What Good are Patents in the Real World?

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Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to grant patents to inventors. From there, it all becomes murky. What benefits can an individual inventor extract from a patent? How important is it for a company to build a patent portfolio? What should you do with the portfolio once you have it? Can you afford to enforce your patents? When should you be scared of other people suing you over patents? After 40+ years in the patent game as an inventor, an expert witness, and a corporate executive responsible for patent strategy, I will give you a big picture view of the economics of the patent industry and discuss some of the opportunities and pitfalls.


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  • Date: 05 Dec 2024
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  • Santa Clara University
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  • Starts 15 November 2024 12:00 AM
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Andrew Wolfe

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Andrew Wolfe is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University. Dr. Wolfe is an IEEE Fellow and an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor. His expertise is in Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, and Consumer Electronics. He previously served on the faculty at Princeton University and taught classes at Stanford. In addition to his academic roles, Dr. Wolfe served as Senior VP and CTO at S3/SonicBlue where he led several chip design teams and helped launch more than 30 digital audio and video products. Dr. Wolfe has more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and is the named inventor on over 50 U.S. patents.

 

Andrew earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering at CMU, and his B.S.E.E. degree at Johns Hopkins University.