Icahn Interest May Enhance Patent Value or Inflate It – Patent portfolios are making some investors smarter, others richer and companies confused. They also are
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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
Kearns’ Son Still Fuming Over Wiper Blade Fight
Unreasonably high patent licensing hurdles are a “license to steal” – In messages from Robert Kearns’ son Dennis received this week by IP Insider (now, IP CloseUp), it is
Six Years of Talks Fail in Ford Patent Dispute
Flash(back) of Genius? Ford Motor Company was sued twice in one week by businesses that say it is infringing their hands-free inventions, including the company’s popular SYNC voice-command technology If it looks
Wall Street to Patents: "We Love You, Man"
IP Cash is King Right Now – JP Morgan analyst Paul Coster takes a long look at Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG), a company that
Reputation Counts for Patent Portfolios, Holders
Patent “Brands” are Serious Business – IP pros and stakeholders share an embarrassing secret: both are generally in the dark when it comes to how patents generate
Pharma Cos Face "Patent Cliff" as Protection Expires
Ten Blockbusters will End in Two Years – An article in Daily Finance says that patents that are expiring on many top-selling drugs will cause pharmaceutical
New Patent Litigation Survey Confirms NPE Growth
What’s Fueling Higher Awards? Damages awards for NPEs (non-practicing patent owning entities) are on average triple those of practicing entities, according to handy 2010 Patent
IBM Files Patent on Patenting Process
Is Big Blue Co-Opting Innovation? It was reported in early 2011 that an application has been published for an IBM patent that apparently attempts to
Letter to The Intangible Investor
CEO Addresses Patent Tax Credit The following letter by Tessera CEO Henry Nothhaft (NASDAQ: TSRA) is in response to “Patentomics,” a column written for The
Latest SF Tech Boomlet Fuels Jobs & More
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs — & IP Deals, Too! If a recent news article about the San Francisco economy is any indication, politicians may soon be
Patent System Proposals Show Promise But
The Devil is in the Details A plan to resolve significant numbers of patent disputes quickly and cheaply, and another to use patents to create more U.S. jobs are
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