A VIEWPOINT ON PATENT TRANSACTIONS
November 7, 2014
Linda Biel, Senior Vice President, Business Development
Allied Security Trust
2014 Could Surpass 2011 in Transacted Assets
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AST reassignment analysis, Data as of June30th 2014
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Communications and Software Lead the Way
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Who Is Selling and Buying
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Top Sellers – Total Study and 1H 2014
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No
2010-1H 14
Seller
Trans
Assets
No
Seller
1H 14
Trans
No
Seller
1H 14
Assets
1
IBM
57
6,111
1
IBM
12
1
Panasonic
1,903
2
AT&T
35
405
2
Panasonic
10
2
Hewlett Packard
1,430
3
Nokia
30
940
3
Pendrell Corp
5
3
IBM
1,066
4
Allied Security Trust
29
704
4
Intellectual Ventures
5
4
Ericsson
777
5
Cypress Semic
29
441
5
Allied Security Trust
4
5
American Express
685
6
Intellectual
Ventures
27
673
6
NXP
4
6
Allied Security Trust
349
7
Hewlett Packard
25
2,742
7
Rambus Inc
4
7
Alcatel-Lucent
295
8
IPG
Healthcare/Elect.
21
850
8
Silverbrook Research
4
8
Renesas Electronic
226
9
Panasonic
20
2,112
9
AT&T
4
9
211
11
Delphi Corp
20
266
Partners for Corporate
Research International
10
NXP
19
843
11
Cypress Semiconductor
207
12
Innovation Mgt. Sci.
19
10
NXP
141
13
Verizon Comm.
12
Pendrell
138
14
13
Intel
129
15
14
Rambus
127
15
Dongbu HiTek Co Ltd
125
11 Hewlett Packard
3
10 Alcatel-Lucent
3
64
12 Hitachi Ltd
3
18
298
13 Wi-Lan
3
Acacia Technologies
18
194
14 Delphi Corp
3
Xerox Corp
16
252
15 Nokia Corp
3
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Patent Holding Companies
Top Buyers
6
No
Buyer
2010 – June 2014
Trans
Assets
No
Buyer
1st half of 2014
Trans #
Assets
1
Intellectual Ventures
941
10,743
1
Qualcomm Inc
2
1418
2
RPX Corp
108
1,973
2
Intellectual Ventures
62
1061
3
Google Inc
96
4,680
3
Optis
3
1029
4
Samsung
72
1,922
4
Twitter Inc
1
943
5
Acacia Technologies
66
1,600
5
IP BRIDGE
1
857
6
Apple Inc
49
1,890
6
Wi-Lan
4
522
7
Conversant (Mosaid)
36
957
7
RPX Corp
18
377
8
Intellectual Discovery Co Ltd
36
729
8
ARM Holdings
2
300
9
Tessera Technologies Inc
33
652
9
Tessera Technologies
5
266
11
Allied Security Trust (AST)
31
503
11
Sound View Innovations
1
258
10
Wi-Lan
29
1,224
10
Future Link Systems
1
211
12
Open Invention Network
29
212
12
Google Inc
3
173
13
Rakuten Inc
27
659
13
Intelligent Energy
2
143
14
Microsoft
23
538
14
Sony
3
140
15
Intel Corp
22
831
15
Intellectual Discovery
6
131
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Industry Interactions
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Patent
Portfolio 2
Sold
Sold
Sold
GlobeTec
Trust
Licensed
Sued
Sued
Sued
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Industry – NPE Relationship
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For More Information
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Linda Biel
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Allied Security Trust
100 Overlook Center, 2nd Floor #2051
Princeton, NJ 08530
lbiel@ast1.com
+1 212 362 5870 office
+1 512 695 2027 mobile