Market Intelligence

The Problem

Developing a data-driven patent strategy is key to creating value from your IP, but devising a strategy is easier said than done. IP managers and business leaders need to make decisions about how to best use their patent assets, how to seize opportunities in the market, and how to mitigate risk.

How We Can Help

We help our customers track patent market activity in their industries to identify trends and risks. Our data helps IP managers, CFOs and business leaders in building data-driven strategies that directly tie to business value. Our data on market pricing, sales rates, patent landscape trends, and much more fit into our customers' analytical workflows. We not only offer patent market data, we offer actionable analytics.

Custom Market Report

Our Custom Market Report includes market prices, sales rates, buying & selling best practices, patent landscape trends, and much more to support the development of data-driven IP strategies. 

  • Richardson Oliver Insights provides actionable patent market information that enables our strategic decisions.

    Allen Lo | Former Deputy General Counsel Patents, Google

  • It is rare to come across the type of industry expertise that Richardson Oliver Insights possesses. They turn patent data into actionable and strategic advice.

    Suzanne Harrison | Author of "Edison in the Boardroom"

  • Richardson Oliver Insights are some of the top analytics and valuation experts in the industry.

    Gene Quinn | Editor, IP Watchdog

  • We at CIP have a long lasting relationship with Kent Richardson and Erik Oliver. We value their unique experience, expertise, and connections in the industry.

    Bowman Heiden | Director of Center for Intellectual Property (CIP)

Case Studies & Publications

Featured
“The 2021 Brokered Patent Market.” Richardson et al. IAM Media (March 2022)

Since we started tracking the brokered patent market in 2012, we have seen more than $38 billion worth of patent assets offered on the market. As market information becomes more accessible, more companies participate and close deals.

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“U.S. Patent Sales by Universities and Research Institutes.” Love et al. Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (August 2019)
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“An Empirical Look at the ‘Brokered’ Market for Patents.” Love et al. SSRN (October 2017)

Five years of patent market data is reviewed and used to make predictions about the overall patent industry.

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“Patent Purchases and Litigation Outcomes.” Lemley et al. 2016 Patently-O Patent L.J. 15 (December 2016)

The sales market for patent rights and their valuation can be a difficult road to navigate. To help shed some light on this, we teamed up with Professor Mark Lemley of Stanford Law School to explore patent litigation outcomes. We analyzed our data based on ownership and source to test our intuitions about the outcomes of litigated-purchased patents. The results may surprise you.

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