A soft market for patent licensing has not stopped the right patent portfolio from commanding a respectable price from the right buyer – at the

A soft market for patent licensing has not stopped the right patent portfolio from commanding a respectable price from the right buyer – at the
In a few short years China’s patent system has gone from an IP rights wannabe to one of the most responsive and patent-friendly systems in
A few years ago a company whose patents were violated in China had little or no chance of defending its rights. Determined to move beyond
Expect a transaction to yield some clues about which smart phone-related patents are interesting, what they are worth and to whom. Struggling South Korean handset
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