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Huawei, Intel among big firms selling patents in June-recorded transactions

Two deals could bring NPE risk but others stem from bankruptcies, buying and selling of business units and company product collaborations

IP is a global business

Saturday Opinion: China is becoming increasingly self-sufficient, but complex technologies make innovation hard to achieve alone

WiLAN buying portfolios, striking licences in first year as private monetisation firm

On the anniversary of Canadian patent licensing firm WiLAN’s sale to private investors, CEO Andrew Parolin boasts of a very successful 12 months in an exclusive IAM interview

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So you want to be a chief IP officer?

Specialist recruiter Rene Chung discusses the necessary skills and the latest trends in the niche job market

28 March 2024

Exclusive: Qualcomm and Samsung sued at UPC in new court’s latest NPE suits

Network System Technologies has also asked the court to award UK-related damages against Volkswagen and Texas Instruments in first test of ‘long-arm jurisdiction’

22 March 2024

Impinj collects $45 million plus annual royalties from NXP in patent cross-licence pact

The two RFID chipmakers have duelled in court since 2019 but their agreement ends their litigation and clears patent risk for resellers and end users

18 March 2024

Fourth Industrial Revolution radically reshaping IP strategies

Key takeaways from IAM’s second annual IP and Emerging Technology Europe conference

15 March 2024

South Korea’s patent push could be fruitful if leveraged well

Saturday Opinion: KIPO claims the country is entering a so-called “pro-patent era” but businesses need to take the reins

09 March 2024

Patent transactions in Q4 2023

Featured in Secondary Market Activity

AST’s most recent patent deals report measures an uptick in activity in the US patent secondary market

07 March 2024

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