Mapping out an IP strategy

A saleswoman of Japanese mobile carrier NTT Docomo checks Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone device at an electronic store in Tokyo August 31, 2012. A Tokyo court ruled on Friday that Samsung Electronics' mobile devices did not violate an Apple Inc patent involved in synching mobile devices and computers, awarding the South Korean maker a victory a week after it lost a bruising landmark patent case in the United States. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS CRIME LAW)

Moves to value intellectual property start to coalesce.

I recently sat in on a Teh Tarik session hosted by the Technopreneurs Association of Malaysia (TeAM) on the topic of intellectual property and its importance for startups and in fact, any company.