The 2021 Brokered Patent Market Report Summarized
Last year, we observed the operating companies picking up with respect to patent buying. But this isn’t true for all aspects of the market. So the question remains, “Has 2021 brokered patent market rebounded from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic?” To answer this question we looked into the 2021 Brokered Patent Market Report. This […]
5 strategic patent acquisitions you should know about
“The decision of acquiring patents is some work! Starting from getting hold of a certain bunch of patents to making strategies looking at the various aspects that could affect the acquisition. There are a million things in my mind, the most prominent one being – is this the right time to acquire patents?”, sighed Alex […]
Drone Patents available for purchase
“COVID may have an end in sight thanks to vaccines, but the lessons and values realized by critical infrastructure companies operating drones during the pandemic only pave the way for more adoption of drones in the future.” — Cynthia Huang, VP of Enterprise Business Development, Auterion. The Covid-19 pandemic brought forward a lot of changes, […]
How to identify distressed companies for acquisition using patents?
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected several industries around the world. Businesses have taken a hit and most of them are adopting a myriad of approaches to combat these tough times. While retailers are shifting from Brick and Mortar to Online, some businesses are holding on to their assets and looking for investors to stay afloat […]
Acquire Standard Essential Patents in 5G to grow your portfolio
With the deployment of 5G networks speeding up across the world, 5G SEP declarations are also skyrocketing. All the SEP holders are aggressively declaring their 5G SEPs to ETSI to strengthen their position in the industry. Nokia, for instance, announced last year that they declared over 3000 5G families to ETSI (source). Samsung also claimed […]
Patents Insights – Alarm.com acquisition of SDS and role of Onalert?
On December 14, 2020, Alarm.com, a big company in security solutions added Gunshot detection to its business line by acquiring Shooter Detection Systems (SDS). Source: https://www.alarm.com/about/press/PressGeneric.aspx?cmid=730 M&A generally, is a good step towards enhancing a business line. Further, any M&A deal is always well thought of and includes multiple parameters that are assessed before giving […]
Patent Licensing Insights: Insights on Recent Patents Acquired by Samsung
Patent Licensing Insights is a section featuring insights/trends from our in-house tool BOS, which can help anybody in designing and picking appropriate patent monetization and acquisition strategies. Short for Business Opportunity for Sales (not a great name but we love the abbreviation), the BOS tool: Onto the insights. Recently, Samsung acquired 52 US assets from Nokia. A transaction involving […]
Patent Licensing Insights on Interactive Patent Portfolio available on IAM Marketplace
Patent Licensing Insights is a section featuring insights/trends from our in-house tool BOS, which can help anybody in designing and picking appropriate patent monetization and acquisition strategies. Short for Business Opportunity for Sales (not a great name but we love the abbreviation), the BOS tool: Onto the insights, now. Scroll through the IAM Market on any given […]
InterDigital Patents Position them a threat to Chinese Companies
On Apr 28, 2020, InterDigital entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with Huawei Technologies Ltd, and also settled all litigation against each other. The licensing agreement runs through 2023 and covers royalties from the sale of some of Huawei’s 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless telecommunications products. Huawei is a much bigger company then Interdigital yet […]
Patent Licensing Insights: Analysis of Recent Patents acquired by Facebook
BOS Insights is a section featuring insights/trends from our in-house tool BOS, which can help you in designing and picking appropriate patent monetization and acquisition strategies. Short for Business Opportunity for Sales, the BOS tool: Can help find prospects that would be willing to in-license or purchase your patents; Make your monetization campaign plain sailing; and Find […]
Patent Licensing Insights: These 2 Cloud Computing Patents should be on your acquisition list
BOS Insights is a section featuring insights/trends from our in-house tool BOS, which can help you in designing and picking appropriate patent monetization and acquisition strategies. Short for Business Opportunity for Sales, the BOS tool: Can help find prospects that would be willing to in-license or purchase your patents; Make your monetization campaign plain sailing; […]
The Ultimate Patent Due Diligence Checklist for Prioritization
If you are a Patent counsel, or in any way responsible for the patent acquisitions of your company, you might be receiving multiple requests from inventors or companies to purchase/license their portfolio. Patent due diligence, resultantly, becomes a core part of your job. Having said that, we’d agree that analyzing each and every portfolio can […]
10 High Value Artificial Intelligence Patents you should know about
In his book The Road to Wigan Pier, Orwell describes how the poor miners in the 1930s who couldn’t afford to buy coal from the market painfully scavenged bits and pieces of it from the slag-heap mountains near the mines. The situation can be fairly compared today with scavenging for valuable patents, but with an […]
5 things to check before you buy a patent
Imagine you decide to invest a lot of money – possibly millions – in a patent since it is being infringed by a product with high market value. Of course, the patent has high value in this case. But have you ever thought – What if this technology becomes obsolete in the coming 2 years, […]
How Patent Due diligence can help you in making Acquisitions?
What happens when a company has a strong patent portfolio but is not able to convert the IP assets into financial ones? Add to it, the rising operational costs that are affecting the financial health of the company. Now picture this – the aforesaid company is your key competitor and is going to file for […]
How not to be a loser in the game of M&A of patent assets?
When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, the incoming IP from the entity being acquired (or merged with) is vital. The concerned authority, in most cases a patent counsel, has to assess the patent portfolio to find its strategic value to the company’s business. Assessing the strategic importance of an incoming patent portfolio has to […]
