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 their marketability. We explore this […]
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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 patent market continues to be […]
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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 buying program, and fundamentally changed […]
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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 both IAM Market and the […]
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The sales market for patent rights and their valuation can be a difficult road to navigate. To help shed some light on this, we teamed up with Professor Mark Lemley of Stanford Law School to explore patent litigation outcomes. We analyzed our data based on ownership and source to test our intuitions about the outcomes […]
Read MoreBloomberg’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.
Read MoreWant to learn how to successfully prepare your patent portfolio for sale? We walk through the best corporate practices for preparing a patent for sale. “Readying a Patent Portfolio for Sale: What You Need to Know to Be Successful.” Richardson. IAM Market (September 2016), available here.
Read MoreWhat causes operating companies to sell their patents? Our intuition tells us that patent sales take place when the seller is in financial distress or the company is underperforming. We asked ourselves whether data aligned with our intuition. We looked at transaction data for sales from corporations. We studied the financial condition of 20 companies […]
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