Brexit leads the way in the IAM blog reads rankings for the first seven months of the year
The IAM blog is taking its annual August break in order to recharge its batteries after what has been a pretty relentless first seven months of the year. To keep you entertained while we are away, following is a list of the 20 most read stories on the blog in 2016 so far, in descending order of popularity. The reads reflect the fact that these days the IP market extends way beyond the US, with events in both Europe and China of huge interest to our readership.
Brexit, not surprisingly, has been by far the most referenced subject – especially as events in the US are driving a number of patent owners there to come to Europe to launch suits. That said, the US is still of a major player and stories from there continue to generate big read numbers. Note, too, the number of transaction-based stories in the top 20. Even though it may not always seem like it, there is still an active deals market out there and a fair few companies are doing well from it.
We are scheduled to be back in action on 29th August, but should any big stories break in the meantime, rest assured that we will put down our buckets and spades to cover them.
Europe's potential to sit at the heart of the global patent market may have to be reconsidered
Battistelli under pressure like never before as over half of EPO staff vote for strike action
First half US patent litigation down dramatically with new suits falling by almost 1,000
Two new deals show that BlackBerry's patent monetisation strategy is all systems go
The UK's Brexit vote will mean more complexity and higher costs for IP owners in Europe
Chinese IoT upstart LeEco poaches Google patent counsel to roll out IP strategy
Technicolor CIPO explains why the company left the HEVC Advance patent pool
The figures indicate that the PTAB really is the patent death squad for NPEs
We’re in patent licensing, not patent selling, mode, says BlackBerry CEO
Qualcomm’s USPTO registration bonanza shows that companies still see big benefits in owning patents