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That's because patent trolls, unlike productive companies, are just shells without real assets or business operations, meaning they're not vulnerable to counterclaims in a patent case.

One other such move came in April when Google opened a temporary patent portal in April that let sellers ask if the company wanted to buy their assets.

Not all offers involve exactly the same assets, with some bidders indicating they are not interested in some of the patents and real estate assets on offer, sources have previously said.

One example: «When purchasing a company with significant intellectual - property assets, such as patents, you've got to make certain they're held in the company's name so that you wind up owning them,» cautions Rosenbaum.

These assets can be shares of stock in other corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, private equity funds, hedge funds, publicly traded stocks, bonds, real estate, song rights, brand names, patents, trademarks, copyrights, or virtually anything else that has value.

Section 3311 of the House version of the TCJA would have repealed the § 1221 (b)(3) election to treat self - created musical compositions as capital assets and — more important to the current discussion — would have added the words «a patent, invention, model or design (whether or not patented), a secret formula or process» before «a copyright» in the § 1221 (a)(3) exception to the definition of a capital asset.

Business Credit: Provides senior debt availability through asset leverage by finding value in accounts receivable, inventory, machinery and equipment, trademarks and patents and intellectual property.

Appleby clients have transferred trademarks, patent rights and other valuable assets into offshore shell companies, avoiding billions of dollars in taxes.

Hidden values are in the form of assets such as pending patents.

What remains of Yahoo after the sale includes an approximately 15 percent equity stake in China's Alibaba Group Holding; about 36 percent in Yahoo Japan; cash and marketable debt securities; certain minority investments; and Excalibur, which owns some patent assets.

The company also noted that included in the patents granted in 2013 is the Company's first patent in Europe directed to its stem cell assets.

ACT became embroiled in a patent - infringement lawsuit that drained the coffers and forced the sale of key assets.

Williams is a former partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, with a focus on intellectual property acquisition and management, including IP asset strategy, contracts, licensing portfolio development and management, patent, trademark, technology transfer and strategic alliance negotiation / restructuring.

Of course, it's not straightforward: many of the patents Microsoft lays claim to come from a package of intellectual property purchased in a $ 4.5 - billion group bid for assets sold when Nortel collapsed (which means they are jointly owned with the others involved in the sale, including: Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, Ericsson, and Sony).

As I noted in FTC: Western Digital and Hitachi must give assets and IP rights to Toshiba: Patents, Antitrust, and Competition,

For example, BlackBerry reports having about $ 3.5 billion in intangible assets — patents and trademarks, logos and branding, and goodwill.

Morningstar examines historical financial performance; competitive advantages compared to the competition; intangible assets such as patents and brands; cost advantages; attributes that give a company pricing power; and efficiencies of scale, among others, in determining its moat ratings.

In addition to such tangible items, assets can also be intangible, such as patents or copyrights the insured may own.

On top of all this, if a company has intangible assets such as brand names and patents, these may not be listed at full value on the asset side of the ledger, and thus they won't be fully reflected in stockholder's equity.

Methods for combining mutual fund and ETP assets in a shareholder - protective master - feeder arrangement are subject to a separate pending patent application.

In many cases, the intangible assets — patents, research and development, intellectual property, brand, etc. — are the driving force behind expectations of future growth.

In contrast, stocks are claims on real assets, such as land, factories and equipment, as well as the ideas, patents and all other capital that generate corporate profits and appreciate over time with the general level of prices.

These and other factoids make clear that patent infringement is alive and well in the United States, most often to the financial dismay of patent - holders who spend untold hours and egregious sums of money trying to protect their intellectual property — and the marketplace edge often reliant on those assets.

In addition to representing pharmaceutical clients in Hatch - Waxman litigation, she has litigated patent matters involving medical devices, biotechnology, consumer products and electronics, computer networks, power and business methods, among other technologies and assetIn addition to representing pharmaceutical clients in Hatch - Waxman litigation, she has litigated patent matters involving medical devices, biotechnology, consumer products and electronics, computer networks, power and business methods, among other technologies and assetin Hatch - Waxman litigation, she has litigated patent matters involving medical devices, biotechnology, consumer products and electronics, computer networks, power and business methods, among other technologies and assets.

«Alongside its formidable prosecution and licensing practice, the firm's full - service patent group boasts sophisticated scientific expertise that helps to set it apart in the hugely competitive life sciences patent litigation market,» according to Intellectual Asset Management, which noted that Foley Hoag is regularly retained in «some of the biggest biotech cases in the market.»

Leaders of in - house departments have evolved to a point where they are handling so much of the business of their departments — billing, patent asset portfolios, litigation, staff development, external relationships and information technology matters — taking them away from their legal day jobs.

Patents will surely continue to prove an attractive asset for investors, as the article suggests — Intellectual Ventures, the largest single investor in patents, has started selling off some of its portfolio to buyers who aren't opposed to litigation as a way to monetize their invesPatents will surely continue to prove an attractive asset for investors, as the article suggests — Intellectual Ventures, the largest single investor in patents, has started selling off some of its portfolio to buyers who aren't opposed to litigation as a way to monetize their invespatents, has started selling off some of its portfolio to buyers who aren't opposed to litigation as a way to monetize their investments.

Mr. Chen has extensive experience in helping high - tech companies in Silicon Valley and China on building comprehensive patent portfolios and developing sophisticated international patent strategies, assessing, avoiding and responding to third - party IP threats, inter partes reviews (IPRs) and reexaminations at the patent office, district court patent litigation, in - bound and out - bound technology licensing, and negotiating IP asset transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and the like.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — For the second consecutive year, Brooks Kushman has been listed as a gold - standard patent firm in Intellectual Asset Management's (IAM) annual Patent 1000 patent firm in Intellectual Asset Management's (IAM) annual Patent 1000 Patent 1000 guide.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — For the third consecutive year, Brooks Kushman has been listed as a gold - standard patent firm in Intellectual Asset Management's (IAM) annual Patent 1000 patent firm in Intellectual Asset Management's (IAM) annual Patent 1000 Patent 1000 guide.

