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SVB’s collapse is a reminder of how far IP finance still has to travel

Like many others, the bank held thousands of patents as security for loan deals, but almost certainly had no idea of their value – or lack of it

The Market Makers of 2022: top 20 revealed

Marconi's Kasim Alfalahi takes the top spot for Avanci's stellar showing in our countdown of the patent market’s most innovative and influential dealmakers and decision takers

Patent litigation finance skyrockets in past three years

We compiled data from Westfleet Advisors’ annual litigation funding reports to find patent finance shot up by nearly 50% since 2020 – to the benefit of rights holders

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Ocean Tomo acquired by global consulting firm J.S. Held

Two years after private equity buyout, the pioneering IP advisory firm led by Jim Malackowski changes hands again

30 March 2022

Korean university’s litigation debacle bolsters case for litigation funding transparency

KAIST’s dispute with its own licensing arm may be a problem of the university’s own making, but it underlines the opacity of modern patent litigation

26 March 2022

The brokered patent market in 2021

Featured in Special Report 2022 Q1: Patent Dealmaking

ROI’s latest report on sales activity and reflections on 10 years of market tracking

02 March 2022

The life science royalty sales market

Featured in Special Report 2022 Q1: Patent Dealmaking

Some of the highest-value deals in intellectual property today are taking place in the burgeoning marketplace for revenue streams linked to pharmaceutical products

02 March 2022