Xiaomi
Xiaomi Corporation (“Xiaomi”) was founded in April 2010 and listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 9, 2018 (1810.HK).
Xiaomi is a consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company with smartphones and smart hardware connected by an IoT platform at its core.
Embracing their vision of “Make friends with users and be the coolest company in the users’ hearts”, Xiaomi continuously pursues innovations, high-quality user experience and operational efficiency. The company relentlessly builds amazing products with honest prices to let everyone in the world enjoy a better life through innovative technology.
According to Canalys, the company’s market share in terms of smartphone shipments ranked No. 3 globally in the second quarter of 2022.
The company has also established the world’s leading consumer AIoT (AI+IoT) platform, with 526.9 million smart devices connected to its platform as of June 30, 2022, excluding smartphones, tablets and laptops.
Xiaomi products are available in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.
In August 2022, the company made the Fortune Global 500 list for the fourth time, ranking 266th, up 72 places compared to 2021.
Xiaomi is a constituent of the Hang Seng Index, Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, Hang Seng TECH Index and Hang Seng China 50 Index.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes their licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of their patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of their engineering and research and development functions and substantially all of their products and services businesses, including their QCT semiconductor business. Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Qualcomm patented technologies are licensed by Qualcomm Incorporated.
Xiaomi is a consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company with smartphones and smart hardware connected by an IoT platform at its core.
Embracing their vision of “Make friends with users and be the coolest company in the users’ hearts”, Xiaomi continuously pursues innovations, high-quality user experience and operational efficiency. The company relentlessly builds amazing products with honest prices to let everyone in the world enjoy a better life through innovative technology.
According to Canalys, the company’s market share in terms of smartphone shipments ranked No. 3 globally in the second quarter of 2022.
The company has also established the world’s leading consumer AIoT (AI+IoT) platform, with 526.9 million smart devices connected to its platform as of June 30, 2022, excluding smartphones, tablets and laptops.
Xiaomi products are available in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.
In August 2022, the company made the Fortune Global 500 list for the fourth time, ranking 266th, up 72 places compared to 2021.
Xiaomi is a constituent of the Hang Seng Index, Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, Hang Seng TECH Index and Hang Seng China 50 Index.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes their licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of their patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of their engineering and research and development functions and substantially all of their products and services businesses, including their QCT semiconductor business. Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Qualcomm patented technologies are licensed by Qualcomm Incorporated.
Qualcomm
Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Their proven solutions drive transformation across major industries, and their Snapdragon® branded platforms power extraordinary consumer experiences. Building on their nearly 40-year leadership in setting industry standards and creating era-defining technology breakthroughs, they deliver leading edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing, and unrivalled connectivity. Together with their ecosystem partners, they enable next-generation digital transformation to enrich lives, improve businesses, and advance societies. At Qualcomm, they are engineering human progress.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes their licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of their patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of their engineering and research and development functions and substantially all of their products and services businesses, including their QCT semiconductor business. Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Qualcomm patented technologies are licensed by Qualcomm Incorporated.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes their licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of their patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of their engineering and research and development functions and substantially all of their products and services businesses, including their QCT semiconductor business. Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Qualcomm patented technologies are licensed by Qualcomm Incorporated.
Avanci
Avanci is an independent provider of patent licensing solutions, working at the intersection of different industries to bring efficiency, convenience, and predictability to the licensing process.
Avanci Vehicle has programs for 3/4G and 3/4/5G connected vehicles, with essential patents from dozens of patent owners licensed in a single transaction at fixed rates, paid once for the lifetime of the vehicle. Avanci Aftermarket provides solutions for connected automotive aftermarket products, and Avanci IoT offers programs for smart utility meters, connected EV chargers, and more.
Avanci Broadcast offers a one-stop license for devices using the ATSC 3.0 / NEXTGEN TV broadcast standard, and Avanci Video offers a single, comprehensive license for internet streaming providers covering the latest video technologies.
Avanci Solutions provides tailored solutions for industries and technologies without existing open platforms, expanding Avanci services to new sectors using its unique expertise to help companies across key industries meet their evolving licensing needs.
Avanci Vehicle has programs for 3/4G and 3/4/5G connected vehicles, with essential patents from dozens of patent owners licensed in a single transaction at fixed rates, paid once for the lifetime of the vehicle. Avanci Aftermarket provides solutions for connected automotive aftermarket products, and Avanci IoT offers programs for smart utility meters, connected EV chargers, and more.
Avanci Broadcast offers a one-stop license for devices using the ATSC 3.0 / NEXTGEN TV broadcast standard, and Avanci Video offers a single, comprehensive license for internet streaming providers covering the latest video technologies.
Avanci Solutions provides tailored solutions for industries and technologies without existing open platforms, expanding Avanci services to new sectors using its unique expertise to help companies across key industries meet their evolving licensing needs.
Burford
Burford Capital is a leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance, risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and works with firms and clients around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore and Sydney.
Burford has an experienced team dedicated to making IP investments, most of whom have been repeatedly recognised in the IAM Strategy 300.
Burford has an experienced team dedicated to making IP investments, most of whom have been repeatedly recognised in the IAM Strategy 300.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP is one of the world’s largest IP law firms, practising all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law. More than 300 of Finnegan’s legal professionals have degrees in scientific disciplines, more than 225 are registered to practise before the USPTO and nearly 40 are former USPTO patent examiners. Finnegan delivers sophisticated legal strategies to help clients to protect, advocate and leverage their valuable IP assets, with technical expertise in virtually every industry and technology – including automotive, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, chemicals, electronics, semiconductors, computers and software, industrial manufacturing, consumer products, medical devices, clean energy and renewables, robotics and 3D printing.
