Google’s successful CAFC appeal has vacated Vringo’s already reduced $30M award. Could it have quit while it was ahead? Vringo stock traded as high as
Tag: NPEs
Post-Grant Reviews are Shaping NPE Patent Quality & Portfolio Size
More and better patents have greater meaning for licensors now that a petitioner can seek an internal review (IPR) canceling a patent because of a
PwC Patent Litigation Study: More Suits and NPEs; Fewer Big Awards
What’s to be learned from PwC’s 2014 Patent Litigation Survey that we don’t already know? Patent suits are at an all-time high, with almost 6,500
2014 Patent Verdicts Suggest the Best IP Rights Remain Valuable if More Difficult to Monetize
While $50 million-and-up patent verdicts were up in the first half of 2014, there were only two wins higher than $131M and none from NPEs.
Copyright Monetization Business is Latest IP Enforcement Play
New IP licensing model is generating opportunity for content providers and investors; obstacles for file-sharers. Rightscorp is an IP licensing business model of a different stripe.
Five New Stocks added to IP Close Up 30 Patent Licensing Index
Finjan, Inventergy, Network-1, Straight Talk and Universal Display have been added to the IP licensing company (PIPCO) stock index, IP Close Up 30. To remain
Top Plaintiffs are Operating Cos Not NPEs, New Study Shows
Seven of the top ten plaintiffs with the most patents asserted in cases open in 2013 are operating companies. Data presented in a report released
Patent Troll “Witch Hunt” Slammed; IP Litigation Tactics, Too
Companies and lawmakers who bash businesses that license patents got a dose of their own bitter medicine this week when their techniques were compared with
If “trolls” that make frivolous claims should be subject criminal penalties, so should patent infringers and filers who act irresponsibly
Lawmakers have failed to make a distinction between NPEs that are good for the innovation and those that are bad. Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning’s
Patent Holders Learn to Adapt to More Investor Scrutiny
With a greater role in more businesses’ performance, patent assets and strategy are going under the microscope. The required disclosure and hyper-scrutiny that small public
Most ‘Trolls’ are More ‘Grey Hat’ than Black, Says Veteraran IP Exec
Bad actors no more define all NPEs than they do all high-tech companies, even though many use inventions without paying. A nasty dispute involving an
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
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