Many significant tech companies experienced dramatic declines in US patent grants, fueling speculation about the reasons why. While total patent grants were virtually flat, according
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Musicians want fairer streaming fees; inventors want patent licenses
In a digital world, fair compensation for creative expression or new ideas, like music and inventions, requires more determination than ever. Intellectual property piracy has
Symantec acquires Blue Coat, a leading IPR filer with a $289M loss
Cybersecurity firm Blue Coat Systems has decided to opt-out of an initial public offering and sell itself to software security leader Symantec for $4.65 billion.
“All Prior Art” algorithm won’t stop bad patents or actors
Stopping new inventions dead in their tracks by making them “automatically” unpatentable might sound like a good idea to some. However, programming a computer to
Contrarian patent investors see opportunity where others see risk
The emergence of contrarian patent investors – bargain hunters hoping to cash in on decidedly soft market for licensing and sales – are an indication that the
Financial patent summit to focus on IP and cybersecurity, July 20-21
Fintech, or financial technology, is a rapidly growing industry with more than $15 billion of venture capital invested to date and even more on the
PIPCO stocks soar in a surprising first half for the second quarter
In what some patent holders are hoping will be a harbinger of things to come, publicly traded IP licensing companies are enjoying an unusually strong
The “new normal” is focus of IP Business Congress in Barcelona
With traditional patent strategies under pressure to show that they are still relevant, business as usual in the IP space is no longer the same.
Automobile industry convergence is the focus of Detroit IP conference
Over the past ten years or so the motor car of the 20th century has been transformed from a mechanical conveyance to a high-speed information
Patent licensing index significantly outperformed the S&P 500 in Q1
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
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
Jury awards Merck $200M in patent damages, 10% of what it had sought
A California jury has awarded pharmaceutical drug company Merck $200 million, a fraction of what it had sought, for infringement of two of its patents
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