Was 2023 a good year for the patent market? We are torn. When we wrote the first draft of this year's report, the data looked gloomy. But then when we dug deeper and realised that the last year turned out not be too bad.

Our annual brokered market report is now available for download. We look at the average asking price for patents, who are the biggest buyers and sellers, which brokers are most active, and what happens after the patents are bought.

Bloomberg/BNA (paywalled) has begun publishing the ROL Group data on the brokered patent market. This information brings much needed transparency to the market for buying and selling patents and we are glad to be able to help.

Asking prices are down, but the patent brokerage business is not in as poor health as it may first appear – especially for a select handful of players. Here, we share our analysis of the brokered patent market in 2015

The life of a patent broker has never been easy. Over the last year it has become even harder, with prices dropping and deal flow slowing.

The life of a patent broker has never been easy. Over the last year it has become even harder, with prices dropping and deal flow slowing.

IV's new fund bought 16% of all the packages sold in the first half of 2014. As a follow up to our article “What's Inside IV's Patent Portfolio?” we examined Intellectual Venture's recent buying practices, and in particular, buying for their new fund.