In this collaboration with IAM, ROL Group looks into the likely trends of patents within the next five years. Our consensus? A stable market with a greater shift towards operating companies and smaller, faster patent transactions.

Mr. Richardson presents findings and projections on the brokered and secondary patent market including who is buying/selling patents, how much are they are paying, what technologies are hot, and what are the trends.

Mr. Richardson presents findings and projections on the brokered and secondary patent market including who is buying/selling patents, how much are they are paying, what technologies are hot, and what are the trends.

Part five of the six-part IPWatchdog examination of the 2016 market has ROL Group looking into the risk for companies from patent assets on the market.

In the final installment of the six-part IPWatchdog series ROL Group examines the overall patent market. We explore the key metrics for any company interested in getting a strong sense of the patent climate for 2016.

In this fourth installment in the six-part series of the 2016 market report from IPWatchdog, the ROL Group team helps shed light on the market trends that patent buyers and sellers should keep in mind when evaluating patents.

In this publication from IPWatchdog the ROL Group team takes a look at what patent buyers and sellers should expect from the current market.

Review of current trends in the 2017 patent market, and who and what should you expect to see buying and selling IP.

What are the driving forces behind the patent market in 2017? We examine the current trends and companies shaping the patent market for this year, as well as the various winning IP proliferation strategies outlined by noteworthy companies.

In our continuing series of annual publications on the activity in the secondary patent market, we see that the only constant is change.

We identify the driving forces behind the patent market in 2016 We examine the current trends, pricing, and companies shaping the patent market for this year.

Patent market trends for 2016 and how do defensive aggregators play in that market to help manage patent risk.

Using defensive aggregators as an NPE defense strategy. Here is our brief primer on using defensive aggregators and how it could stop patent trolls.

What causes operating companies to sell their patents? Our intuition tells us that patent sales take place when the seller is in financial distress or the company is underperforming. We wanted to test whether the data aligned with our intuition.

What causes operating companies to sell their patents? Our intuition tells us that patent sales take place when the seller is in financial distress or the company is underperforming. We asked ourselves whether data aligned with our intuition.

Panel discussion on the patent market, corporate buyers and sellers.

In the second part of our two part blog post series at IP Watchdog, we document our efforts to develop, and refine, a patent ranking system based on our unique database tracking over $7B of patents that companies are trying to sell, or have sold.

What is the current trend of the brokered patent market, and how can you as a buyer or seller exploit the current patent climate? We look into market pricing, litigation risks, NPE activity and more to help you decide your best patent options for 2015.

How do you find the highest quality patents reliably and efficiently? We share our methodology and have made the code and model available under a Creative Commons license.

We’ve identified five primary factors for consideration in patent ranking. In this article, we'll analyze how independent claim count, claim 1 word count, and family size & international filings can help to eliminate less useful patents quickly and efficiently.