“Build, License, Buy or Steal?” For many businesses abundant R&D and patent filings provide a good foundation for innovation and sales freedom. But that may be
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U.S.-Funded Alternative Energy Patents Fall into Foreign Hands
Solar Subterfuge By Daniel Scotto, Whitehall Financial Advisors LLC The value of energy assets has taken a giant leap backward. What used to be simply
Patents – The Rights We Love to Hate
A Misunderstood Symbol of Control, Patents are the Rodney Dangerfield of Assets: “They Can’t Get No Respect” – Recent record prices for patent sales and
City of Brotherly Love Ranks High in IP Holders, Advisors
iPlaces: Patents Pave Philadelphia Freeway Often overshadowed in technology and finance by the likes of San Francisco-Silicon Valley, Boston and New York, Philadelphia is right
Rumored Investor Stake Fuels RIM IP Asset Speculation
Icahn Interest May Enhance Patent Value or Inflate It – Patent portfolios are making some investors smarter, others richer and companies confused. They also are
Patent Reform Effectively Ends Multi-Party Suits, Says Expert
Filing Costs Will Rise; Post-Grant Reviews Will Impede Dear Bruce, A new provision I just became aware of in an article by Morrison & Foerster
Guest Column: “America Invents Act Will Slow Investment”
Veteran IP Exec Says Patent Bill Will Have a Strongly Negative Impact on Economy & Jobs – America Invents Act Will Encourage Anything But by
Profs Say Patents Kill Innovation; Strategists Say They Frame It
The Great Patent Debate: A Session to Remember – Those who attended the “The Great Debate” earlier this summer at the Intellectual Property Business Congress
Innovative IP Models Generate Cash, Provide Alternatives
New Patent Businesses are Diverse and Well-Capitalized A wider range of intelligent businesses are achieving higher returns on patents by extracting direct profits or providing
$12.5b Motorola Sale Nets $1b for “Activist” IP Investor Carl Icahn
Recognition of Patent Value Results in Big Shareholder Win – In developments discussed recently in IP CloseUp, activist IP investor Carl Icahn has made a
Video: Smartphone Patent Fight is Also a War of Words
“What’s Going On?” says Google Chief Legal Officer About Collaborative Bidding – The battle between Google (GOOG) and is smartphone rivals including Apple (AAPL) and
Valuations Soar on Smartphone Patents and Stocks
Speculation is Boosting Some Companies for Now; The Shortsighted are Paying a Premium to Compete – What hath the Nortel auction wrought? Never before has
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