An Inside Look at Why Litigation from Patent Assertion Entities is at an All-Time High
summary
Open source attracts most of the current surge in patent assertion because it is now pervasive across industries, and investors buy patents and use litigation financing to turn them into revenue; overall PAE suits elsewhere fall because IPR challenges and long appeals raise risk. Two PAE profiles emerge: well funded operators with high-quality assets that inflict big costs, and nuisance claimants that bring frequent low-value suits. The Open Invention Network, backed by 3,700 companies, supplies free intelligence and defensive resources; treat assertions as business decisions.
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