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A comment on Chinese companies entering into the US market
When it comes to intellectual property, there are two different aspects: defense and offense. Chinese companies as a whole are still not innovative enough to take a primarily offensive position against their competitors in developed countr
An example of a useless patent based on a useful invention
An example is provided below to illustrate how critical the patent drafter’s skills are. The example is not meant to be a comprehensive illustration of all aspects of the matters discussed in this article. Doing so might require a book or
Arbitraging Knowledge
Author: ZeMing M. Gao, business strategist; IP attorney (USA); Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) expert; IP builder/strategist/economist; blockchain strategist/economist; tokenization and smart contracts expert; SEC/FINRA Investment Banking repre
Bitcoin is “land” on which economies are being built
Author: ZeMing M. Gao, business strategist; IP attorney (USA); Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) expert; IP builder/strategist/economist; blockchain strategist/economist; tokenization and smart contracts expert; SEC/FINRA Investment Banking repre
Does it matter who prepares the patent?
Because the quality of a patent matters critically, who prepares the patent and how the patent is prepared also matters critically. For a given invention, either a strong patent or a weak patent may be obtained depending on who prepares th
Why Is China-US Business Matching So Difficult?
Author: [ZeMing M. Gao 高泽明](https://zemgao.com/work/), Business Architect, U.S. IP Attorney; Expert in "Company-as-a-Product" (CaaP), Intellectual Property, Blockchain, Tokenization, and Smart Contracts (Build/Strategy/Economics); SEC/FINRA
Why a Transparent Patent System Is the Right Choice for Chinese Companies
In the application of United States patent law, there exists a long-standing point of misunderstanding: the widespread belief that the best IP policy a company can adopt with respect to intellectual property is a closed one — one that there
The Inherent Flaws of Traditional Technology Transaction Models
Author: [ZeMing M. Gao 高泽明](https://zemgao.com/work/), Business Architect, U.S. IP Attorney; Expert in "Company as a Product" (CaaP), Intellectual Property, Blockchain, Tokenization, and Smart Contracts (Development/Strategy/Economics); SEC
Education Industry at Scale
An education industry with scale is, first and foremost, a chain model.
Why Must Private Investments in the United States Be Made Through SEC-Registered Professional Institutions and Personnel?
Author: [ZeMing M. Gao 高泽明](https://zemgao.com/work/), Business Architect, U.S. IP Attorney; Expert in "Company as a Product" (CaaP), Intellectual Property, Blockchain, Tokenization, and Smart Contracts (Development/Strategy/Economics); SEC
Multi-Product Line Vertical Direct Buy Platform
Author: [ZeMing M. Gao 高泽明](https://zemgao.com/work/), Business Architect, U.S. IP Attorney; Expert in "Company as a Product" (CaaP), Intellectual Property, Blockchain, Tokenization, and Smart Contracts (Build/Strategy/Economics); SEC/FINRA
The Foothold of the Educational Industry Revolution
The revolution in the education industry matters because the technological transformation of this sector is what is needed — and may indeed be indispensable — for the day when ordinary people, even the children of the poor, can access quali
Educational Technology Theory
We have previously discussed the three keys to scaling an education business: effectiveness, replicability, and low cost.
Educational Intelligence Replication
In Shanghai in 2009, I had a wide-ranging conversation with my good friend PY about the theory of human technological evolution.
The Humble Function of Education
Education is a very broad concept. Here I narrow my comment on mass education only, such as schools.
Bitcoin's First Historic Case: Analysis and Predictions on Kleiman v. Wright
Author: [ZeMing M. Gao 高泽明](https://zemgao.com/work/), Business Architect, U.S. IP Attorney; Expert in "Company as a Product" (CaaP), Intellectual Property, Blockchain, Tokenization, and Smart Contracts (Build/Strategy/Economics); SEC/FINRA
The "Company as a Product" (CaaP) Methodology for Tech Startups
"Company-as-a-Product" (CaaP) is a term coined by business strategist [ZeMing M. Gao](https://zemgao.com/work/). It is a methodology for creating new companies from a "CaaP engineering" perspective.
The distance from an invention to a patent
Two key points are discussed in this section:
How to preserve patent application rights?
