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Is Charles River Licensing British Telecom Patents To Fund German Investment Accounts?
Little more than one year ago, GametimeIP reported that a German investment fund acquired a substantial portfolio from British Telecom: According to a press release issued yesterday, the German patent fund Patentportfolio 2 S.a.r.l. acquired 400 patent assets from publicly held BT Group PLC. The group is funded by the German investment fund Alpha Patentfronds 2, and strategic … Continue reading
Acacia Q2 2012 Earnings Report Reveals 5% Of Deals Contribute To 85% Of Revenue
A detailed analysis of Acacia’s second quarter earnings is available at A Tale Of Two Quarters – Acacia Research Illustrates Patent Play Volatility. While the patent licensing firm posted $50 M in revenue, and nearly $150 M in the first six months of 2012, details of Acacia’s 10-Q show that once you exclude their 4 … Continue reading
Patent Plays In Focus At Seeking Alpha: InterDigital, Nokia, Augme And Others
Some readers may already have noticed a recent series of articles posted to the investor-focused website Seeking Alpha focusing on companies that either currently, formerly, or prospectively will, derive most of their revenue from patent monetization. (In fact, the first series of articles includes at least one of each.) These so-called “patent plays” form an … Continue reading
IPXI’s Market-based Platform For Exchanging Patent Rights On The Horizon
After several years in the making, IPXI seems poised to officially launch later this year with its first round of IP offerings. During an interview with Gametime IP, IPXI Director Ian McClure exuded optimism and enthusiasm about the progress of the world’s first ever IP-rights exchange. McClure noted that the firm is “gaining a lot … 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
Epilogue: Intellectual Ventures’ New Deal With Cypress Semiconductor
Earlier this week, reports of Intellectual Ventures recent license agreement with Cypress Semiconductor surfaced. Cypress requested confidential treatment in an SEC filing disclosing that the semiconductor maker “agreed to pay a license fee and to purchase certain litigation defense services from IV in the future.” The filing mentions a related agreement in which “IV is … Continue reading
Micron Retains Interest In Round Rock Patent Monetization Proceeds
Micron, in disposing of patents to John Desmarais’ Round Rock Research, LLC, developed a plan that was simple in concept, although potentially complex in execution thanks to a desire to conceal the participation of its business partners. Nevertheless, Round Rock opponents exposed some of the mechanics behind Micron’s plan in public court filings (embedded below … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning Time At Patent Monetization Firms
Spring brought us news of several patent monetization firms cleaning house, sometimes entirely, which is the case of Altitude Capital and the deal it struck between wholly owned Digitude and RPX. Rumors that Rembrandt IP will soon be shutting its doors continue to swirl, while its former Managing Director Phil Hartstein heads for IP Navigation to … Continue reading
Reform This! Acacia CEO Credits Patent Reform As A “Major Trend” While Announcing Its Biggest Quarter Ever
Driven largely by January’s blockbuster purchase of ADAPTIX, and the immediate recognition of an estimated $70 MM in licensing revenue from Microsoft and Samsung, Acacia announced Q1 2012 as its best quarter in history, with a total of $99 MM in revenue, a whopping 62% increase over the same period last year. In total, Acacia … 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
