Patent assertion entity activity : an FTC study
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- "The report examines non-public information and data covering the period 2009 to 2014 from 22 PAEs, 327 PAE affiliates, and more than 2100 holding entities (those entities that did not assert patents) obtained through compulsory process orders (subpoenas) using the agency’s authority under Section 6(b) of the FTC Act. The report found two types of PAEs that use distinctly different business models. One type, referred to in the report as Portfolio PAEs, were strongly capitalized and purchased patents outright. They negotiated broad licenses, covering large patent portfolios, frequently worth more than $1 million. The second, more common, type, referred to in the report as Litigation PAEs, frequently relied on revenue sharing agreements to acquire patents. They overwhelmingly filed infringement lawsuits before securing licenses, which covered a small number of patents and were generally less valuable. The report found that, among the PAEs in the study, Litigation PAEs accounted for 96 percent of all patent infringement lawsuits, but generated only about 20 percent of all reported PAE revenues. The report also found that 93 percent of the patent licensing agreements held by Litigation PAEs resulted from litigation, while for Portfolio PAEs that figure was 29 percent. The study found that the royalties typically yielded by Litigation PAE licenses were less than the lower bounds of early stage litigation costs. This data is consistent with nuisance litigation, in which defendant companies decide to settle based on the cost of litigation rather than the likelihood of their infringement."--FTC press release.
Description
Type of resource | text |
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Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
Extent | 1 online resource (268 pages in various pagings). |
Place | District of Columbia |
Place | [Washington, D.C.] |
Publisher | Federal Trade Commission |
Publication date | 2016; October 2016 |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
Issuing body | United States, Federal Trade Commission, |
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Subjects
Subject | Patent infringement > United States |
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Subject | Patent suits > United States |
Subject | Patent laws and legislation > United States |
Genre | Text-txt |
Bibliographic information
Statement of responsibility | a report by the Federal Trade Commission. |
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OCLC | 961278056 |
Location | electronic resource |
Location | electronic resource |
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Collection
Government Information United States Federal Collection
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