WiLAN reports Apple patent licence windfall and appoints new CEO
Andrew Parolin will take the helm at WiLAN, as parent company Quarterhillcontinues to explore options for the licensing business including a possible sale
Andrew Parolin will take the helm at WiLAN, as parent company Quarterhillcontinues to explore options for the licensing business including a possible sale
After Senators Thom Tillis and Mazie Hirono wrote to the new USPTO director about alleged abuse of the IPR system, PTAB attorneys Kevin Laurence and Scott McKeown opine on actions the PTO must take to curb bad behaviour
The patent licensing business – which is still on track for a spin-off this autumn – says a significant part of its 16% revenue hike came from the Micron deal for semiconductor hybrid bonding IP
The Long Read: Sector-by-sector analysis reveals that transport, financial services and networking all recorded triple-digit percentage growth in patent suits filed by non-practising entities between 2018 and 2020, writes IAM data reporter Bridget Diakun
22 September 2021
A deep dive into the Japanese company’s portfolio in the wake of its recent IP dealmaking streak
21 September 2021
Recent assignments to NPEs and operating companies show that company’s patent portfolio remains a key asset as the conglomerate considers its strategic options
13 September 2021
09 September 2021
09 September 2021
The latest AST data indicates a slight upswing in the number of deals done, although the overall number of assets changing hands was down
08 September 2021
Financial disclosures from four major publicly-listed patent owners suggest that their collective licensing revenues are on a downward trend
06 September 2021
Saturday Opinion: North Carolina’s Abusive Patent Assertions Act survived a constitutional challenge this week because it puts focus where it should be – on bad faith behaviour, not business structure
04 September 2021
Deal was forged with no litigation hovering in the background and is the latest in a line that the pair have concluded
02 September 2021
The Long Read: Alex Rogers heads the list of individuals who have shaped the global patent licensing and deals markets over the past year, with senior executives from both corporates and NPEs making up the rest of the top 10
01 September 2021
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