As the economy continues to evolve away from traditional manufacturing to knowledge and services, so has the focus of enterprise capital investment. Historically, enterprise investment was focused on the tangible assets and infrastructure needed to maintain and grow operations. Today, however, investment is focused on technology, innovation, and knowledge-based assets; and this intellectual property (IP) […]
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Patent Transactions – A Changing Marketplace
For more than a decade, transactions of patent assets have been characterized by declining pricing trends on a per asset basis, and this downward pressure on price continues today. Data collected by ThinkFire on patent transactions that took place between 2002 and 2008 reveals a higher median but a lower average cost per patent family […]
Molly Keelan Reports on the Patent Disputes 2011 Event: Patent Reform & New Models for a New Market
This week I’m reporting onTuesday’s Conference in Santa Clara CA: Patent Disputes 2011: Patent Reform and New Models for a New Market. The audience, consisting of over 100 in-house counsel, outside counsel and company executives, proved to be a very rich landscape of thought leaders who are now playing in unfamiliar surroundings. Initial discussions surrounded […]