Non-practicing patent owners or NPEs are reportedly responsible for filing the bulk of patent infringement suits. Who are these super plaintiffs and why do they

Non-practicing patent owners or NPEs are reportedly responsible for filing the bulk of patent infringement suits. Who are these super plaintiffs and why do they
The number of patent sales in the 4Q 2016 remained about the same, but the median asking price of sellers of U.S. patents was higher
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
Despite dramatically lower patent valuations, some big companies, including under-performing foreign holders, have taken the number of U.S. sales to new highs. While IBM still
The second annual IP Dealmakers Forum, December 7 – 8, will bring together leaders from the finance, legal and business communities to discuss the issues affecting
Better than one-in-four of the patents offered to Google for purchase as a result of its Patent Purchase Promotion in May were acquired by the
The PIPEX intellectual property sector stock index fell more than twice as much as the S&P 500 as the effects of the Alice and IPRs,
Three things are needed to succeed today in patent licensing: more capital, more patience and more good patents, which are in increasingly short supply. Uncertainty
On Friday May 8 Google will launch a two week experiment in acquiring patents from mainly small businesses and inventors. Directly, or indirectly, the Patent
“Cross-border IP deals: bridges and barricades” will be a featured topic at this year’s IP Business Congress in Singapore, November 17-19. Securing a patent license
“When Patents Attack… Part II!” revisits old ground about bad IP actors by relying on half-truths and high drama. “This American Life,” an entertaining weekly
These Writers Don’t Improve Innovation, They Trample On It Why are bright people uncharacteristically dense when it comes to understanding patents? Ignorance about a simultaneously