Three primary reasons organizations have a need on occasion to acquire patent portfolios:
- Freedom to operate - the organization is considering moving into a new area of business prior to patenting initiatives stemming from its own internal R&D;
- Strengthen negotiations - prior to entering discussions with adversaries and competitors, organizations may need to acquire patents to balance the conversation; and
- Address a litigation threat - the threat of litigation may drive the need to acquire additional patents that could prove useful in counter assertions or cross licensing deals.
UBM TechInsights has experience crafting and managing patent acquisition programs that benefit our buy-side client's unique needs. Our team of professional brokers conducts thorough technical and IP investigations, which include both a top-down market review along with a bottom-up patent mining effort. The top-down effort allows us to quickly determine what may be on the market today that is relevant to the situation while the bottom-up effort allows us to pinpoint relevant patents in the hands of entities and individuals that may have an interest in selling.
Our work is done anonymously so that potential sellers are presented with a neutral acquisition offer independent of the scale and stature of our client. Further, the acquisition and closing can be completely managed so that assets are acquired into either the client’s organization or an entity that may be created expressly to hold the patents acquired.
What other patent broker has over 250 engineers and access to one of the most comprehensive technical libraries on hand to support them? UBM TechInsights is unique in this regard. If you have a situation that requires you to fortify your patent portfolio, give us a call.