by Louis Carbonneau | Sep 8, 2022 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, It is back to school time and things are picking up again after the summer hiatus. A few weeks ago, I wrote a fairly meaty column reviewing the current state of the market and forecasting some gathering clouds. I suspect however that many of you were... by Louis Carbonneau | Aug 4, 2022 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, Despite the relative quiet of summer, we’d be remiss to ignore the early signs of a certain “movement” favoring those dedicated (for at least the last decade) to weakening the US patent system. The clouds are indeed gathering over what has been a somewhat... 
by Louis Carbonneau | Jul 11, 2022 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, The lull of the early summer months provides a great distraction from the shock of recent events that saw the US Supreme Court issue 3 major decisions back-to-back. These decisions fundamentally impacted gun rights, the right to privacy (aka Roe v. Wade)... 
by Louis Carbonneau | Jun 16, 2022 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, This week was the annual gathering of the IP Business community at the IPBC Global conference in Chicago. I unfortunately had to skip this year, but there was a lot of interesting information coming out of the 2 day conference, mostly from IAM, the... 
by Louis Carbonneau | May 26, 2022 | IP Market Updates
Hello all, Although we have experienced a surge of activity in the patent market, and personally sold or otherwise monetized almost all the portfolios we have taken under brokerage in the past year, it is important to look at a greater data set before jumping to any...