Finnegan also represents clients on IP issues relating to international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, European patents and trademarks and unfair competition. The attorneys in its European office have active practices at both the EPO and the USPTO and possess a keen understanding of the diversity of laws and practices among the European national systems. This knowledge of the European legal system and how it differs from that in the United States allows Finnegan’s European attorneys to effectively counsel both European and US clients on the full range of IP issues.
Finnegan also represents clients on IP issues relating to international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, European patents and trademarks and unfair competition. The attorneys in its European office have active practices at both the EPO and the USPTO and possess a keen understanding of the diversity of laws and practices among the European national systems. This knowledge of the European legal system and how it differs from that in the United States allows Finnegan’s European attorneys to effectively counsel both European and US clients on the full range of IP issues.
InterDigital
InterDigital unites the two main communication technologies – wireless communication and video communication – into one of the world’s largest pure research, innovation and licensing companies.
Their company’s focus is on research and development with a pervasive impact: mobile technologies that underpin smartphones, networks and services via global standards, as well as video technologies that are the foundation for today’s most popular products and services. Lots of companies bring innovations that improve a single product; but their inventions help improve every product in the markets that they participate in, from the most basic to the most advanced, transforming industries and improving products and services that are part of our daily lives.
Their track record of research and development is matched by their fair licensing practices, which are a model for the industry, and their willingness to partner with virtually anybody in developing new capabilities that will improve technology for consumers and businesses around the world.
Their company’s focus is on research and development with a pervasive impact: mobile technologies that underpin smartphones, networks and services via global standards, as well as video technologies that are the foundation for today’s most popular products and services. Lots of companies bring innovations that improve a single product; but their inventions help improve every product in the markets that they participate in, from the most basic to the most advanced, transforming industries and improving products and services that are part of our daily lives.
Their track record of research and development is matched by their fair licensing practices, which are a model for the industry, and their willingness to partner with virtually anybody in developing new capabilities that will improve technology for consumers and businesses around the world.
RPX
RPX Corporation is the leading patent risk management platform, offering defensive buying, acquisition syndication, patent intelligence and advisory services. Since its founding in 2008, RPX has introduced efficiency to the patent market by providing a rational alternative to litigation. The San Francisco-based company’s pioneering approach combines principal capital, deep patent expertise and client contributions to generate enhanced patent buying power. By acquiring patents and patent rights, RPX helps to mitigate and manage patent risk for its growing client network.
As of March 31, 2024 RPX had invested over $4B to acquire rights to more than 200,000 US and international patent assets on behalf of more than 450 clients in eight key sectors: automotive, consumer electronics and PCs, e-commerce and software, financial services, media content and distribution, mobile communications and devices, networking, and semiconductors.
As of March 31, 2024 RPX had invested over $4B to acquire rights to more than 200,000 US and international patent assets on behalf of more than 450 clients in eight key sectors: automotive, consumer electronics and PCs, e-commerce and software, financial services, media content and distribution, mobile communications and devices, networking, and semiconductors.
Sisvel
Sisvel is driven by a belief in the importance of collaboration, ingenuity and efficiency to bridge the needs of both patent owners and those who wish to access their technologies. In a complex and constantly evolving marketplace, their guiding principle is to create a level playing field with the development and implementation of flexible, accessible, commercialisation solutions.
They power innovation by providing tailored licensing solutions and patent pools for the delivery of world-class technologies. They work with leading companies and research institutions from across the globe to unlock the full potential of their patents, while easing technology adoption and reducing frictions from the innovation ecosystem and facilitating IP dealmaking.
They power innovation by providing tailored licensing solutions and patent pools for the delivery of world-class technologies. They work with leading companies and research institutions from across the globe to unlock the full potential of their patents, while easing technology adoption and reducing frictions from the innovation ecosystem and facilitating IP dealmaking.
Access Advance
Access Advance LLC is an independent licensing administrator company formed to lead the development, administration, and management of patent pools for licensing essential patents of the most important video codec technologies. Access Advance provides a transparent and efficient licensing mechanism for both patent owners and patent implementers.
Access Advance manages and administers the HEVC Advance Patent Pool for licensing over 29,000 patents essential to HEVC/H.265 technology and the VVC Advance Patent Pool for licensing over 4,500 patents essential to VVC/H.266 technology. The company's Multi-Codec Bridging Agreement provides eligible licensees with a single discounted royalty rate structure for licensees participating in both the HEVC Advance and VVC Advance pools. In addition, Access Advance offers the Video Distribution Patent Pool, a comprehensive licensing solution for video streaming services covering HEVC, VVC, VP9, and AV1 codecs. Access Advance has also acquired the administrator of Via LA’s HEVC/VVC patent pool, now named the VCL Advance (Video Codec Licensing) program.
Access Advance manages and administers the HEVC Advance Patent Pool for licensing over 29,000 patents essential to HEVC/H.265 technology and the VVC Advance Patent Pool for licensing over 4,500 patents essential to VVC/H.266 technology. The company's Multi-Codec Bridging Agreement provides eligible licensees with a single discounted royalty rate structure for licensees participating in both the HEVC Advance and VVC Advance pools. In addition, Access Advance offers the Video Distribution Patent Pool, a comprehensive licensing solution for video streaming services covering HEVC, VVC, VP9, and AV1 codecs. Access Advance has also acquired the administrator of Via LA’s HEVC/VVC patent pool, now named the VCL Advance (Video Codec Licensing) program.
