The eagerly sought bottom for publicly traded patent licensing companies may have been reached according to the data provided by an intellectual property index that
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Samsung is the leading US patent holder, 24,000 ahead of IBM
Of the top eleven active US patent holders, only four are American companies. But who gets the best return on their innovation rights is less
The impact of higher patent licensing hurdles may not be fully understood
Most patent holders would agree that licensing patents for revenue has gone from bad to awful — from difficult less than a decade ago, to
Survey: Almost half of all 2015 patent suits were filed in E.D. Texas
The Eastern District of Texas (E.D. Tx.) is responsible for almost half of all patent suits filed in 2015, and one judge, Rodney Gilstrap, is
Patent Quality Commissioner will provide performance update at Corporate IP Counsel Forum
Valencia Martin Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, will deliver the keynote address at the USPTO’s Enhanced
Algorithm: patent transactions have decreased 78% since 2013
If it seems like US patent transactions have fallen dramatically over past few years you are not imagining things, says a Chicago patent attorney. According
Burford Capital, Digimarc and Imagination added to IP CloseUp 30
Three public companies that are active in patent licensing or highly dependent on patents for success have been added to the IP CloseUp 30 index
PTAB instituted IPRs are flat after declining slightly in 2015
After declining 9% in 2015 from the 2014 fiscal year Patent Trial and Appeal Board-instituted inter partes reviews (IPRs) have leveled off. Instituted reviews were at 74%
Fintech patent competition: fierce, diverse, growing
Among the most watched areas for new patent value is financial technology, covering inventions in areas like authentication, mobile payments and wealth management. Fintech is
$300 discount for IPCU readers to attend US Patent Forum 2016
The fifth annual US Patent Forum is returning to Washington DC on March 17, 2016. A similar forum will precede it in Palo Alto on March
Public patent licensing company index declined 24.4% in 2015
While the S&P 500 stock market index was up 6.5% for the 4Q 2015, the PIPX (public IP licensing company index) was down 11%. 2015
Harvard study: financial patents lag in quality, especially NPEs’
A recently published Harvard Business School working paper found that financial services patents lack quality because they lag their peers in academic citations. “Financial Patent Quality:
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