Why buy patents? Why buy a patent portfolio or other IP? There are many reasons. Protect, fight off an attack, increase negotiation leverage and monetization or income generation. Patents are a strategic financial business asset for high tech firms. They can be bought and sold.
You can use patents in your portfolio to
- Negotiate against licensors/ operating companies e.g. IBM, Microsoft, HP, Oracle, Apple
- Protect business against infringement claims from NPEs and operating companies
- Enhance cross-licensing negotiation power
- Increase corporate value
- Generate revenue from licensing of patents
Tip 1: The sophisticated IP operations buy assets, license themselves to them and sell all non-strategic ones to recoup expenses.
Tip 2: If you are currently or soon to be negotiating cross-licenses or just licensing with a bigger entity consider buying assets that read on the opponent – this could be highly cost effective. Assets can also be resold into the IP marketplace, after usage.
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