Bird & Bird
As you adapt and innovate, you'll need a firm that's hardwired to anticipate and uncover the opportunities in change.
You'll need a firm that will ask the right questions to shape the right objective. And you'll need proactive, practical, and commercially led advice on how to get there.
It's what we do and it's what makes us your go-to firm, whether you're facing disruption or creating it.
You can trust us to know your sector as well as you do, to be curious, and to connect the dots to reach solutions others don’t. And you can trust us to deliver as promised – and more.
We'll work closely with you and make things easier for you. We'll look to deliver new improved solutions and services. And we'll take on your problems as if they were our own. But more than that, we'll work as one seamless international team across our business and yours. Giving you access to a whole world of expertise.
You'll need a firm that will ask the right questions to shape the right objective. And you'll need proactive, practical, and commercially led advice on how to get there.
It's what we do and it's what makes us your go-to firm, whether you're facing disruption or creating it.
You can trust us to know your sector as well as you do, to be curious, and to connect the dots to reach solutions others don’t. And you can trust us to deliver as promised – and more.
We'll work closely with you and make things easier for you. We'll look to deliver new improved solutions and services. And we'll take on your problems as if they were our own. But more than that, we'll work as one seamless international team across our business and yours. Giving you access to a whole world of expertise.
Bristows
Bristows are a European headquartered hub for litigation, transactions and advice throughout the world and have remained fiercely independent since they first began in 1837. This means they are free to partner with the best people in any jurisdiction for each client need, or work with your existing relationships. They don’t work to billing targets. This ensures you get the right combination of experts working as one, who take the time to share their different perspectives and find the right answer, no matter how difficult or novel the question is. It’s a rare approach that defines the quality of our advice. And because they like to recruit inquisitive minds, many with science and technology backgrounds, they live and breathe your business, can talk the same language and have a keen eye on the future. They enjoy getting to the heart of the matter with advice that is simple to understand and easy to use.
Docket Navigator
Docket Navigator is a litigation research and analytics platform that delivers deep insights into US federal patent, trademark, copyright, antitrust, securities and trade secret litigation. Based in Texas, Docket Navigator’s unique and innovative approach to modeling court cases in a digital platform has made it a must-have tool for patent litigators in the US, including over 16,000 attorneys, judges, clerks, litigation support firms, expert witness firms, tech companies and researchers. Docket Navigator delivers insights to its subscribers via a daily email called the Docket Report, customised daily alerts, a searchable online database, and powerful analytics tools. Eighty-eight of the AmLaw 100 firms, and 28 of the top 30 ‘busiest’ patent litigation firms (based on the number of patent cases filed each year) maintain subscriptions to Docket Navigator.
Dolby Laboratories
Dolby Laboratories advances the science of sight and sound to create and enable spectacular experiences. Through breakthrough research in science and engineering, Dolby transforms sights and sounds into spectacular experiences.
They bring their innovations to people through collaborative partnerships that include artists, businesses and consumers worldwide. With their partners they deliver vivid experiences in the cinema, at home and on the go – experiences so lifelike that people feel as if they have been transported into a cinematic story or a pulsing sphere of music, a distant conference room or an action-packed game.
In both entertainment and communications, through audio and imaging, they give everyone the power to see, hear and feel the spectacular.
They bring their innovations to people through collaborative partnerships that include artists, businesses and consumers worldwide. With their partners they deliver vivid experiences in the cinema, at home and on the go – experiences so lifelike that people feel as if they have been transported into a cinematic story or a pulsing sphere of music, a distant conference room or an action-packed game.
In both entertainment and communications, through audio and imaging, they give everyone the power to see, hear and feel the spectacular.
Ericsson
Ericsson enables communications service providers to capture the full value of connectivity. It has a strong commitment to R&D, with substantial contributions to cutting-edge standards and technologies. As a result, Ericsson has the industry’s leading cellular patent portfolio, and a total of more than 54,000 granted patents worldwide – covering 2G, 3G and 4G/LTE technologies. Ericsson is the main driver of industry standardisation for 5G, delivering benefits of telephony and mobile broadband to billions of people around the world.
Fabricant LLP
The mission of Fabricant LLP is to provide the absolute best legal services in the most complex and challenging cases. They will devote whatever resources are necessary to bring about a successful resolution of the matter whether through trial or settlement. While success and winning every case is their goal nothing takes a back seat to being responsive, on a daily basis, to their clients.
Huawei
Respecting and protecting intellectual property (IP) is the foundation of innovation. While promoting Huawei's own growth, they also license to other industry players to promote shared success. Over the past 20 years, Huawei has conducted extensive cross-licensing negotiations with key patent holders in the ICT industry and has entered into more than 100 patent license agreements with major global ICT companies across Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea.
Ideahub
IDEAHUB is a patent licensing service company based in Seoul, South Korea. Specializing in licensing programs designed to provide licensing service for patents in a global scale, IDEAHUB enables both individual and institutional investors to benefit from revenues generated by patents sourced from companies, research institutes, and universities worldwide. With over a dozen licensing programs comprising more than 5,600 patents, IDEAHUB has effectively provided licenses to over 200 licensees. Since its establishment in 2016, IDEAHUB has garnered recognition as an innovative IP way maker, playing a pivotal role in facilitating the global licensing of intellectual property through its innovative services.
Intellectual Discovery
Intellectual Discovery was established in 2010 as Korea’s first intellectual property specialized company. The company has been running various IP monetization projects such as IP trade and licensing by securing IPs in major technological domains including information telecommunication, semiconductor, smart car and software, and enhancing its value.
