2016 saw a significant rise in both the number of patent brokers and patent packages. Though the frequency of package sizes is similar to 2015, there is a remarkable increase in single-asset packages in 2016, and we continue to see a trend of the market favoring smaller packages due to […]
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While 2016 may have seemed like a tough year for the patent market – with dropping sales, decreasing prices, and the effects of Alice continuing to take its toll on fintech – there are also many new opportunities emerging. Our 2016 Patent Market Report shows that despite these setbacks, the […]
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LES Silicon Valley – Patent Market Overview Review of current trends in the 2017 patent market, and who and what should you expect to see buying and selling IP. ROL Group delivers its answer based on our up-to-date analytics on the market. Event details here. Presentation slides available here.
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Bloomberg’s reporting of the quarterly patent market results including coverage of the purchase of assets by Intellectual Ventures. Bloomberg uses ROL data for the market reports. “Intellectual Ventures Back in Brokered Patent Market for Q4.” Nayak. Bloomberg BNA (March 2017), available here.
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LinkedIn was a big brand name with a small patent portfolio – a combination that made it vulnerable to a patent attack. In 2012 the LinkedIn decided to do something about it. We work through the case study of how LinkedIn determined its vulnerabilities, set a patent development and patent […]
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In our continuing series of annual publications on the activity in the secondary patent market, we see that the only constant is change. Although asking prices have stabilized, sales are down, bringing the value of the market down to $165 million from $233 million last year. However, the launch of […]
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Bloomberg’s reporting of the quarterly patent market results including coverage of assets purchased in connected cars, fiber optics, and digital cameras. Bloomberg uses ROL data for the market reports. “Connected Cars, Camera Patents Sell in Brokered Market.” Wilczek. Bloomberg BNA (November 2016), available here.
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Patent Market 2016 – Importance of Aggregators to Manage Risk and Market Data Patent market trends for 2016 and how do defensive aggregators play in that market to help manage patent risk. Event details here. Presentation slides available here.
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