The 2025 Richardson Oliver Patent Market Report

The 2025 Richardson Oliver Patent Market Report reveals that prices are better, operating companies still sell, and that these are some of the most dangerous assets in the world!

So, what did 2024 look like in the secondary patent market?

If you are a buyer, cue the confetti cannon. If you are a seller, well… 😕 but with hope. With prices stabilising, sellers’ struggles and another year of buyers quietly cleaning up, the secondary patent market has become that oddly predictable relative at the reunion – always a little chaotic, rarely dull and somehow still showing up in a new suit every year.

“The Brokered Patent Market Report in 2024 - A Smarter, Sharper Patent Market.” Richardson et. al. IAM Media (September 2025)

This article first appeared in IAM, published by Law Business Research - IP Division.

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