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Google Lawsuit Reveals Patent Monetization Strategies Of BT And Goldman Sachs
Suffolk Technologies, a Delaware LLC, accused AOL and Google of infringing patents–including US Patent 6,081,835–through the use of Google AdWords and AdSense. A lawsuit filed in June 2012 explained that the patents originated at British Telecom (BT), and a series of simultaneously recorded assignments shows the patents subsequently assigned to IPValue and then Suffolk. According to an … Continue reading
Google Helps Patent Enforcement Companies With New ‘Infringement Finder’
In a rare move, given their previous disdain for intellectual property owners, Google released new enhancements to the free Google Patents search engine to help patent owners–along with lawyers, analysts and advisors–identify and investigate potential patent infringement. To avoid potential backlash from a community of activists that have rallied around the search advertising giant, Google … Continue reading
Patent Scholars Challenge Bessen & Meurer’s Bogus $29 B NPE Costs Figure
In a paper published on July 25, 2012 (available from SSRN), Chicago-area scholars David Schwartz and Jay Kesan challenge a study by Boston University professors James Bessen and Michael Meurer, which claimed that patent litigation generated by so-called “non-practicing entities” imposes direct costs of $29 B. Intellectual Ventures’ Peter Detkin and Patentology’s Mark Summerfield already … Continue reading
An Interesting Patent “Pure Play” — Internet Patents Corp
My article about Internet Patents Corp (Nasdaq: PTNT), an operating company that converted in 2011 to a patent “pure play,” just published on Seeking Alpha. See Internet Patents Corp.: A Patent Pure Play Poised To Make A Big Splash. One of the more interesting aspects of PTNT is that its portfolio includes an important characteristic … Continue reading
Coller Capital Pulls Plug On IP Fund, Reneges On Billion Dollar Patent Deal According To A Lawsuit
According to a lawsuit filed in a New York County Supreme Court, Coller Capital‘s IP fund, in the process of winding down, stands accused of backing out on a deal to sell three patent portfolios worth, according to the Plaintiff’s account of Coller’s representations, “well in excess of $1 Billion.” Collectively, three British Virgin Islands … Continue reading
IP Monetization For Me, But Not For Thee
A recent Reason (sic) blog belittles the patent acquisition and subsequent licensing effort of Rockstar Consortium. As documented here, Rockstar’s now highly public licensing program marks the beginning of an inevitable recovery and monetization phase, easily predicted following a $4.5 B patent acquisition. While followers of the IP transactional marketplace recognize Rockstar as simply another … Continue reading
(Patent) Party Like A Rockstar
Operating under the name Rockstar Bidco, a consortium of tech companies including significant financing from Microsoft, Apple and Research In Motion, outbid then patent-deficient Google for the LTE-essential rich patent trove auctioned away by the now bankrupt Nortel’s creditors. While the creditors made off with $4.5 billion, Rockstar staffed up with former Nortel patent attorneys … Continue reading
Mark Cuban Backs Patent Owner Innovate/Protect In Lawsuit With Google
Every technology company I have is getting hit by patent lawsuits that are the biggest bunch of bullshit ever. … I’m talking about companies that have been doing business the same way for years that are getting hit by patent trolls . These aren’t operating companies that are trying to protect their business. These are … Continue reading
Q: Why Was MDB Capital Right, And M-CAM So Very, Very Wrong On AOL Patent Value?
A: Because computers are not capable of truly understanding patents. Period. Joff Wild over at the IAM Blog explained M-CAM’s $290 M prediction as the “absolute ceiling price” of the AOL patent sale quite succinctly (and politely) by noting that the computer analytics firm “seems to have got it horribly wrong.” Meanwhile, MDB Capital’s Christopher Marlett prediction … Continue reading
Well, That Didn’t Take Long
So, less than 24 hours after I wrote that “sometimes the day is not complete without a column … about how our patent system is malfunctioning and not performing its goal of ‘promoting innovation,’” we have this insipid entry from the Wall Street Journal and Andy Kessler. The piece is a fairly predictable diatribe, but … Continue reading
