DEI Initiatives. Today’s RFPs now routinely include diversity as a rating metric, yet some firms still struggle with diversity numbers. The Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in IP Law (FADIPL), formerly the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation, […]
Since its launch in September 2022, ADAPT, which is organized around making DEI programs accessible to companies of all sizes, has been active in pursuing its mission to advance diversity across patent teams.
The organization has increased membership, bringing in […]
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At the risk of sounding like a broken record, growth continues to be the core theme for LOT Network. LOT added over 800 companies in 2022 and now counts over 3,000 members. Our community is now immunized to nearly 4 million patents and applications owned by members, including 16% of all […]
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Pre-IPO companies and startups in earlier financing cycles need their due diligence to go smoothly.
No surprise, then, that a recent study has found that while patent litigation initiated by operating companies has declined in recent years, suits initiated by non-practising […]
The patent market is growing a lot as the economic downturn places more assets for sale.
Companies are exiting markets and their assets are being listed: for example, GoPro Inc is selling its drone portfolio and Intel Corp is selling its wireless […]
Daikin, the global leader in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, cooling and refrigeration (HVAC&R) products is heating up its patent strategy with membership in the world’s largest patent community. The company’s membership in LOT freezes any attempts by patent trolls […]
A HighTech-Solutions (HTS) study, commissioned by the international, non-profit patent licensing platform LOT Network, analyzed the 6,161 lawsuits filed by non-practicing entities (NPEs) from 2017 through 2022. The analysis identified several key findings.
First, the study found that companies who are preparing […]
US companies that go public are at a greater risk of being targeted by non-practising entities and should consider defensive strategies, according to counsel.
Sources say savvy NPEs are increasingly targeting smaller companies that they believe they can exert leverage over. The […]
Large companies such as Samsung, Google, Apple and Amazon are the most frequent targets of patent litigation.
But a new report highlights how smaller companies have also become fairly common targets of patent lawsuits filed by non-practicing entities (NPEs), which are also sometimes called […]
Research Finds Companies Just Pre- and Post-IPO are at Highest Risk of Being Targeted by a Non-Practicing Entity Lawsuit
Nearly 40% of companies litigated were within two years of announcing their IPO; 52% of companies sued had less […]
