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Valuations Soar on Smartphone Patents and Stocks

August 9, 2011 Bruce Berman

Speculation is Boosting Some Companies for Now; The Shortsighted are Paying a Premium to Compete – What hath the Nortel auction wrought? Never before has

Kearns’ Son Still Fuming Over Wiper Blade Fight

July 26, 2011 Bruce Berman

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

Shareholders are Biggest Loser in Nortel Patent Sale

June 26, 2011 Bruce Berman

Where Was Nortel Management Before Bankruptcy Filing? Significant patent value was not something that Nortel senior management apparently believed it was sitting atop when it filed for bankruptcy reorganization under Canadian

Schumer: Strike Affirmed Patents That Cost Banks $400m

June 20, 2011 Bruce Berman

Senator Seeks Free IP Pass for Banks – Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY, a staunch supporter of financial institutions in his home state, is seeking a

Madison Avenue: An Emerging Center for IP Commerce

May 30, 2011 Bruce Berman

Mad Men Thrive in Mid-Town – Once the iconic Main Street of the advertising industry, Madison Avenue has quietly evolved into a center for Manhattan’s

Wall Street to Patents: "We Love You, Man"

May 13, 2011 Bruce Berman

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

April 11, 2011 Bruce Berman

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

Keith Richard’s Bio Details Lost Rights to Early Works

February 14, 2011 Bruce Berman

Stones’ Costly Music (Biz) Lesson- I just finished the Keith Richards’ bio, Life, and am wondering how my sailing buddy Paul, a road manager and

Defensive Patent Acquirer is Going Public

January 24, 2011 Bruce Berman

RPX Files S-1 with the SEC It’s amazing what you can learn, or infer, from a Securities and Exchange Commission S-1 registration statement, which RPX has

New Patent Litigation Survey Confirms NPE Growth

January 18, 2011 Bruce Berman

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