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Dot Hill Intellectual Property and Patent Leadership Validated by ipCapital Group
Ranked No. 1 in its Peer Group, Dot Hill Beats Out Well Known Technology Companies in Average Patent Strength
Dot Hill Systems has announced the findings of a report validating the strength of the company's intellectual property holdings and overall patent portfolio as compared to other storage vendors in its peer group.
In a report prepared by ipCapital Group, Inc. (ipCG), Dot Hill's patent strength was ranked No. 1 out of a peer group of 15 storage vendors. Dot Hill's patent portfolio surpassed the storage patent portfolios of the fifteen technology peers in the group.
The average patent strength ranking was based on a set of quantitative factors that have been shown to be predictive of potential intellectual property value — such as geographic coverage, number of claims, citations, and patent age.
In the report, ipCapital Group credits Dot Hill for covering its entire business landscape with intellectual property to protect the overall business value of the company and support future growth. Intellectual property is an extremely valuable asset for companies today. It fuels the delivery of innovative products that meet evolving business needs and it offers revenue protection and supports margin growth, which lowers overall business risk.
"Our report is a data-driven assessment that shows Dot Hill is an IP leader with clear patent strength among key competitors," said John Cronin, managing director and chairman, ipCapital Group, Inc. "The strength of the company's current IP portfolio is evidence that Dot Hill manages IP strategically as a core business process which can offer significant competitive advantage."
"Dot Hill has always prided itself on the caliber of its deep, in house technical expertise, which has powered our OEM and channel partners across the storage industry," said Dana Kammersgard, president and CEO, Dot Hill Systems. "We are committed to continuing to command a leadership position in our research and development efforts, and in identifying opportunities to extract further value from our intellectual portfolio."
ipCapital Group is a Vermont-based intellectual property (IP) consulting firm that has been serving clients since 1998, including Dot Hill, that range from early stage to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to founding ipCG, Mr. Cronin spent over seventeen years at IBM and became its top inventor with over 100 patents and 150 patent publications. He created and ran the IBM Patent Factory which was essential to helping IBM become number one in US patents and was part of the team that contributed to the start of and success of IBM's successful licensing program.