FTO Management, Digitally Transformed

Don’t Get Swept Away by the Generative AI Hype (yet!): Here’s What IP Practitioners Can Do Now

There’s a whirlwind of excitement surrounding generative AI, and the IP space is noexception. At ClearstoneIP, we understand and share in the optimism – the ability toanalyze vast amounts of data and potentially revolutionize Freedom to Operate (FTO)analysis will be an exciting development. Indeed, we are currently working on severalground-breaking capabilities to powerfully leverage AI […]

ClearstoneIP Partners with MaxVal to Deliver World Class Patent Searching Through Pioneering FTO Management Platform

ClearstoneIP, Inc., and MaxVal Group, Inc., today announced a partnership to strengthen and expand MaxVal’s IP search capabilities by offering a streamlined solution for managing the FTO assessment process. Leveraging access to the broadest set of patent search platforms, MaxVal’s team of analysts prepare in-depth search reports for its customers. The references from those reports […]

ClearstoneIP Launches New Patent Management Technology for FTO Analysis

Silicon Valley Startup Digitizes FTO Workflows Setting a New Standard for Patent and R&D Teams February 02, 2022 09:01 AM Eastern Standard Time PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ClearstoneIP, an intellectual property (IP) technology provider with offices in the U.S. and Europe, today officially launched Clearstone FTO, a cloud-based workflow platform that digitally manages the freedom-to-operate (FTO) process […]

The Modern FTO Framework: Strategies for Connected, Risk-Reduced Innovation

Webinar in Partnership with IP Watchdog Thursday, February 17, 2022, 11:00 AM EST Register Now With legal processes undergoing profound transformation, freedom-to-operate is ripe for modernization. Patent data has become unwieldy and it is no longer feasible to maintain analysis in spreadsheets as new purpose-built models are available to instinctively guide processes, integrate patent data, […]

Webinar Recording – Balancing Product Development and Patent Risk: Freedom-to-Operate and Avoiding Liability

Patent infringement risk can cost companies hundreds of millions of dollars and carries with it the threat of triple damages in cases of willfulness. And while in recent history the possibility of large verdicts seemed unlikely, over the past year the industry has seen a sudden increase in billion-dollar mega-verdicts, some with willfulness enhancements. With […]

ClearstoneIP Successfully Completes SOC 2 Type II Audit

We are thrilled to announce that ClearstoneIP Inc. has successfully completed a System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II audit, performed by Sensiba San Filippo LLP. This is a major accomplishment by our team and demonstrates our proactive and complete dedication to cybersecurity and the protection of our customers’ data. Developed by the American […]

The Federal Circuit’s Give-and-Take in Cisco’s Willful Infringement

The first time at the Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit, Cisco was able to slice its damages penalty in half by eliminating the extra $23.6 million awarded by the trial court for enhanced damages due to willful infringement. On its second visit to the court of appeals, it was not so lucky. In SRI International […]

ClearstoneIP joins Reynen Court Solutions Store to help patent groups digitize FTO analysis

ClearstoneIP, the only provider of digital workflow software that is purpose-built for the freedom-to-operate process, announced today its partnership with Reynen Court Inc., the fast-growing software company supported by a consortium of twenty of the largest global law firms. The Clearstone FTO platform will be featured and made available to discover, evaluate and procure for deployment to […]

Review Claims and Capture Analysis in Multiple Languages

The latest Clearstone FTO upgrade brings powerful functionality for reviewing patent claims and capturing analysis in multiple languages. With this major architecture overhaul, users can now select claim sets from among several languages that may be available and perform deep analysis, including claim text highlighting and commenting, in any one or more languages. These enhancements […]

Willfulness Case at the Federal Circuit: Eko Brands v. ARM — An Erroneous Jury Instruction Survives Challenge and Defeats Willfulness Claim

In a recent Federal Circuit case, Eko Brands, LLC v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enters., the court narrowly upheld a jury instruction that may have been rejected had the defendant raised its objections differently at trial. The case generally stands to reinforce the division of duties between the jury and the court (namely that the jury […]