The following are several basic steps one should take in order to preserve patent rights:
In expectation of the historic Bitcoin trial: Kleiman v. Wright
Author: ZeMing M. Gao, business strategist; IP attorney (USA); Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) expert; IP builder/strategist/economist; blockchain strategist/economist; tokenization and smart contracts expert; SEC/FINRA Investment Banking repre
Individualized education
Individualized education, or adaptive education, is an education system based on the belief that everyone has his own natural and right course of learning, and no one should be forced to learn in a so-called “standard way”.
Integrated US Market Entry and Autonomous AI Operational Framework
Expanding corporate operations into the United States requires navigating a highly fragmented regulatory environment, managing significant upfront capital expenditures, and overcoming intense competitive saturation. Historically, establishi
IP matters for Chinese Companies Entering into the US Market
Author: ZeMing M. Gao, business strategist; IP attorney (USA); Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) expert; IP builder/strategist/economist; blockchain strategist/economist; tokenization and smart contracts expert; SEC/FINRA Investment Banking repre
Mass Customization
[Toolots Inc.](http://www.toolots.com/), a cross-border e-commerce company headquartered in the greater LA area, is building an M2U (Manufacturer-2-Users) business model, which is a vertical platform that connects manufacturers directly to
People are Misreading China’s Signal on Blockchain Technology
Author: ZeMing M. Gao, business strategist; IP attorney (USA); Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) expert; IP builder/strategist/economist; blockchain strategist/economist; tokenization and smart contracts expert; SEC/FINRA Investment Banking repre
Socially Networked Business & Consumer Space
Author: ZeMing M. Gao, business strategist; IP attorney (USA); Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) expert; IP builder/strategist/economist; blockchain strategist/economist; tokenization and smart contracts expert; SEC/FINRA Investment Banking repre
Startup vision in education tech
One of the most striking characteristics of successful entrepreneurs is their ability to attract many talented people’s commitment with very little money in the beginning. It is not merely what they do, but also the things that coincide wi
The Smart-Business Paradigm
Author: ZeMing M. Gao, business strategist; IP attorney (USA); Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) expert; IP builder/strategist/economist; blockchain strategist/economist; tokenization and smart contracts expert; SEC/FINRA Investment Banking repre
The Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) methodology for tech startups
Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) is both a concept and a methodology that views and approaches the ideation, design, creation, buildout, deployment and transaction (e.g., exit or sale) of new companies from a “**CaaP engineering**” point of view
The New Education
The history of the encyclopedia is extremely illustrative for the development of education.
The public sector and blockchain
Author: ZeMing M. Gao, business strategist; IP attorney (USA); Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) expert; IP builder/strategist/economist; blockchain strategist/economist; tokenization and smart contracts expert; SEC/FINRA Investment Banking repre
What does a patent do?
A patent gives its owner (or patentee) a right to **exclude** others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention.
What is a patent?
Despite the headlines of patent lawsuits involving hundreds of millions of dollars, most people’s understanding of what a patent is and what it does is vague at best.
What is education?
We all see the desperately ill conditions of the Chinese education system. But will a new technology or new company arise to become the cure to the ill? My biggest fear is that advocates for education and education technology will end up be
What is the difference between a strong patent and a weak patent?
A strong patent is more than just a strong invention. Improperly prepared and prosecuted, a wonderful invention could result in a weak or even useless patent. As a patent is a “deal” bargained for between the patent owner and the government
What skill set to look for in a patent attorney for procuring a strong patent?
Author: ZeMing M. Gao, business strategist; IP attorney (USA); Company-as-a-Product (CaaP) expert; IP builder/strategist/economist; blockchain strategist/economist; tokenization and smart contracts expert; SEC/FINRA Investment Banking repre
What’s the difference between a patent attorney and a patent agent？
Many don’t know there is a difference between a patent attorney and a registered patent agent. In the US, a patent attorney is both a registered patent agent and an attorney at law. It means that a patent attorney has both a degree in eit
Why apply for patents?
Regardless of one’s philosophy, patent system is here. The real question to be asked is therefore whether an inventor or a company needs to apply for a patent. This is of course an entirely different question than whether the society needs
Why does the quality of a patent matter?
The patent quality matters because a patent in essence is an agreement for a “**deal**” bargained for between the patent owner and the government, and **the quality of the patent determines how favorable the deal is for the patent owner**.