Patent Portfolio Pruning with AI: How to Cut Maintenance Costs Without Cutting Value
Introduction The average Fortune 500 company spends $2-5 million per year in patent maintenance fees. Industry estimates suggest 20-30% of those patents no longer cover any active product or meaningful technology area. That is $400,000 to $1.5 million per year...
How to Run an AI-Powered Invalidity Search: Step-by-Step for Patent Professionals
Introduction An invalidity search is not like a patentability search. The stakes are different, the methodology is different, and the cost of a missed reference is different. 68% of instituted IPR petitions result in at least one claim cancelled. The...
AI Adoption in Patent Practice Hit 85%. Here’s What the Other 15% Are Waiting For.
Introduction Clarivate’s Centre for IP and Innovation Research tracked something significant in 2025: AI adoption in patent practice jumped from 57% in 2023 to 85% in 2025. That is a 28-percentage-point shift in two years. The 15% who have not...
Italian Manufacturers Have Some of Europe’s Most Valuable IP. They’re Often the Last to Know It.
Introduction Italy is not typically the country that comes to mind when European patent strategy is discussed. Germany, France, the Netherlands — these are the names that dominate conversations about European IP. But Italy is the fifth-largest EPO filer in...
The Landscape Report Your French R&D Team Commissioned Is Already Outdated. Here’s the Better Way.
Introduction Imagine this. Your R&D team identified a technology direction in October. You commissioned a patent landscape report. The analyst pulled the data in November. The analysis took until December. The report landed in your inbox in January. By February,...
The UPC Changed European Patent Litigation. Most Patent Monitoring Tools Haven’t.
Introduction Since the Unified Patent Court opened in June 2023, the pace of European patent litigation has changed materially. As of early 2025, over 880 cases had been filed at the UPC — with the German local divisions in Düsseldorf...
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