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Reflections on the 2018 Patent Market
Despite falling average prices, in 2018, the patent market grew fast. We estimate the 2018 market size to be $353 million, up from last year’s estimated $296 million. The 2016 market slump (estimated $165 million market) is, hopefully, a thing of the past. → Read More
Tracking Buyer and Seller Behavior: 2018 Patent Market Report
As a buyer, tracking the behaviors of sellers, both in aggregate and individually, allows you to operationalize your buying activities. This is especially true for repeat sellers, who account for 41% of the transactions for patent packages listed in calendar years 2017 and 2018. → Read More
More Patent Packages Sold in 2018 Than Any Other Market Year
When discussing potential patent purchases with buyers, we continue our push to end the use of the phrase “low quality” to broadly characterize rejected patents. → Read More
Per-Asset Patent Pricing Sees Sharp Shift in 2018
In 2018, the average price per asset shifted significantly: it fell by 30%, from $176,000 per asset to $123,000. The asking price per U.S.-issued patent also dropped by 30% from $251,000 to $176,000. → Read More
Listings of Patent Packages Increased by Nearly Eighteen Percent in 2018
At 591 packages (502 last year), listings have increased by 17.7%. The only year in which we saw more listings was the 2016 market. If the assets from Provenance Asset Group were included in these numbers, the numbers would show an all-time high. → Read More
Brokered Patent Market Grows To $353 Million In 2018
This is our seventh year reporting on the secondary patent market. Every year we find the market changing in different ways, but the big transformations of the last two years have been increasingly positive. → Read More
2016 Patent Market Size and Conclusions
We conclude our 2016 Patent Market Report with an in-depth view of the current patent market size and reflect on key findings and action items for the year. → Read More
Litigation and IPRs: More Dangerous Than You Thought?
Litigation and inter partes reviews are always a risk. Sold packages are litigated and inter partes reviewed to a greater degree than packages generally. → Read More
Patent Sales Rates Decreased in 2016, but Patent Market Remains Viable and Robust
While patent sales rates have decreased the patent market remains viable. We see packages selling with increased speed, and a premium for packages with EOU. → Read More
2016 Patent Market Report: Patent Prices and Key Diligence Data
Our key takeaway from price data is that asking prices for patents and portfolios have stabilized from 2015 to 2016. Patent prices are no longer dropping. → Read More
2016 Patent Market Report: Patent Brokers and Patent Packages
2016 saw a significant rise in both the number of patent brokers and patent packages, with the latter mostly due to IAM Market packages. → Read More
2016 Patent Market Report: Overview
2016 Patent Market. While 2016 may have seemed like a tough year for the patent market - with dropping sales, decreasing prices, and the effects of Alice... → Read More