm. 10abusiness model10abusiness model framework10acoercive patent holder10acountermeasures10aintellectual property10anon-practicing entity10aNPE10apatent10apatent arsenal10apatent office policy10apatent shark10apatent troll1 aSmith, Derek  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/89401733nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245011200055210006900167260004200236300000900278490000600287520096600293653003701259653002601296653002201322653001101344653002101355653002201376653001701398653002301415100001701438856003601455       2014                        eng d  a1927-032100aA Citation-Based Patent Evaluation Framework to Reveal Hidden Value and Enable Strategic Business Decisions0 aCitationBased Patent Evaluation Framework to Reveal Hidden Value  aOttawabTalent First Networkc06/2014  a4-130 v43 aPatent evaluation methodologies enable firms to make informed strategic business decisions by associating and revealing hidden information surrounding a patent. However, the value of a patent depends on a firm's capabilities and strategic direction; therefore, a patent evaluation requires the information to be properly related and aligned with a particular business consideration. This article reviews the literature on citation-based patent evaluation methodologies and develops a framework to help managers and entrepreneurs identify strategic groups of business considerations. The framework shows how categories of information can be interrelated to different strategic groups of business considerations, thereby providing a competitive advantage to the evaluating firm. The article includes recommendations for managers and entrepreneurs to help them make citation-based patent evaluation an ongoing business practice to enable strategic decision making.10acitation-based patent evaluation10aintellectual property10aliterature review10apatent10apatent citations10apatent evaluation10apatent value10aprior art citation1 aSmith, Derek  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/79901345nas a2200181   4500008003900000022001400039245009200053210006900145260004200214300001000256490000600266520079600272653001501068653001001083653001101093100002301104856003601127       2012                          d  a1927-032100aOpen Invention Network: A Defensive Patent Pool for Open Source Projects and Businesses0 aOpen Invention Network A Defensive Patent Pool for Open Source P  aOttawabTalent First Networkc01/2012  a12-170 v23 aThis article explores how patents impact innovation within free/libre open source software (F/LOSS) businesses and projects. The number of software patent suits brought each year is increasing and is diverting millions of dollars in funds from developers to lawyers. With patent suits on the rise, the US Supreme Court has left the F/LOSS community in a position where it must either wait years for legislation or address the issue of patent suits itself. However, defending the Linux kernel and related technologies is a different challenge than the one that faces proprietary software businesses. This article describes Open Invention Network, an initiative that is designed to meet the particular challenges facing the F/LOSS community and businesses by providing a defensive patent pool.10ainnovation10alinux10apatent1 aNicholson, Deborah  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/511