Patent Planet: RPX - Former Operating Company Patents Have Been at Issue in the Majority of NPE Litigation

Friday, December 4, 2020

RPX - Former Operating Company Patents Have Been at Issue in the Majority of NPE Litigation

Here's an article worth reading: Former Operating Company Patents Have Been at Issue in the Majority of NPE Litigation December 2, 2020. RPX indicates approximately 85% of the patent litigation filed in any given year from 2005 forward has concerned some operating company patents.

The article suggests that operating companies selling patents to non-practicing entities (NPE) are failed or weak companies looking for money. Surely this happens, but it would be interesting to see how many of the "more successful companies,"e.g., public companies listed on NASDAQ also sell their patents to NPEs. Like this article, the results may be surprising.