In the past 10 years, Intellectual Discovery has invested over KRW 100 billion (100 million USD) in its efforts to become the most competitive IP business enterprise in Korea through various IP business models including IP monetization, corporate investment and IP finance.
In the past 10 years, Intellectual Discovery has invested over KRW 100 billion (100 million USD) in its efforts to become the most competitive IP business enterprise in Korea through various IP business models including IP monetization, corporate investment and IP finance.
Intellectual Ventures
Intellectual Ventures (IV) is a global invention and investment business that buys, licenses and sells patents – providing some of the world’s most innovative companies with access to IP, while creating a wide range of technology-focused partnerships and new companies. Led by avid inventor and technology leader Nathan Myhrvold, IV has created more than 15 companies with the power to transform industries. At the edge of technological advances that serve both the developed and developing world, IV works with many of the world’s top inventors to push innovation forward.
IPValue
IPValue has provided IP management to major technology enterprises since 2001. They contribute a wealth of industry knowledge to tailored relationships that help their partners meet to their business goals. They work with high-quality patents owned by leading innovative organisations and developers of premium IP. Partners appreciate their thoughtful and long-term outlook, their ‘litigate last’ philosophy and the fact that their engagements become a perfect fit. They are committed to obtaining fair value for their partners’ IP and have delivered more than $1 billion in cash to patent owners from their activities to date – largely thanks totheirpeople-first approach and deep passion for innovation.
Licks Attorneys
Licks Attorneys is a top-tier 300 people Brazilian firm, recognized for successfully handling large and strategic high-tech litigation, policy making, regulatory, counselling and prosecution projects in the country.
The firm´s experience on ICT SEPs go back to the 20th century, litigating invalidity, and adjudication of SEPs covering CCITT´s switching and signaling (over R2/MFC and System 7), deployments of ISDN in Brazil, and the monetization of Philips and Sony´s “Orange Book” standards on recordable compact disc (CD-R) and rewriteable compact disc (CD-RW). The firm successfully litigated the largest SEP case to reach Brazilian courts to this date, over the Calling Line Identification Presentation (CLIP) function, known as “caller-ID”.
Today, Licks Attorneys´ ICT practice group is the leading and most experienced in Brazil, representing SEP owners with a 93% success rate on about 20 preliminary injunctions against hold-out by unwilling licensees. Since 2011, the firm has successfully worked against every single IP anti-suit injunction targeting Brazil.
Licks Attorneys is the SEP go-to firm in Brazil, the only one with a proven track of success - spanning over several decades - implementing a pro patent agenda and the enforcement of SEP in the country.
The firm´s experience on ICT SEPs go back to the 20th century, litigating invalidity, and adjudication of SEPs covering CCITT´s switching and signaling (over R2/MFC and System 7), deployments of ISDN in Brazil, and the monetization of Philips and Sony´s “Orange Book” standards on recordable compact disc (CD-R) and rewriteable compact disc (CD-RW). The firm successfully litigated the largest SEP case to reach Brazilian courts to this date, over the Calling Line Identification Presentation (CLIP) function, known as “caller-ID”.
Today, Licks Attorneys´ ICT practice group is the leading and most experienced in Brazil, representing SEP owners with a 93% success rate on about 20 preliminary injunctions against hold-out by unwilling licensees. Since 2011, the firm has successfully worked against every single IP anti-suit injunction targeting Brazil.
Licks Attorneys is the SEP go-to firm in Brazil, the only one with a proven track of success - spanning over several decades - implementing a pro patent agenda and the enforcement of SEP in the country.
Nokia
Nokia creates the technology to connect the world. They develop and deliver the industry’s only end-to-end portfolio of network equipment, software, services and licensing that is available globally. Their customers include communications service providers whose combined networks support 6.1 billion subscriptions, as well as enterprises in the private and public sectors that use their network portfolio to increase productivity and enrich lives.
Their valuable IP portfolio spans more than 20,000 patent families, built from more than €126 billion invested in research and development over the past two decades. With active licensing programmes, including for mobile phone, automotive and consumer electronics markets, they have more than 100 licensees.
Their valuable IP portfolio spans more than 20,000 patent families, built from more than €126 billion invested in research and development over the past two decades. With active licensing programmes, including for mobile phone, automotive and consumer electronics markets, they have more than 100 licensees.
Richardson Oliver Insights
With data covering more than 300,000 patent assets and over 18000 deals spanning hundreds of technologies and market sectors, Richardson Oliver Insights is a leading provider of secondary patent market data. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley and lead by industry veterans and thought leaders, Richardson Oliver Insights has both the comprehensive patent market data and the analytical experience to help patent buyers find the right patents at the right price, help patent sellers optimize their sales offerings, and help patent strategists obtain the information to make data-driven decisions.
RNA Law
RNA Law is an elite Brazilian boutique firm dedicated to intellectual property and backed by 20+ years of expertise in supporting North American, European, and Asian companies in Brazil. Since their inception, they have dedicated their efforts to assisting both large industrial groups and a diverse array of SMEs from across the globe. Their commitment is to ensure the effective protection and management of intellectual property assets, empowering clients to fully exercise their rights.
Tech+IP Capital
Tech+IP multidisciplinary teams roll up their sleeves and call on their deep deal experience to invent strategies that solve tough challenges, and then help clients execute those strategies in the market, generating tangible value. They provide full-spectrum monetisation, capital formation and advisory services, all focused on deriving value from your Tech+IP. They approach each client interaction with a 10-year view and ask themselves ‘how can they consistently provide smart value, creative ideas and workable solutions for this client?’.
