Was 2023 a good year for the patent market? We are torn. When we wrote the first draft of this year's report, the data looked gloomy. But then when we dug deeper and realised that the last year turned out not be too bad.

What do you do to monetise and IP portfolio when you don’t know where to start? That’s a question that patent portfolio managers might face when their executives want to know what the patent monetisation options are when a business winds down.

How do you set and execute a patent strategy for a high-growth, pre-revenue, technology company? That was the challenge the TuSimple team faced soon after the company was founded in 2015.

In this article, we present various strategies and best practices the firm’s team implemented. In some instances, the team made solid initial choices; in other cases, they adapted to sea changes in response to the business and the market. Overall, TuSimple picked a path that allowed for flexibility and adaptability that enabled a competitive patent portfolio.

Every Patent, Everywhere, All at Once" is the subtitle to this year's Richardson Oliver secondary patent market report. Erik Oliver, Michael Costa, and Kent Richardson have greatly expanded the data sets to cover more than 16,000 patent sales offerings including more than 280,000 patent assets.

Since we started tracking the brokered patent market in 2012, we have seen more than $38 billion worth of patent assets offered on the market. As market information becomes more accessible, more companies participate and close deals.

Stakeholders across the IP community are keen to increase diversity in their ranks but, as Suzanne Harrison and Erik Oliver explain, even the most sophisticated companies face a challenge in building a full picture of precisely who is participating in the patenting process.

Intellectual property licensing continues to grow increasingly complex with the legal, regulatory and technical landscape constantly evolving. Building and maintaining a successful and effective practice requires that practitioners stay sharp and current in a wide variety of key areas. Whether you are using licensing to develop technology, expand or create market opportunities, develop technology, or generate returns from existing assets, managing licensing transactions requires a broad and deep toolkit.

The IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders guide draws from the worlds of private practice, consulting and other service providers, with specialists from the major IP markets in the America’s, Europe and Asia. Together they boast a wide range of expertise in IP-intensive sectors such as high-tech and life sciences.

After 10 years analysing the patent market, we have some very direct advice this year. If you are in-house counsel, to borrow a line from Samuel L Jackson: “Hold onto your butts.” These next few years are going to be tough.

Ken Seddon, CEO of LOT Network, Nigel Swycher, CEO of Cipher, and Kent Richardson, Partner at Richardson Oliver Law Group, provide an overview into the impact PAE’s can have and how LOT Network can help.

Five years since IAM Market was launched, analysis by Hannes Forssberg Malm and Erik Oliver of Richardson Oliver Insights shows that assets listed on the platform have been put to good use by those who acquire them.

What do IBM, Continental and Olympus all have in Common? They've all taken steps to maximize the value of their patents, they've reduced the risk of PAE litigation and they joined the LOT Network in 2020.

Richardson Oliver Law Group, Cipher, and LOT Network have just launched a report that discusses the 2.7 million assets under the LOT protection umbrella that companies like IBM and Continental have opted into.

The confusion around how to answer when someone asks the going rate for a patent in part stems from the common use of “price” and “value”nearly interchangeably in day-to-day conversations.

Just how much device makers are on the hook for in patent licensing payouts is one of the most debated questions in the IP community. While a complete answer may remain elusive, an analytical approach can help manufacturers assess their risk.

When do startups and younger companies need to start building their patent portfolios? When do you transition from trade secret to patent? Will a patent portfolio help you secure funding? What are investors looking for? How can a startup continue portfolio building during an economic downturn?

Marketing and selling patents in the current environment - hear from the experts

Late last year, Intel resurfaced the sale of a connected devices patent portfolio that was sidelined during the $1 billion sale of the majority of their smartphone modem assets to Apple (which included a pile of cellular wireless related patents).

The Economist cites Richardson Oliver in their article about curbs on frivolous patent claims potentially encouraging infringement.

The US Supreme Court’s Alice decision was predicted to have a significant impact on the deals market, but the results were not what we expected.

The current issue of IAM carries the latest annual survey on the brokered patent deals market from the team at Richardson Oliver Insights.