Profiting from strategic legal activities: Implication from non-practicing entities

Syuan Yi Jiang, Hsin Ning Su

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Abstract

This paper is to disclose NPEs' patent portfolios internationally. The operation of NPEs has aroused impacts on society, and its patents have been considered as valuable patents, which are more valuable than ITC patents and litigated patents. The value of NPE patents is not occasionally. Hence, this paper uses application & publication of nations, and NPE patents applied under PCT procedures, NPE patents in patent families to find how NPEs withhold patents internationally as their patent portfolios. There are 28,846 NPE patents found by twelve NPEs in Patstat database from 1976 to 2013. Three contributions found in this study; 1) NPEs prefer patents from developing countries comparing the application conditions around the world 2) PCT patents occupied in third place of NPE patents, which implies that NPE patents prefer hold patents published internationally. 3) The patent families, which include NPE patent members, have at least 25% patent families with its patent members publishes in U.S., Japan, and Europe. Lastly, this paper displays that NPEs withhold patents strategically and internationally.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPICMET 2015 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology
Subtitle of host publicationManagement of the Technology Age, Proceedings
EditorsTugrul U. Daim, Dilek Cetindamar Kozanoglu, Dundar F. Kocaoglu, Timothy R. Anderson, Gary Perman, Kiyoshi Niwa
PublisherPortland State University
Pages1045-1053
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781890843328
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Sept 21
EventPortland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2015 - Portland, United States
Duration: 2015 Aug 22015 Aug 6

Publication series

NamePortland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology
Volume2015-September

Conference

ConferencePortland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland
Period15-08-0215-08-06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering
  • Strategy and Management

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