DoD Procurement & Acquisition Reforms (2025)

DoD Procurement & Acquisition Reforms (2025)

Executive Orders & Policy Reforms: The Administration recently issued sweeping directives with the stated goal of streamlining defense procurement. On April 9, 2025, the Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base was...
Understanding The Relationship Between IP Law And Space Law

Understanding The Relationship Between IP Law And Space Law

Martensen IP’s Jack Stuart is a highly decorated, retired USAF fighter pilot who has extensive experience at both Air Force Space Command Headquarters and the National Security Space Institute. Recently, he shared some thought-provoking insights in an article he wrote...
Intellectual Property: Pareto’s Enabler Of Space

Intellectual Property: Pareto’s Enabler Of Space

The Pareto principle states that roughly 80 percent of effects come from 20 percent of causes. In business, that principle suggests that 80 percent of sales come from 20 percent of clients. When describing wealth distribution in a society, the Pareto distribution has...
Intellectual Property Rights In The Global Commons Of Space

Intellectual Property Rights In The Global Commons Of Space

“If you build it, he will come.” Many of us are familiar with this famous line from the movie Field of Dreams, the modern-day utopian fantasy about idealistic dreams and their fulfillment. But we – the tech-focused innovators – do not live in that dream world, but...