Insurance IP Bulletin
An
Information Bulletin on Intellectual Property
activities in the insurance
industry
A Publication of - Tom Bakos Consulting, Inc. and Markets, Patents and Alliances, LLC |
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Feature Article:
Which Came First: The Chicken or the Patent?
by Frank Cuypers, IP Head, Group Intellectual Property, Swiss Re, ZurichPatent Watch:
Don't Count on Copying Your Competitor's Great New product Ideas
The use of patents to protect intellectual property in the insurance industry is growing.Patent Tech:
Sources of Information
Where to find information on patents and patent applications.Patents in Action:
Story of a Reversionary Annuity
The story of patent #5,754,980.Finding Innovation:
How Do You Know You've Invented Something?
Invention is a solution to a problem.
Second Issue: August 15, 2004 -
VOL:2004.2
Feature Article:
Ignorance Will Be No Excuse
by Phil Hargrove, VP, Intellectual Asset Management, GE Employers Reinsurance Co., Kansas City, MOPatent Watch:
AIG Joins the Patent Club
AIG gets their first internally generated patent issued.Patent Tech:
Broad Thinking - Yes, But Will it Fly?
The Wright Bros. example.Finding Innovation:
Can You Patent an Insurance Product?
Right now, you can't. Find out why.
Feature Article:The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Insurance Product Innovation
Patent Watch:
Progressive Builds a Fortress of
Patent Protection
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company's use of patents to
protect its intellectual property.
Patents in
Action:
Why Isn't the World Beating a Path to My
Door?
Guidelines
on how individual inventors can market their inventive new insurance
ideas.
Feature Article:
Barbarians at the Gate
by Tom Bakos, FSA, MAAA - President, Tom Bakos Consulting, Inc.
and
Mark Nowatarski, Patent Agent, - President, MPA LLC
Patent Tech:
USPTO Examination Process for Business Method Patent Applications
A briefing on how the patent office handles patent applications.Patent Watch:
Stable Value Protected Life Insurance - Update of Bancorp Patent
How Bancorp has kept its patent application involving stable value funds alive.
Feature Article:
Direct Insurance Patents Could Trigger a Boom
by Mark Clare - President, Knowledge Dynamics and Director, Parkview Health
Patent Futures:
Alternate Risk Transfer - Finite Risk Hits the Boundaries of Insurance
Finite insurance has brought attention to the insurance industryPatent (Pending) In Action:
No Charge Auto Insurance
A patent application for free car insurance.
Feature Article:
Lessons from a First Time Patent Applicant
by Matt Schoen- President, MB Schoen & Associates, Inc.
Patent Tech:
What Do Computers Do?
The Specification of a patent requires a written description of the patent to be clear, concise, and exact.Patent Value:
What's a Patent Worth?
A patent's value is derived from the fact that a patent gives the inventorthe right to exclude others from making, using, or selling the invention.
Seventh Issue: June 15, 2005 - VOL:2005.3
Feature Article:
Patent Trolls
by Tom Bakos
A somewhat humorous look at what a "patent troll" is all about.
Patent Q&A:
Improving the efficiency of patent examination
Addresses the situation of business method patent examination in the USPTO.Patent Value:
Ignoring Patent Value
The monetizing of intellectual property, in general, and patents, in particular, has long been a subject of interest. This article looks at the consequences of ignoring IP value.