by Louis Carbonneau | Sep 11, 2025 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, In our last issue, we talked about the US administration’s latest idea to tax patent value in the hands of patent owners, which was largely decried as boneheaded and impractical. Well, not only is this not dead, but the US government is eyeing another...
by Louis Carbonneau | Aug 14, 2025 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, We review up to five new portfolios daily from patent owners seeking our help to market their patents. Often, we find promising patents that have lapsed due to missed maintenance fee payments, only to be revived with some last minute legal CPR —sometimes...
by Louis Carbonneau | Jul 17, 2025 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, Another year, another batch of bright-eyed entrepreneurs discovering that disrupting trillion-dollar industries is slightly more challenging than their pitch decks suggested. As we settle into 2025, the time-honored tradition of startup failures continues...
by Louis Carbonneau | Jun 19, 2025 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, Once upon a time, in the halcyon days when inventors actually made things—you know, physical objects you could drop on your foot—life was refreshingly simple. You’d stamp “patent pending” on your widget, ship it off into the world, and...
by Louis Carbonneau | May 29, 2025 | IP Market Insights
Hello all, If you’re still rubbing your eyes over OpenAI’s recent $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive’s hardware startup io, rest assured, you’re not alone. No product. No revenue. Not even a single device on the market. Yet this may go down as one of the most...
