Licensing and M&A

CPA Patent Analytics will assist you to increase revenue by identifying all types of partners for IP transactions. These include buyers or sellers of patents or patent portfolios, patents to in-license, out-license or cross license, and companies to acquire. We assist you by using our proprietary techniques to sift through millions of patents to create a short list of companies or patents for your internal decision-makers to review and take action.

Key Questions:

• How do you currently identify opportunities for partnerships/alliances?
• How do you currently make build or buy decisions?
• Do you look to acquire patents rather than investing in R&D?
• How do you identify buyers for unused patents in your portfolio?
• How do you identify candidates for in-licensing, out-licensing or cross licensing?

Value Proposition:

• Increase revenue
• Proven track record of customers
• Neutral view of opportunities
• Create Freedom to operate
• Fixed Cost – no expensive subscriptions or tools

Case Study:
A world leader in digital video technologies needed to acquire patents to gain entry into a new technology standard that would make their current portfolio's revenue stream obsolete. Further, the competitive landscape revealed that the major patent positions were blocked by patent pools formed by industry heavyweights. The Company needed to identify licensable/purchasable portfolios owned by either a smaller company or a company with similar technology applied to a different industry.
The Company first undertook their own study, using online databases and tools.  While they found many patents of interest, the ratio of time and resources to actual yield was high and they subsequently engaged CPA to form a similar analysis to see if CPA could do it better.  The CPA team, through their iterative "funnel" methodology, not only validated the patents the Company had already identified, but had also presented them with additional, relevant patents – in a much more efficient and cost-effective turnaround time.  As a result, the Company decided to purchase one of these portfolios.