I think that there are clear grounds for both granting patent rights that ensure inventions reach the public, and limiting those rights in ways that reflect the public investment (much as other forms of investment become shareholders in assets).

A defendant in a patent infringement action can request an order requiring a plaintiff to post a bond or security for a possible costs award if the defendant has few or no assets in Canada or is resident outside Canada.

In one of its last asset sales in a drawn - out bankruptcy break - up, Nortel is selling 6,000 patents and patent applications, ranging across its whole spectrum of expertise in wireless, data and optical networking, voice, Internet, semiconductors and other technologieIn one of its last asset sales in a drawn - out bankruptcy break - up, Nortel is selling 6,000 patents and patent applications, ranging across its whole spectrum of expertise in wireless, data and optical networking, voice, Internet, semiconductors and other technologiein a drawn - out bankruptcy break - up, Nortel is selling 6,000 patents and patent applications, ranging across its whole spectrum of expertise in wireless, data and optical networking, voice, Internet, semiconductors and other technologiein wireless, data and optical networking, voice, Internet, semiconductors and other technologies.

Foley Hoag LLP and six of its partners have been recognized in the fifth edition of Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine's «Patent 1000 — The World's Leading Patent Professionals» guide, naming the best - in - class patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners and firms across the Patent 1000 — The World's Leading Patent Professionals» guide, naming the best - in - class patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners and firms across the Patent Professionals» guide, naming the best - in - class patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners and firms across the patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners and firms across the globe.

But what they all share in common is a knowledge of and profound interest in the same legal subject area — pharmaceutical class actions, say, or business process patents, or asset securitization, or child custody proceedings in Oregon, or small - claims court cases in Nova Scotia, or wealth management in New South Wales, or any of the law's thousands upon thousands of sub-specialties.

Mr. Gatto's practice is national and international, and it encompasses a full range of IP and technology issues, including: patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation; counseling and technology transactions; developing and implementing IP strategies to protect and to monetize IP assets; creating and implementing corporate IP programs; conducting IP audits; conducting complex patent prosecution, including patent appeals, interferences, Inter Partes Review (IPRs), reissues and protests; handling patent enforcement issues, including licensing and litigation; negotiating and drafting technology agreements; conducting IP due diligence in and negotiating IP aspects of mergers, acquisitions and financings; rendering opinions concerning the infringement, validity and enforceability of patents; handling trademark prosecution, domain name, copyright and trade secret matters; handling IP aspects of employment issues; advising clients on legal issues associated with open source software including open source patent issues, licensing, open source compatibility issues, indemnity issues and developing and implementing corporate policies on use of open source software; advising clients on the legality of cutting edge Internet business methods and technology; and advising clients on computer law issues such as computer fraud and abuse and SPAM - related issues.

In many businesses, intellectual property assets, including patents, copyrights, trademark, and trade secrets, represent critical assets essential to success in the marketplacIn many businesses, intellectual property assets, including patents, copyrights, trademark, and trade secrets, represent critical assets essential to success in the marketplacin the marketplace.

In a «hybrid» intellectual property license including patents and related IP assents with longer or no term, structuring royalties with a step down in effective rate upon patent expiration, but requiring the payment of a somewhat lower post-expiration royalty for related IP assets, such as trade secretIn a «hybrid» intellectual property license including patents and related IP assents with longer or no term, structuring royalties with a step down in effective rate upon patent expiration, but requiring the payment of a somewhat lower post-expiration royalty for related IP assets, such as trade secretin effective rate upon patent expiration, but requiring the payment of a somewhat lower post-expiration royalty for related IP assets, such as trade secrets.

Whatever you call «em, the holding companies that produce nothing for this country, yet buy patent assets and assert the associated rights, are a much - lamented plague on this nation's economy, cost intellectual property - heavy industries billions in patent litigation fees, and are an absolute boon for the lawyers.

Dr. Adli is well recognized as a premier strategist in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and complex commercial disputes and is widely sought after by businesses large and small, seeking effective strategies for protecting their valuable intellectual property assets.

Peter also provides advice relating to the management and exploitation of intellectual property assets, including patent and trade mark portfolios, and he has extensive experience of providing non-infringement and freedom to operate opinions in heavily patented fields.

Intellectual Asset Management's IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Practitioners — Leading lawyer in litigation (2011 - 2016)

Nokia has strong intellectual property assets consisting of intellectual property rights in the separate Nokia Technologies, Nokia Networks and Alcatel - Lucent portfolios, which include patents essential for a variety of standardized technologies as well as relevant implementation patents and proprietary technologies.»

performing due diligence and negotiating asset purchase agreements in corporate acquisitions relating to patents and other intellectual property

Intellectual Asset Management's IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Practitioners — Leading lawyer in transactions and prosecution (2012 - 2016)

Our team led advised joint administrators of Redx Pharma plc on the disposal of assets, including patents in the Redx BTK program, for the sum of US$ 40 million.

Orrick was recognized by Intellectual Asset Management's 2015 IAM Patent 1000 as a leading firm in the California, New York, China, Japan...

The Philadelphia - based company, which owns patents on container ships built to move heavy loads, lists less than $ 50,000 in assets against liabilities of between $ 10 million and $ 50 million.

He also has earned national recognition in Intellectual Asset Management» sIAM Patent 1000 rankings.

As intellectual property assets including patents, trademarks or copyrights have become increasingly tangible and therefore valuable to organisations, so has their protection, management and defence in the face of infringement.