Hello all,  For those who have been reading this column for a while, you know I often distinguish between what I call “retail licensing” and “wholesale licensing.” The retail side is where individual inventors and small patent owners try — often heroically and just as...

Hello all and a happy Lunar New Year to our readers in Asia, A few weeks ago, I reviewed the most salient events of the past year and made some predictions for the one ahead. With NPE acquisitions surging, IPR institution rates collapsing to historic lows under new...

Hello all and a belated Happy New Year, We are back after a much-deserved break which allowed me to look back at this pivotal year in the patent space and try to connect some dots. 2025 undeniably marked an inflection point for patent valuations, driven by converging...