Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs): Trends in Litigation, State of Patent Marketplace and Tactics Operating Companies Use to Deal with Risks and Cost

Available On-Demand

Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) were responsible for buying 70% of the patents in the open broker market and for filing 88% of all patent litigation against high-tech industry.

The real irony is that most of the patents used by PAEs originated with operating companies. Since operating companies are the ones providing most of the assets to PAEs, a private ordered solution is the most efficient to address this issue.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn current trends in PAE litigation globally
• Emerging developments, trends and challenges in litigation funding
• Learn how a private ordered solution is the only way to mitigate this risk
• Learn how other issues like DEI, SEP licensing, and patent quality can be addressed
• How will the UPC likely impact NPE litigation in Europe

Speakers:

• Tim Kowalski, Senior Counsel at Google
• Ken Seddon, Chief Executive Officer at LOT Network, Inc