Case Studies.
Electoral campaigns often promise to be tough on crime and strong on justice. But with the White House about to pass to a president-elect who helped head two previous administrations, whose focus increasingly became criminal justice reform, it’s worth looking at what the Department of Justice (DoJ) priorities were at the time and how they evolved over the intervening years to see whether there has been a real shift in policy.
Read MoreThe simple story is this: Facebook exposed data on up to 87 million users to Cambridge Analytica, which used the data for a major political campaign. The longer story is about the explosive research and development of the technology that allowed this to happen to begin with, and what other things these technologies are capable of doing with our data and the length of their reach. To blow the lid on this from a technological perspective, it makes sense to look at Facebook’s patent portfolio as a solid starting point.
Read MoreSupersonic passenger transport came to a close with the official retirement of the Concorde 15 years ago, but with recent advancements in composite structures, reduction of engines noise levels, and increased fuel efficiency, achieving a flight time of just 3 hours and 15 minutes between New York and London should soon be possible once again.
Read MoreWith SpaceX seemingly in the lead of the ’second space race’, several companies with high ambitions yet approaching from different angles, and technology rolling out across a wide spectrum, how can we understand where this new space race will take us, when we will get there, and who will lead us there?
Read MoreThe drone industry has taken off in the past five years after initially developing in the military. Drone technology is now penetrating the consumer market and is increasingly being adopted for civil use. Goldman Sachs forecasted a $100 billion market opportunity for drones between 2015 and 2020.
Read MoreCanon is a prolific patent filer and possesses the world’s third largest portfolio of US grants, according to the most recent IAM/ktMINE US Patent 100. Despite having a reputation for pursuing a conservative patent strategy, the Japanese company has made a number of unexpected moves in the past year.
Read MoreOver the last century or so, automotive industry players have been competing to leverage economies of scale as they undergo continuous innovation centered mainly on gasoline and diesel engines. However, new technologiy trends such as electric vehicles, carbon fiber and other advanced materials, and autonomous driving are fostering discontinuous (disruptive) innovation on parallel tracks, and this will likely cause tremendous structural changes.
Read MoreOn 20th July 2019 NASA marked the 50 anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The event was a victory for the US – which at the time was battling the Soviets for the upper hand during the Cold War – and delivered on a promise made by President John F Kennedy. But no matter the political climate, NASA has worked to develop and patent inventions which benefit the American taxpayer.
Read MoreSeoul Semiconductor recently dipped its toes into the sales side of the patent market with an announcement that it will be auctioning off two patent packages – one at the end of this month and the other in January. The divestitures are part of a new strategy which will see the company slimming its portfolio to reinvest resources in developing modern technologies and strengthening its core business areas.
Read MoreAnalyzing the competitive landscape by performing a SWOT analysis among the three major aircraft engine manufacturers: GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls Royce.
Read MoreCase study analyzing trend differences based on patent, academic papers, and NIH grant information.
Read MoreIn the wake of the emissions scandal, VW is making known its ambitions to lead this electric revolution. However, this is the only objective for the German automaker. It must also digitalise its business and prepare for the tech-infused “automobile of the future”. VW must now find a way to maintain growth in key technology areas while exploring software development.
Read MoreAn IAM Report by Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities and VALUENEX.
Regulatory reforms and technological disruption are transforming the research functions within major financial institutions. Now Japan’s biggest bank is attempting to harness IP big data to give it an inside edge on equity analysis.
Read MoreM&A transactions are on the rise in Asia and Asian companies are playing an increasing role in the M&A market. However, it can be challenging to identify company strategies and evolving trends in M&A. See the evolution of the patent portfolios of major companies in Asia - such as Softbank, Alibaba and Foxconn, analyses of M&A transactions and insight on the transitions.
Read MoreAlthough the smartphone market continues to grow, growth in the developed markets of Japan, the US, and the EU - accounting for roughly 70% of Apple's sales in Q1 2015 - is slowing down. The question of whether the company can capture a share of growth in emerging markets seems to be the key to its future, but competition from leaders in those markets, such as China's Xiaomi Inc. is intensifying.
Read MoreOne goal of Industrie 4.0 is to create more sophisticated production systems, not only within individual companies but also with a focus on connections with outside entities. Another goal is for computers to aid in the advanced control of production processes. The significance here is in standardization and a reduced reliance on people. However, this does not mean that individuals will be eliminated from production sites.
Read MoreXiaomi's approach to catching up technologically is simple: get patent licenses, or acquire companies and technologies. Xiaomi has the rights to roughly 617 patents in the US, and 62% of these were transferred from outside rights holders. In order to compare Xiaomi's technological position with that of Fujitsu, Japan's leading telecommunications manufacturer, we created a panoramic chart using...
Read MoreContext awareness is likely to be an essential concept in future IT-related services, but as its meaning is somewhat vague, it is unclear what is meant by “context awareness” in the present environment. Therefore, we gathered academic citations related to context awareness, using the bibliographic database operated by the publisher Elsevier. We conducted an analysis of the complete picture of context awareness research and its potential future applications, using a cluster analysis.
Read MoreIn recent years, manufacturers have diversified the automobile powertrain, offering hybrid, fuel-cell, and electric vehicles to reduce the environmental impact of automobiles. Furthermore, manufacturers are advancing technologies related to how vehicles send data to and receive it from the outside world, with intelligent transportation systems (ITS), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, and connected cars. Using advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous car technologies, automobile control is becoming increasingly independent of human intervention.
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