Tech+IP Capital specialises in using a unique mix of deep industry knowledge, Wall Street banking experience and large-scale IP monetisation track records to create bespoke solutions for assets whose value are not best measured by EBITDA or DCF. With their depth of technical and IP expertise, they assess the intrinsic financial value of intangible assets and design tradeable monetisation strategies to fit client needs. Their team has a long history of successfully executing Tech+IP M&A transactions and structured financings through changing market conditions. They have advised clients on more than 150 projects and in the past five years alone have helped clients create over $6 billion in market value.
Their sister company, Tech+IP Advisory, is rooted in high-tech innovations, industry standards and IP and market analysis. Their team advises company management, boards and other stakeholders on how to identify and realise value from their Tech+IP assets. The technical, IP and market expertise of the team includes fields such as wireless communications, semiconductors, medical devices, networking and cloud, Internet of Things, digital media, audio and video coding, consumer electronics, and internet search and social networking.
Tech+IP Capital specialises in using a unique mix of deep industry knowledge, Wall Street banking experience and large-scale IP monetisation track records to create bespoke solutions for assets whose value are not best measured by EBITDA or DCF. With their depth of technical and IP expertise, they assess the intrinsic financial value of intangible assets and design tradeable monetisation strategies to fit client needs. Their team has a long history of successfully executing Tech+IP M&A transactions and structured financings through changing market conditions. They have advised clients on more than 150 projects and in the past five years alone have helped clients create over $6 billion in market value.
Their sister company, Tech+IP Advisory, is rooted in high-tech innovations, industry standards and IP and market analysis. Their team advises company management, boards and other stakeholders on how to identify and realise value from their Tech+IP assets. The technical, IP and market expertise of the team includes fields such as wireless communications, semiconductors, medical devices, networking and cloud, Internet of Things, digital media, audio and video coding, consumer electronics, and internet search and social networking.
Philips IP&S
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards (IP&S) proactively pursues the creation of new IP in close cooperation with Philips’ operating businesses and innovation and strategy. IP&S is a leading industrial IP organisation that provides world-class IP solutions to Philips’ businesses in order to support their growth, competitiveness and profitability.
Reatiss
REATISS – formerly Freescale Semiconductor Ukraine – has over 20 years’ experience in the professional reverse engineering of large integrated circuits (ICs) that satisfy the needs of industry leaders in the automotive and communication semiconductor markets.
REATISS’s team of over 60 engineers can extract and present schematics of ICs with technology down to 4 nanometres within a comprehensive timeline and identify patents violations in support of clients’ IP licensing and litigation operations.
Their main strength is in circuitry, layout and process analysis. They provide services for semiconductor manufacturers from Europe, the United States and South Korea, and are looking to expand their customer base.
REATISS’s team of over 60 engineers can extract and present schematics of ICs with technology down to 4 nanometres within a comprehensive timeline and identify patents violations in support of clients’ IP licensing and litigation operations.
Their main strength is in circuitry, layout and process analysis. They provide services for semiconductor manufacturers from Europe, the United States and South Korea, and are looking to expand their customer base.
Wisdomain
Established in 1999, Wisdomain’s core mission has been the analysis and valuation of global patents. Over 200 companies in Japan are using ULTRA Patent, Wisdomain’s patent search and analysis solutions.
WISDOMAIN specialises in Big Data analytics and helps to transform the data into actionable insights. Powered by its proprietary technology, WISDOMAIN developed unique data analysis tools for IP professionals to help track technology trends across the industry and automatically calculate the monetary value of patents in real time.
Taking the patent valuation technology to its next level, WISDOMAIN made a new index PTR (Price-to-Technology Ratio) that provides insights into the future performance of security investments by identifying overvalued or undervalued technology companies.
Wisdomain offers patent search/analysis solutions, patent analysis reports, patent valuation, and alternative data based on patent data. Wisdomain has also established PTR Asset Management, Technology Credit Bureau, and Open IP Platform with its technology.
WISDOMAIN specialises in Big Data analytics and helps to transform the data into actionable insights. Powered by its proprietary technology, WISDOMAIN developed unique data analysis tools for IP professionals to help track technology trends across the industry and automatically calculate the monetary value of patents in real time.
Taking the patent valuation technology to its next level, WISDOMAIN made a new index PTR (Price-to-Technology Ratio) that provides insights into the future performance of security investments by identifying overvalued or undervalued technology companies.
Wisdomain offers patent search/analysis solutions, patent analysis reports, patent valuation, and alternative data based on patent data. Wisdomain has also established PTR Asset Management, Technology Credit Bureau, and Open IP Platform with its technology.
Equiviti
Equiviti offers tailored patent licensing solutions to global high-tech companies, addressing the shortcomings of traditional dispute resolution. While a new company, our founders bring over 45 years of experience, particularly in standard essential patents. We provide innovative, collaborative approaches for mutually beneficial outcomes, avoiding costly litigation. Equiviti stands out through aggregated deals, strong industry relationships, and a focus on pre-litigation licensing.
InventIP
InventIP is an India based Tier 1 Intellectual Property law firm that provides a wide range of IP services to clients across the globe with primary competencies in preparation, filing, and prosecution of Patents, Designs, Trademark and Copyrights. InventIP also helps clients in formulating IP strategy, facilitating technology commercialization, providing technology and commercial insights through focused patent search and analytics, performing IP audits, and providing IP management support. Additionally, InventIP provides legal advisory on technology law and related commercial agreements.
