The Patent Risk Digest provides a monthly update on market activity, policy, and legal developments related to patent litigation.
If the sheer cost and number of patent infringement lawsuits that companies face every year doesn’t cause you concern about your own patent risk, you should take a look at the patent market. Along with litigation trends, market activity—the purchase and sale of patents between companies—shows the threat on the horizon.
Read morePatent risk tends to increase as new technologies emerge, or as existing technologies combine in ways to create new products and services. The convergence of technologies in smartphones led to a dramatic increase in patent litigation in that sector. So too now with the expansion of Internet of Things (IoT)—referring to the connection of a growing array of everyday products, services, and operations to the Internet—the conditions are prime for a surge in patent risk.
Read moreThe price tag on a single patent troll suit—a pricey split between a payment to the troll and legal fees—can be unexpected and steep enough to drive some companies out of business. In most cases, legal costs alone account for more than half of a company’s expenses.
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