Industry: Software & SAAS

Former AON IP Solutions CEO Lewis Lee launches new AI-fuelled analytics platform with Aon-acquired IP

Moat Metrics Inc offers a SaaS product enabling investors and decision-makers to understand more fully how IP is a business asset and wield that intelligence to build value

26 June 2024

Software assets dominate market: patent transactions in Q1 2024

AST reports that deal numbers were influenced by economic conditions, trends in litigation funding, licensing cycles, and operating companies selling non-core assets

04 June 2024

The patent buyer behind IPA Technologies’ $242 million verdict

Michael Zhang, a former WiLAN associate vice president, talks about the verdict against Microsoft, his approach to licensing, and more

23 May 2024

The EU AI Act is a brave new world for IP executives 

Rising to the challenge will require strategic foresight and rapid re-deployment of resources and priorities, experts at PA Consulting say

08 May 2024

Future-proofing innovation: the evolving role of AI-driven patent analysis

AI is accelerating innovation by strengthening freedom-to-operate processes, enabling companies to detect and act on patent risk

26 April 2024

Meta Platforms is transferring patents to promote innovation

The tech giant has shifted IP to Midjourney, Instacart, and Starbucks but says making money isn't the point

25 April 2024

Software co’s $525 million verdict against Amazon Web Services is one of the decade’s largest awards

But appellate data shows Kove IO will face difficulty keeping the winnings considering AWS disagrees with the verdict and pledges to appeal to the Federal Circuit

18 April 2024

Broadcom-VMWare withdrawal from LOT Network triggers membership spike

LOT CEO Ken Seddon says the only reason to withdraw is to enable the sale of patents to NPEs for monetisation

16 April 2024

IPwe’s bankruptcy takes a turn for the worse

Employees were furloughed and IPwe’s assets will be liquidated in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy after Granicus IP – led by Erich Spangenberg – allegedly backed out of a $500,000 financing deal

26 March 2024

IBM, Google, Microsoft dominating GenAI patent landscape, study finds

The surprising finding in the IFI CLAIMS research is that flagship companies like OpenAI are not patenting much – perhaps relying on trade secret protection instead

01 March 2024

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