With dynamic, seasoned and qualified team backed by rigorous and robust quality control processes, we offer unmatched services and tactical strategies ensuring optimum utilization of client's cost and time. Through our years of experience in the field of IP, we have built reliable relationships with quality patent attorneys and agents across the globe. We therefore have the capability to facilitate IP filing and prosecution across multiple jurisdictions.
The firm provides support in a transparent manner with relentless communication and interactions at priority with clients. The firm's technology-driven processes for IP management sets us apart from other firms and help us achieve higher returns for our clients. Our knowledge of the law, along with our strive for perfection, helps our clients to gain implementable solutions to their problems. We are not afraid to take risks, and with mutual collaboration, we endeavour to achieve excellence in both transactional and advisory capacities.
With dynamic, seasoned and qualified team backed by rigorous and robust quality control processes, we offer unmatched services and tactical strategies ensuring optimum utilization of client's cost and time. Through our years of experience in the field of IP, we have built reliable relationships with quality patent attorneys and agents across the globe. We therefore have the capability to facilitate IP filing and prosecution across multiple jurisdictions.
The firm provides support in a transparent manner with relentless communication and interactions at priority with clients. The firm's technology-driven processes for IP management sets us apart from other firms and help us achieve higher returns for our clients. Our knowledge of the law, along with our strive for perfection, helps our clients to gain implementable solutions to their problems. We are not afraid to take risks, and with mutual collaboration, we endeavour to achieve excellence in both transactional and advisory capacities.
Key Patent Innovations
Key Patent Innovations is an Irish-based, world-class IP monetisation company that identifies and invests in high-value patent-based opportunities.
At Key Patent Innovations, they combine their extensive experience in patent monetisation with their in-depth knowledge of technology markets to identify high-quality patent portfolios. Working together with a select team of patent monetisation experts, they develop and realise the potential of these portfolios by leveraging their experience and contacts to successfully negotiate and close licensing deals thereby creating a return to the patent owner.
They partner with leading technology companies to realise the potential of their patent assets.
Their Pictiva portfolio includes more than 1,000 patents covering commercially useful OLED technology categories – from the composition and structure of the devices, to the circuits for driving display operations, and the various techniques and processes for making the displays.
Their Valtrus portfolio comprises a large number of significant patents issued worldwide, covering a broad range of ubiquitous technologies including, for example, data centre servers and security; infrastructure management software; WLAN; network analytics and management; power; operating systems and databases; processors and storage arrays.
At Key Patent Innovations, they combine their extensive experience in patent monetisation with their in-depth knowledge of technology markets to identify high-quality patent portfolios. Working together with a select team of patent monetisation experts, they develop and realise the potential of these portfolios by leveraging their experience and contacts to successfully negotiate and close licensing deals thereby creating a return to the patent owner.
They partner with leading technology companies to realise the potential of their patent assets.
Their Pictiva portfolio includes more than 1,000 patents covering commercially useful OLED technology categories – from the composition and structure of the devices, to the circuits for driving display operations, and the various techniques and processes for making the displays.
Their Valtrus portfolio comprises a large number of significant patents issued worldwide, covering a broad range of ubiquitous technologies including, for example, data centre servers and security; infrastructure management software; WLAN; network analytics and management; power; operating systems and databases; processors and storage arrays.
Lumenci
Lumenci is a full-service IP consulting firm dedicated to extracting maximum value from IP assets and providing technical, valuation, and strategic advice to patent owners and law firms to drive successful results.
With a global footprint spanning Austin, New York, San Francisco Bay Area, and New Delhi, India, Lumenci gathers over 100 technical and valuation/damages experts under one roof. Lumenci empowers companies to maximize the value of their IP assets through a blend of domain expertise and advanced automation technologies. A prolific team of Patent Monetization Strategists, Due Diligence Technologists, and Litigation Discovery Experts enables Lumenci to assist clients as a comprehensive global partner in high-stakes patent monetization and IP litigation campaigns.
Lumenci has a successful track record of analyzing over 70,000 patents, meticulously tested 900+ products, and investigated more than 300 litigations across the globe, from the US and EU to China and Japan. Lumenci’s work has saved clients over $3 billion in verdicts, settlements, and cost savings. The firm’s team of experts possesses deep domain knowledge in various complex technology areas, including software, cloud computing, codecs, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, and hardware.
With a global footprint spanning Austin, New York, San Francisco Bay Area, and New Delhi, India, Lumenci gathers over 100 technical and valuation/damages experts under one roof. Lumenci empowers companies to maximize the value of their IP assets through a blend of domain expertise and advanced automation technologies. A prolific team of Patent Monetization Strategists, Due Diligence Technologists, and Litigation Discovery Experts enables Lumenci to assist clients as a comprehensive global partner in high-stakes patent monetization and IP litigation campaigns.
Lumenci has a successful track record of analyzing over 70,000 patents, meticulously tested 900+ products, and investigated more than 300 litigations across the globe, from the US and EU to China and Japan. Lumenci’s work has saved clients over $3 billion in verdicts, settlements, and cost savings. The firm’s team of experts possesses deep domain knowledge in various complex technology areas, including software, cloud computing, codecs, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, and hardware.
Tulip Innovation
Tulip Innovation Kft. is an independent patent licensing company founded to establish and manage a new program aggregating patents related to lithium-ion battery technology from LG Energy Solution and Panasonic Energy. Tulip’s program offers battery manufacturers a license under the largest aggregation of patents in the battery industry to date.
