How, as a burgeoning company, should you fit intellectual property investment into your business strategy? We outline 10 tips for early-stage tech companies and help address specific concerns that affect many startups.

In our continuing series of annual publications on the activity in the secondary patent market, we see that the only constant is change.

The sales market for patent rights continues to vex analysts – especially in terms of valuation. In their Patently-O Patent Law Journal article, Professor Mark Lemley teams up with the Richardson Oliver Law Group to provide further guidance.

We identify the driving forces behind the patent market in 2016 We examine the current trends, pricing, and companies shaping the patent market for this year.

Bloomberg's reporting of the quarterly patent market results including coverage of assets purhcased in connected cars, fiber optics, and digital cameras.

After the Supreme Court's Alice ruling, what new strategies do inventors need to obtain USPTO patent allowances?

Patent market trends for 2016 and how do defensive aggregators play in that market to help manage patent risk.

Richardson Oliver Law Group congratulates Monica Winghart and Kari Kelly on the launch of their new law firm Centric Legal.

Using defensive aggregators as an NPE defense strategy. Here is our brief primer on using defensive aggregators and how it could stop patent trolls.

Want to learn how to successfully prepare your patent portfolio for sale? We walk through the best corporate practices for preparing a patent for sale.

Want to learn how to successfully prepare your patent portfolio for sale? We present our seven steps in a handy infographic.

What 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 wanted to test whether the data aligned with our intuition.

With an ever-increasing client interest in international patents, we wanted to explore how patent ranking for EP patents has been conducted and how those ranking systems can be integrated to allow comparison and ranking with US patents.

What 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.

Over the past 18 months, our clients have begun to show greater interest in international patents (e.g. non-US). Increasing client interest in international patents corresponds with the general rise in importance of international patents (continuing ascension of the Chinese market, potential for unitary patent for Europe), more anti-patent owner decisions in the US, and greater patent litigation outside the US. Client interest spurred us to review our existing patent evaluation tools and methodologies for potential improvements.

ROL Group partners Kent Richardson and Erik Oliver have again been named in the IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists.

Bloomberg's reporting of the quarterly patent market results including coverage of assets purchased for cardiovascular devices, digital mapping and wearables.

Bloomberg/BNA (paywalled) has published its second quarter analysis of the ROL Group patent market data. Our data continues to be a valuable resource for those seeking to buy or sell patents.

A presentation on patent monetization options, what resources are needed to succeed, and how to avoid some of the common mistakes.

Given that only 30% of patents on the market ever sell, and with many hundreds of patent packages available at any given time, how can you ensure that your offering stands out as attractive to serious buyers?