Top IP business insights to read (June 2015)

Last month I came across 4 articles of interest and insight  – worth reading when you have the time:

• Jawbone vs. Fitbit: the Opening Salvo in the Fitness Band Patent War? (by Tony Trippe) – Details around the IP of personal fitness bands for two of the leading players. A leading indicator of the IP wars to come? (with some additional insight by Forbes)
• How Startup Patent Filing is Different (by Jackie Hutter) –  Balancing customer validation with new filings is critical.
  
• Patent values are hit by uncertainty; operating co buying overtakes NPE (by Bruce Berman) – instability is the new status quo?
• Deliberate Success: Developing a Winning Patent Prosecution Strategy (By Gene Quinn) – IP is expensive, so use strategies that are known to work.

If you have others to add, please let me know and I will post them as well.