Alphabet Inc.’s Google has sold patents for the first time in the domestic brokered patent market, according to data provided to Bloomberg Law by Richardson Oliver Law Group LLP.
Google listed a package of 207 U.S. and foreign patent assets on the brokered market in the second quarter of 2018, ROL’s data show. Lithium-ion battery maker Amperex Technology Ltd. bought nearly 140 battery-related U.S. patents from Google in June, according to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office assignment records. The patents belonged to Motorola Mobility, which Google acquired in 2012 to shore up its patent portfolio, the records show.