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
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Patent transactions are flat; U.S. asking prices firm at $250K per
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
Burford Capital, Digimarc and Imagination added to IP CloseUp 30
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
Panasonic, NEC & Sony are battling with IBM for patent sales leadership
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
IP Dealmakers Forum will host 200+ patent monetization bigs in NY
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
Google’s patent buying program, an apparent success, is thinly reported
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
PIPEX patent company index falls 15.4% for 3Q, double the S&P 500
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,
Patent values are hit by uncertainty; operating co buying overtakes NPE
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
Does Google’s patent buying experiment put it in competition w/ Intellectual Ventures and RPX?
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 Scrutinized at Asia IP Business Congress
“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 NPR Attacks Patents: Stories are Long on Drama, Short on Truth
“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
Irresponsible Op-Eds Distort IP Facts, Promote Mis-Information
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
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