Organisation: Via

As the economy closes companies, here’s a patent monetisation primer

A nuts-and-bolts guide for a chief IP officer whose company faces trouble and whose CEO asks “What can we do with the patent portfolio?"

24 April 2024

Via LA expands video pool; UKIPO on SEP policy; VoIP patent sale; Lenovo confidentiality breaches; landmark Indian FRAND ruling; plus much more

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days

07 April 2024

IAM’s Market Makers of 2023

Via Licensing Alliance’s Heath Hoglund takes the top spot in our annual ranking of the patent market’s most innovative and influential deal makers and decision takers

14 March 2024

VVC deployment is starting, but there’s a long process ahead

Application standards approved in 2023 have locked in the VVC standard and three chipmakers are supporting the video codec, but market saturation is many years away

12 March 2024

Advice for aspiring leaders from IP’s most influential women

The journey to leadership can be daunting, but words of wisdom from those who are already at the top of their game can serve as encouragement and support for others

08 March 2024

International Women’s Day: the journey to being an IP powerhouse

Women across the world and various sectors share the hardships they had to overcome to rise to leadership positions in a male-dominated industry

08 March 2024

The key US standard essential patents and FRAND developments of 2023

Pending bills, International Trade Commission SEP cases, and the IEEE standards policy question are all up in the air as the year rounds out

29 December 2023

China in 2023: global FRAND rate, US litigation and AI copyright ruling

Developments over the last 12 months cemented China’s position on the global IP stage

29 December 2023

Lenovo, Amazon take licences to HEVC pool by Access Advance

Dell is another new licensee while on the patent holder side, BlackBerry has joined HEVC Advance. Does it show HEVC is spreading and the pool landscape has consolidated?

01 December 2023

Culture collisions, green tech and innovation ecosystems at day one of IPBC Asia 2023

IAM’s reporters had front row seats for all the action at our biggest IPBC Asia event ever, with speakers including Canon Adviser Kenichi Nagasawa

29 November 2023