By Gregory J. Kirsch & Charley F.Brown, Needle & Rosenberg,PC

經濟三 簡珮雯 材料三 朱穎傑 國企三 鄭文軒

 Patent competitive intelligence (PCI)  Intelligence property (IP)  Intellectual property(IP)

Using patents in competitive intelligence Internal patent landscape analysis Company strengths & weaknesses Internal patent audit External patent landscape analysis Technology class analysis Patent filing trend analysis The PCI process

 Company strengths and weaknesses  Internal patent audit

 Company strengths and weaknesses  Internal patent audit

 Does it have any product or service that is in technology class C?  If not, how did the company come to have a patent in technology class C?  If the patent in technology class C is currently unused, could it generate licensing revenue or could the company enter into a joint venture with another company in technology class C?

 Is the technology class crowded, and patents difficult to obtain?  Does the division responsible for technology class C have enough research and development (R&D) funding?  Does there need to be a personnel change in that division?

 Company strengths and weaknesses  Internal patent audit

 Patents  Trademarks  Intellectual property law and policy

 Technology class analysis  Patent filing trend analysis

 Technology class analysis  Patent filing trend analysis

 Technology class analysis  Patent filing trend analysis

 Technology class analysis  Patent filing trend analysis

 PCI Data Mining  Data Visualization  Data analysis

 PCI Data Mining  Data Visualization  Data analysis

 PCI Data Mining  Data Visualization  Data analysis

 PCI Data Mining  Data Visualization  Data analysis

 Definition: creations of the mind,ex inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.  Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial property and copyright 

 Including inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source.

 Including literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and plays, films, musical works, artistic works such as drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures, and architectural designs.