15 Critical Factors Before Purchasing a Patent Portfolio
If patents are your bread and butter, you know as much as I do that a thorough patent portfolio analysis is critical before deciding to buy them. However, the situation gets complicated by thousands of patents in the portfolio. It begs the question: Should I hire specialists to conduct a thorough examination? Is it worth […]
Analyzing IP for Mergers & Acquisitions: A 3 Stage Framework
Mergers and acquisitions have been a core business strategy for companies across almost all industries. A key reason for M&A deals today is the need to harness cutting-edge technologies through targeted partnerships. This has led to a surge in M&As, focusing on companies that hold the coveted keys to groundbreaking innovations. As a result, analyzing […]
Do Not Skip this when buying a patent portfolio
You are considering investing millions of dollars in purchasing a patent portfolio. While this decision offers an attractive opportunity to open doors to novel technological horizons and potentially gain substantial financial returns, you understand the complexities that must be addressed. As experts in facilitating patent buying and selling for over a decade, we know the […]
Top 20 Patent Buyers Of Cancer Curing Technologies
During the second quarter of 2023, there was a 7% increase in patent applications for immuno-oncology compared to the previous quarter, indicating a dynamic transformation in the oncology landscape. Interestingly, along with patent filing, we also saw companies actively acquiring patents in the domain. Thus confirming that it’s not just the number of patent filings […]
Find Competitor’s Next Moves Using the Patent Transaction Data
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) often dominate headlines, but the role of intellectual property (IP) though crucial, is often overlooked. IP can influence industry competition and innovation, and it can make or break a successful acquisition. A closer examination of significant M&A cases, such as Tata Motors’ acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) and Oracle’s […]
Patent Encumbrance: 6 Factors You Must Consider During IP Due Diligence In M&A Transactions
Jon, a high-ranking executive of a tech firm, recently reached out to us with a request to find valuable Wi-Fi6 SEPs his company should buy. As soon as we ended the kick-off call, we opened our comprehensive IP due diligence checklist. After considering commercialization, competitive advantage, and other factors for patent buying, we recommended a potential […]
5 Patents in Self-driving that could be threat to every automobile company
As innovation in self-driving technology is picking up the pace, acquiring the right patents can be crucial for IP managers to ensure their company stays ahead of the competition. But it isn’t as easy, and you already know that. Analyzing multiple patents and figuring out the best of the lot can get cumbersome. To make […]
How Nokia & OnePlus could have made a stronger impact in the global market?
In 2019, OnePlus Technology faced a legal battle when EVS codec tech LLC & Saint Lawrence Communications- two U.S. NPEs sued this Chinese mobile giant for infringing on the patents related to wideband signals. While OnePlus was on the route to extracting the benefits of global expansion, it became a prime target for litigation in […]
10 Patent Buyers Ready to Pay Big in 2023
Analyzing your patent portfolio and potentially selling your patents to interested buyers can be a smart business move. And you already know that. Right? Therefore, to help guide you in this process, we’ve compiled a list of the ten companies actively acquiring patents. This list is curated by our monetization team, who tracked Assignor to […]
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 […]
