The stock market continues to defy expectations. Even more surprising, a few PIPCOs have dramatically outperformed it. Smaller cap patent stocks have not fared so
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Some Licensing Companies will Likely Benefit from Higher Patent Hurdles
As businesses adjust to new judicial and legislative requirements public patent licensing companies will have to work harder and think smarter to compete against the
ParkerVision v. Qualcomm: A Field Day for the Shorts?
ParkerVision v. Qualcomm is a unique patent dispute… pitting two public IP licensing companies (PIPCOs) with decidedly different business models against each other. The case
Pro-Patent Momentum on the Rise?
Five recent articles challenge anti-IP myths driven by tech cos. Does the business media have the courage to follow? For decades patent enforcement has been
Patents – The Rights We Love to Hate
A Misunderstood Symbol of Control, Patents are the Rodney Dangerfield of Assets: “They Can’t Get No Respect” – Recent record prices for patent sales and
City of Brotherly Love Ranks High in IP Holders, Advisors
iPlaces: Patents Pave Philadelphia Freeway Often overshadowed in technology and finance by the likes of San Francisco-Silicon Valley, Boston and New York, Philadelphia is right
$12.5b Motorola Sale Nets $1b for “Activist” IP Investor Carl Icahn
Recognition of Patent Value Results in Big Shareholder Win – In developments discussed recently in IP CloseUp, activist IP investor Carl Icahn has made a
Video: Smartphone Patent Fight is Also a War of Words
“What’s Going On?” says Google Chief Legal Officer About Collaborative Bidding – The battle between Google (GOOG) and is smartphone rivals including Apple (AAPL) and
Valuations Soar on Smartphone Patents and Stocks
Speculation is Boosting Some Companies for Now; The Shortsighted are Paying a Premium to Compete – What hath the Nortel auction wrought? Never before has
