Interview by IP watchdog: Applying lessons from intellectual ventures to helping innovative doctors with Mark Han
Have you heard Mark Han's interview on IP Watchdog yet? In this special feature, listen to how Mark leverages his unique insights and expertise within intellectual property commercialization to advance breakthroughs in medical technology and the life sciences that are not possible in other fields.
IPWatchdog.com has been a trusted resource on intellectual property for tens of millions of unique visitors for nearly 2 decades. Over the years, IPWatchdog.com has grown into the largest online intellectual property publication in the world. Clause 8 Podcast is a series of interviews with interesting and influential personalities in the IP field.
“Jeff [Roh, CEO at IntuitiveX] knew for every person like [him], who is able to succeed, there’s countless others who aren’t. They just fall flat because they encounter resistance and give up. And so he was on a mission to make other inventors and surgeons be successful as well.” Don’t miss this latest episode of Clause 8 with President and Chief Legal Officer of IntuitiveX, Mark Han, about the new business model IntuitiveX created to help innovators in the medical field. Mark cut his teeth working for the largest and most notorious “patent troll” Intellectual Ventures (IV). During the episode, Mark talks about what he learned from that experience and why he’s now excited to be in the business of bringing new products to market and building new companies at IntuitiveX. “A lot of the large companies like Medtronic, they used to have a massive R&D team in-house. A ton of individuals whose jobs are just to invent new things and develop new products from within that company. Now, the model has shifted and those same companies are looking toward smaller companies to de-risk these ideas for them and get a little market traction.” Mark talks about how IntuitiveX uses the patent process to advance breakthroughs in medical technology and life sciences in ways that are not possible in other fields. “What IntuitiveX does differently is, we actually want to either invent or help inventors. And we specialize in the medical and life science space. We help clients protect their ideas, develop prototypes, test, validate, raise money, set up manufacturing capabilities, regulatory expertise to get FDA approval, and then ultimately bring the product to market.” This is an incredibly insightful episode exploring first hand how the patent process helps innovative individuals and small companies bring their ideas to fruition. On today’s podcast:
Intellectual Ventures
How to identify and acquire valuable portfolios
The “patent troll” narrative
How IntuitiveX is advancing medical innovations
What IntuitiveX looks for in innovators and their inventions