Based in Hungary, the hub of European battery manufacturing, Tulip’s mission is to collaborate with companies implementing Li-ion battery technology to ensure that their manufacturing operations have access to Tulip’s robust IP portfolio. Led by a team of licensing professionals with decades of experience, Tulip has a unique combination of strong industry connections and expertise in negotiating and administering patent licenses.
Based in Hungary, the hub of European battery manufacturing, Tulip’s mission is to collaborate with companies implementing Li-ion battery technology to ensure that their manufacturing operations have access to Tulip’s robust IP portfolio. Led by a team of licensing professionals with decades of experience, Tulip has a unique combination of strong industry connections and expertise in negotiating and administering patent licenses.
Via Licensing Alliance
Via Licensing Corporation is a global IP solutions provider dedicated to enabling innovation in partnership with technology companies, entertainment companies, and universities around the world. Via develops and manages licensing programs on behalf of highly innovative companies in markets such as audio, wireless, broadcast, and automotive.
Volpe Koenig
Volpe Koenig is a full-service intellectual property law firm serving a diverse roster of U.S. and global clients across a varied mix of industries, technologies and business sectors. With almost 50 attorneys, agents and technical advisors, the firm provides strategic intellectual property counseling to protect valuable portfolios and assets. Volpe Koenig helps clients better understand the continually shifting IP legal landscape to provide our clients peace of mind knowing that their intellectual property assets are secure.
Our attorneys possess the necessary technical backgrounds and education, practical industry experience, or research experience, working within a wide range of technologies – including electrical, mechanical, computer, civil engineering and life sciences. This blend of technical proficiencies and legal capabilities allows Volpe Koenig to take a proactive approach in our services and strategic advice.
Volpe Koenig also believes that it is crucial to gain a comprehensive knowledge of our clients business goals and concerns so that we can put together the best team of professionals that meets their needs. Volpe Koenig works with clients to build a strong foundation of IP rights by securing patents, trademarks, copyrights and other protections in the U.S. and globally.
Volpe Koenig also helps to ensure that our clients IP rights have a global reach. Our long-term relationships with an extensive network of foreign attorneys enhance our ability to offer comprehensive worldwide protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. In tandem with technical language skills in French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi and Spanish, we can offer more efficient communication, understanding, and service, in various worldwide jurisdictions.
Combining our sole dedication to intellectual property law with our deep bench of experienced professionals who understand technology and business, clients have a reliable and determined ally in Volpe Koenig.
Our attorneys possess the necessary technical backgrounds and education, practical industry experience, or research experience, working within a wide range of technologies – including electrical, mechanical, computer, civil engineering and life sciences. This blend of technical proficiencies and legal capabilities allows Volpe Koenig to take a proactive approach in our services and strategic advice.
Volpe Koenig also believes that it is crucial to gain a comprehensive knowledge of our clients business goals and concerns so that we can put together the best team of professionals that meets their needs. Volpe Koenig works with clients to build a strong foundation of IP rights by securing patents, trademarks, copyrights and other protections in the U.S. and globally.
Volpe Koenig also helps to ensure that our clients IP rights have a global reach. Our long-term relationships with an extensive network of foreign attorneys enhance our ability to offer comprehensive worldwide protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. In tandem with technical language skills in French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi and Spanish, we can offer more efficient communication, understanding, and service, in various worldwide jurisdictions.
Combining our sole dedication to intellectual property law with our deep bench of experienced professionals who understand technology and business, clients have a reliable and determined ally in Volpe Koenig.
WiLAN
WiLAN commercializes innovative patented technologies. By acquiring and managing intellectual property and then licensing these inventions to corporations, WiLAN uses its patent, technology, and legal expertise to unlock the value of companies' patent portfolios. WiLAN has signed over 500 licenses and generated more than $1B in IP revenue. WiLAN operates in a variety of markets, including automotive, digital television, Internet, medical, semiconductor, and wireless communication technologies.
Wildanger
Wildanger, one of Germany’s most prominent intellectual property firms, is known for its drive and extraordinarily high standards of quality; for years, it is and has been ranked by leading publications as top tier law firm for patent litigation.
The firm’s nine partners, Peter-Michael Weisse, Eva Geschke, Jörg Schmidt, Dr. Soenke Fock, Jasper Meyer zu Riemsloh, Dr. Alexander Reetz, Ole Dirks, Dr. Alexander Wiese, Dr. Eva Maria Thörner and the Of Counsels Dr. Roland Kehrwald and Wolf Graf von Schwerin, have many years of experience in the area of intellectual property law. Together, they have firmly established Wildanger Kehrwald Graf von Schwerin & Partners as a leading firm in this field, making it the first choice for intellectual property litigation and advice among national and international clients of all sizes.
The firm’s nine partners, Peter-Michael Weisse, Eva Geschke, Jörg Schmidt, Dr. Soenke Fock, Jasper Meyer zu Riemsloh, Dr. Alexander Reetz, Ole Dirks, Dr. Alexander Wiese, Dr. Eva Maria Thörner and the Of Counsels Dr. Roland Kehrwald and Wolf Graf von Schwerin, have many years of experience in the area of intellectual property law. Together, they have firmly established Wildanger Kehrwald Graf von Schwerin & Partners as a leading firm in this field, making it the first choice for intellectual property litigation and advice among national and international clients of all sizes.
ClearViewIP
Since its foundation in 2007, ClearViewIP has provided IP transaction services and delivered strategic and business-transforming IP solutions to our valued clients. Our team has decades of experience, including spending the last 5 years running the Global IP Advisory practice at Deloitte.
