Cybersecurity firm Blue Coat Systems has decided to opt-out of an initial public offering and sell itself to software security leader Symantec for $4.65 billion.
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Financial patent summit to focus on IP and cybersecurity, July 20-21
Fintech, or financial technology, is a rapidly growing industry with more than $15 billion of venture capital invested to date and even more on the
The impact of higher patent licensing hurdles may not be fully understood
Most patent holders would agree that licensing patents for revenue has gone from bad to awful — from difficult less than a decade ago, to
Harvard study: financial patents lag in quality, especially NPEs’
A recently published Harvard Business School working paper found that financial services patents lack quality because they lag their peers in academic citations. “Financial Patent Quality:
Acacia shares off 20% on poorer than expected 3Q results
Acacia Research Corp. (NASDAQ: ACTG) was slammed in after-hours trading yesterday and is off 20% by noon today. The S&P 500 Index gained .66%. The
Google’s patent giveaway is not really about saving startups from predators
The Patent Starter Program announced last week by Google may be less about how the company can help protect young companies from patent “trolls” than
NPEs are winning 4.5x more in damages than opcos, new PwC patent litigation study shows
With patent litigation down 13% over 2013, and median damages awards just $2.9 million, the lowest in at least 20 years, NPEs are still besting
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
Patent quality — Is a “shared responsibility”, says IBM; it does not represent invention quality or IP value
There is a great deal of agreement that patent quality is lacking, but surprisingly little about how to define and achieve it. Patent quality is
Patent ‘Quality Summit’ will be open to the public, March 25-26
The goal of the USPTO gathering is to promote discussion of ways to improve patent quality. The first Patent Quality Summit will take place at
More Patent Holders, Filers Need to be Mindful of Bad Behaviors
Companies that denigrate independent patent holders who enforce their rights should take care not put all of the blame for the patent system’s ills on
Responsible Patent Licensing is Focus of NY Financial Conference
Executives of top patent holders will participate in “NPE 2015: The Business of Responsible Licensing” to be held in NYC’s financial district on March 12.
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