Is it any wonder why patents are widely despised and holders mistrusted? Patents and other IP rights have been caught in the perfect storm of anger

Is it any wonder why patents are widely despised and holders mistrusted? Patents and other IP rights have been caught in the perfect storm of anger
The US intellectual property system has been the envy of nations everywhere. Despite this, confusion reigns about what are patents and other IP rights, and
The emergence of contrarian patent investors – bargain hunters hoping to cash in on decidedly soft market for licensing and sales – are an indication that the
For more than a year a man slept in his SUV parked on the upscale Park Slope section of Brooklyn. The man, call him Gene,
2015 was a year of growth for IP CloseUp, as visits increased to 24,000 and subscriptions were up, too. The busiest day of the year
A new weekly is the first to feature in-depth coverage of public intellectual property monetization companies (PIPCOs). I’ve been following The Patent Investor for a
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
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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
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
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
It’s unclear whether attempts by lawmakers and the courts to rein-in invalid patents and bad patent-holder behavior have succeeded in improving the system. Whatever the