Making Patents Pay: Monetizing Dormant Assets in an Economic Downturn
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Making Patents Pay: Monetizing Dormant Assets in an Economic Downturn |
| Any economic downturn puts pressure on businesses to generate cash from all available sources. Though intangible assets account for the vast majority of corporate value, patents often lie dormant, without producing value for their owners. Active assertion of patent rights can generate meaningful returns for patentholders, as demonstrated by numerous recoveries in the hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars in the last year.
Kobre & Kim’s IP team outlines why the legal conditions for monetization of patents have improved, making this an important time for businesses, their investors and their advisors to review their patent holdings to identify and deploy assertable IP holdings. The U.S. remains the largest and most important jurisdiction for intellectual property disputes. Why Should Patent Owners Put Their Patent Assets to Work Now? · Patents are not market correlated. · Often dormant, IP assets present an opportunity for an entirely new source of cash and revenue. · Developing an enforcement campaign can be conducted remotely, and put idle personnel to work. |
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