Whether the context is fund raising, M&A, IP divestments or acquisitions, licensing, industry collaboration, risk & compliance management, tax & incentives related, our services help organisations across the globe to maximise value through the identification, protection, management and commercialisation of intangible assets.
Whether the context is fund raising, M&A, IP divestments or acquisitions, licensing, industry collaboration, risk & compliance management, tax & incentives related, our services help organisations across the globe to maximise value through the identification, protection, management and commercialisation of intangible assets.
Equip
Founded in 2023 as a spin-out of the IP Advisory & Transaction practice from Stout, Equip specializes in evaluating and monetizing IP assets. They serve a range of clients, from public corporations to privately held companies to IP oriented funds across numerous industries. Their clients rely on their premier expertise, deep industry knowledge and unparalleled responsiveness on complex matters.
Equip has a fully integrated team of IP, technical and finance professionals with the ability to execute on the full spectrum of IP services. With deep market knowledge, unparalleled industry relationships, and decades of transaction experience, their multi-disciplinary team supports each engagement with detailed market research and extensive analytics. Their loyal customers entrust and choose us because of their unparalleled track record, one-stop solutions, and ability to scale to handle even the largest of portfolios in-house.
Equip has a fully integrated team of IP, technical and finance professionals with the ability to execute on the full spectrum of IP services. With deep market knowledge, unparalleled industry relationships, and decades of transaction experience, their multi-disciplinary team supports each engagement with detailed market research and extensive analytics. Their loyal customers entrust and choose us because of their unparalleled track record, one-stop solutions, and ability to scale to handle even the largest of portfolios in-house.
Fin IP Group
Since its inception, FIN IP Group has pioneered the development of innovative and industry-leading intellectual property (IP) financial services. Their seasoned experts are committed to delivering superior and reliable solutions in valuation, royalty rate development, financial modelling, research, as well as financial reporting and tax support.
They proudly cater to a diverse client base including Fortune 500 companies, small and medium enterprises, patent licensing entities, law firms, and visionary inventors. The expertise of their team spans across licensing, advanced financial theory, and the utilization of best
practices and techniques in financial modelling.
FIN IP Group stands as a premier financial advisory firm with a specialized focus on intellectual property (IP) financial services. Our expertise spans a spectrum of offerings, encompassing meticulous IP valuation, strategic IP investments, and the crafting of dynamic patent monetization strategies.
They proudly cater to a diverse client base including Fortune 500 companies, small and medium enterprises, patent licensing entities, law firms, and visionary inventors. The expertise of their team spans across licensing, advanced financial theory, and the utilization of best
practices and techniques in financial modelling.
FIN IP Group stands as a premier financial advisory firm with a specialized focus on intellectual property (IP) financial services. Our expertise spans a spectrum of offerings, encompassing meticulous IP valuation, strategic IP investments, and the crafting of dynamic patent monetization strategies.
Strategic IP Initiatives
Strategic IP Initiatives, Inc. is a technical intelligence firm supporting intellectual property licensing, litigation, and patent prosecution. We have a unique combination of in-house test lab capabilities, licensing expertise, and brilliant technical minds. Our subject matter experts have evaluated the technical merit of patents and claim charts for decades. We have developed and analyzed thousands of claim charts over the years, many of them withstanding the rigors of litigation. Patents can be worth billions of dollars; experience matters.
Wissen Research
Wissen Research is a global innovation consulting and market research firm specializing in intellectual property intelligence, technology research, and market analysis. The firm supports multinational corporations, law firms, and innovators by transforming ideas into valuable intellectual assets through rigorous research, data-driven insights, and strategic IP expertise. Leveraging a global network of subject-matter experts and proprietary analytical tools, Wissen Research delivers actionable intelligence that enables clients to identify high-growth opportunities, strategically manage and monetize intellectual property, and make informed decisions in increasingly competitive global markets.
ChIPs Network
ChIPs is a nonprofit professional organization that advances and connects women in technology, law and policy. We accelerate innovation through diversity of thought, participation and engagement.
IP-intensive industries account for 47 million U.S. jobs and 41% of total U.S. GDP — $7.1 trillion. And while female participation in the patent process is on the rise, the gender gap is on track to persist for decades to come.
Our core belief is “pay it forward.” No one achieves success on their own—those who can give back must do so, driving increased equality, diversity and inclusion in our industry and society.
IP-intensive industries account for 47 million U.S. jobs and 41% of total U.S. GDP — $7.1 trillion. And while female participation in the patent process is on the rise, the gender gap is on track to persist for decades to come.
Our core belief is “pay it forward.” No one achieves success on their own—those who can give back must do so, driving increased equality, diversity and inclusion in our industry and society.
Law.com
Law.com provides lawyers within the world’s leading law firms and legal departments (Global 200, Law.com subscribers, GCs at the F1000) with news and analysis of the global legal industry, insights into what’s happening across all sectors of the legal industry in all major markets around the world. Law.com is the world’s legal authority, offering quality local coverage with global insights & trends on the entire legal industry to give international lawyers the competitive edge and business intelligence needed to grow their business worldwide.
Lexology
Lexology delivers the most comprehensive source of international legal updates, analysis and insights. Publishing in excess of 450 articles every day from over 900 leading law firms and service providers worldwide across over 50 work areas in 25 languages. Lexology’s searchable archive now contains more than 1,000,000 articles. Endorsed by more than 100 associations, corporations and corporate counsel groups, Lexology is not only considered an invaluable resource of its kind, but also regarded as the industry benchmark.
