What’s to be learned from PwC’s 2014 Patent Litigation Survey that we don’t already know? Patent suits are at an all-time high, with almost 6,500
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Despite Limiting Dubious Rights and Behaviors, Patents are More Uncertain than Ever
It’s unclear whether attempts by lawmakers and the courts to rein-in invalid patents and bad patent-holder behavior have succeeded in improving the system. Whatever the
2014 Patent Verdicts Suggest the Best IP Rights Remain Valuable if More Difficult to Monetize
While $50 million-and-up patent verdicts were up in the first half of 2014, there were only two wins higher than $131M and none from NPEs.
First Wireless Phone is Among 18 Early Inventions Filmed by Pathé
Coming up with better ideas for communication and transportation is nothing new. British Pathe captured many of the 20th Century’s most innovative on film. A
Copyright Monetization Business is Latest IP Enforcement Play
New IP licensing model is generating opportunity for content providers and investors; obstacles for file-sharers. Rightscorp is an IP licensing business model of a different stripe.
Five New Stocks added to IP Close Up 30 Patent Licensing Index
Finjan, Inventergy, Network-1, Straight Talk and Universal Display have been added to the IP licensing company (PIPCO) stock index, IP Close Up 30. To remain
Public IP Company Challenges will be Heard at IP Business Congress
Interest in public IP licensing companies or PIPCOs continues to build; so do supporters and skeptics. With some 30 trading on various exchanges throughout the
Top Plaintiffs are Operating Cos Not NPEs, New Study Shows
Seven of the top ten plaintiffs with the most patents asserted in cases open in 2013 are operating companies. Data presented in a report released
Online Retailer Alibaba ‘Stocks Up’ on U.S. Patents Pre-IPO
In the days preceding what could be the largest U.S. IPO ever, Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has been buying patents as well as filing
The Times IP Supplement Targets Mainstream Readers
The Times of London today published a sponsored 16-page special report devoted to intellectual property developments that addresses general and business readers with sprightly illustrated
Patent Pricing: One Part Market Value; Two Parts Perceived Need
Google’s recent sale of Motorola Mobility’s handset business to China’s Lenovo is an illustration of how what appeared to have been an over zealous acquisition in 2012 is starting
Silicon Valley Execs Collude to Steal from Engineers, says Pando Daily
Confidential internal Google and Apple memos, buried within piles of court dockets and reviewed by and reported in PandoDaily, clearly show that what began as a
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