Intellectual Property Practice…

Googling for “intellectual property” yields 100 million hits. Deeper digging bares an intriguing jumble of IP representing a multitude of categories, potential applications, sources, and interests. Between 1993 and 2003, some $6 Trillion was spent on R&D in creating this IP mother-load.

Many speculate there is profit to be made by bringing order to the disorder that characterizes U.S. research and its fruits. Only one thing is certain. More IP is looking for a home than potential adaptors can absorb.

Intellectual Property’s Disruptive Niche – an exegesis of NSB Science and Engineering Indicators – connects the dots while probing the consequences of how, and by whom, IP is commercialized. It also describes commercialization practices Teton Sands uses to help clients monetize more of their IP’s inherent value.