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Top 100 US patent owners 2015

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There has been plenty of movement in the latest edition of IAM and MDB Capital Group’s annual listing of the world’s largest portfolios of active US patent assets. But it remains the case that a handful of companies still rule the roost

01 April 2015

The brokered patent market in 2014

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The life of a patent broker has never been easy. Over the last year it has become even harder, with prices dropping and deal flow slowing

01 December 2014

Top 100 US patent owners 2014

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The second edition of the US Patent 100, which names the entities with the largest active US patent portfolios, looks very different from the first list published this time last year

01 April 2014

The brokered patent market in 2013

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While the brokered patent market in the United States is going from strength to strength, there is still little analysis of this obscure business. A review of 222 deals offers welcome insight into what is becoming a lucrative market

03 December 2013

1,000 US patent club 2013

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A little more than 300 entities own over 50% of all active patents in the United States. They are the companies which hold portfolios comprising 1,000–plus US patents and each one is named in this follow-up to the US Patent 100 list published earlier this year in IAM

30 May 2013

Top 100 US patent owners 2013

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The US Patent 100 is a unique data set that identifies not only which entities own the most active US patents, but also those that own the fastest-growing portfolios and those which are most recognised by the competition

31 January 2013

The brokered patent market in 2012

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Although sales of brokered patent packages reach an estimated US$153 million a year, lack of data makes this a tricky market to evaluate. A review of 186 patent packages attempts to illuminate this information void

30 November 2012

IAM benchmarking survey 2012

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The annual IP benchmarking survey conducted jointly by IAM magazine and the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters took place in the early spring of 2012. As ever, the results make for fascinating reading

01 June 2012

IAM benchmarking survey 2011

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The annual IAM/Thomson Reuters benchmarking survey shows that while IP value creation is becoming an increasingly important part of strategic corporate thinking, there is still a way to go before it is a fully established and widespread fact of business life

01 June 2011

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