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Fundamentals of Trademark Law
Trademarks are territorial in nature. That is, a U.S. federal trademark applies across the U.S. only. Similarly, a trademark obtained from one of the U.S. states applies in that state only. Therefore, for trademark protection in other countries, a trademark application must be filed in each country.
August, 2019
Fundamentals of Patent Law
A patent is a government-granted right for a fixed time period to exclude others from making, selling, using, and importing an invention, product, process or design, or improvements on such items. Avasant’s 'Fundamentals of Patent Law' article addresses the concept, types, and application of patents.
August, 2019
2017 Travel Tech Trends
The travel industry is increasingly fragmented and very competitive, with technology as its key factor. The travellers now have increasingly higher expectations about their travel experience, prioritizing comfort and accessibility. The aim of Avasant's 2017 travel tech trends paper is to provide answers to the aforementioned questions based on an open-dialogue approach.
August, 2019
From the Plant to the Patient: Innovation in Value Driven Healthcare
Conversely, when stakeholders collaborate early in the patient’s journey, increased lead-time improves production planning and distribution assuring the necessary inventory is available at the optimal time for the patient. This is a win for both cost and quality. Ultimately, every step that streamlines the path from the plant to the patient creates a potential increase in value.
August, 2019
Transformation in the Utilities Sector Is a Requirement, Not an Option
Read Avasant’s "Transformation in the Utilities Sector Is a Requirement, Not an Option" article to find out how Utilities industry, that has typically had difficulty in adapting to rapid changes, can both culturally and technologically, address these challenges.
August, 2019
Road to Innovation with Avasant & Usertech
Edward Wilson-Smythe, Principal at Avasant, and Jan Beránek, CEO at Usertech joined Frank Casale, Founder at IRPA AI, to discuss key factors on why companies struggle with innovation, why middle management is delaying innovation for personal reasons, how innovation must be decentralized in order to be successful, what key challenge businesses face in the wake of digital disruption and so much more in this exclusive interview.
August, 2019
Cloudy with a Chance of Disruption (Part One)
Avasant’s Cloudy with a Chance of Disruption (Part One) paper talks about five new realities that all partners in the Enterprise Cloud ecosystems – clients, cloud platforms, integrators, service providers, consultants – need to recognize and address.
August, 2019
How to Jumpstart your Blockchain Initiative
Read Avasant’s How to Jumpstart your Blockchain Initiative paper for a discussion on how a company can best get started to dive into blockchain technology.
August, 2019
Blockchain Services – Preparing for the Next Big Thing
Blockchain technology is at a fascinating stage of evolution right now – the hype is beginning to dissipate and enterprises are increasingly seeing, and experimenting with, its extraordinary potential to disrupt existing business models.
June, 2020
Atos + Syntel: Stronger and Better
The combined Atos-Syntel entity will be a stronger player in the market, with a more diversified offering and client base. Overall, we believe the acquisition is good for both parties and will deliver value to Atos as well as Syntel clients.
August, 2018
The Three Key Industries Blockchain Revenue Is Concentrated in – And How They’re Expanding
Banking, financial services and manufacturing, with nearly a 60% contribution to blockchain services revenue, are the adoption pioneers.
August, 2019
Intelligent Automation Services – Witnessing the Next Stage of Enterprise Cognitive Evolution
Intelligent automation (IA) technology adoption is growing across industries and processes. Most enterprises are relatively comfortable with incorporating automation in the form of robotic process automation, but there is still little enterprise-wide adoption of automation that incorporates artificial intelligence (AI). Avasant’s ongoing interactions with enterprise digital leaders indicate that even though there is great interest in AI-enabled automation, most enterprises are still incorporating first-level AI in their processes.
June, 2020
2019 Is the Year of Blockchain and Service Providers are Gearing Up for It
As enterprise-grade distributed ledger platforms matured, nearly a quarter of active blockchain projects entered the pilot stage. These pilot projects will be assessed for business value in the next 18 months, and a number of these will reach the next stage of enterprise production.
August, 2019
Successful Use of Blockchain Across Industries
Banking, financial services and manufacturing, with nearly a 60% contribution to blockchain services revenue, are the adoption pioneers.
August, 2019
4 Stages of Intelligent Automation Maturity
About half of RPA adopters are moving beyond experimentation with AI enablement of processes. Enterprises with mature RPA engagements have started the AI enablement of business processes.
August, 2019