A practical, attorney-written guide to IP portfolio monetization — seven proven ways to turn patents, trademarks and trade secrets into revenue, when each strategy fits, and how to value and prepare your assets before you negotiate.
IP Monetization Strategy: 7 Proven Ways to Profit
A practical framework for building an IP monetization strategy: seven proven models to turn patents, trademarks and trade secrets into revenue and capital.
Patent Cross-Licensing: 7 Smart Rules to Win in 2026
Patent cross-licensing lets two companies trade access to each other’s patents instead of suing. Here is when it makes sense, where antitrust draws the line, and the clauses that decide who really wins.
IP Portfolio Assessment: 6 Proven Steps to Cut Costs
How to run an IP portfolio assessment that survives scrutiny: the fee math that forces the decision, a scoring rubric, and what happens when you let a patent go.
Patent Royalty Rates: 7 Smart Ways to Set One in 2026
A practitioner’s guide to setting, benchmarking and negotiating patent royalty rates in 2026, with real industry ranges, calculation methods and the clauses that protect your money.
Patent Valuation Methods: 5 Proven Ways to Price IP
A practitioner’s guide to patent valuation methods: the cost, market, and income approaches, how reasonable royalties are calculated, and which method fits financing, M&A, tax, or litigation.
Standard Essential Patents and FRAND Licensing Explained
Standard essential patents (SEPs) and their associated FRAND licensing obligations are among the most commercially significant and legally contested areas of modern IP law. From Wi-Fi…
How to Sell a Patent: 7 Proven Steps to Close the Deal
Whether you are an individual inventor, a startup pruning a non-core portfolio, or a large corporation divesting IP assets, knowing how to sell a patent can…
Cross-Licensing Agreements: Benefits and Risks
Cross-licensing agreements are a cornerstone of IP strategy in technology-intensive industries. In a cross-license, two or more companies grant each other rights to use their respective…
How to Monetize Intellectual Property Through Licensing
Intellectual property is only valuable if you do something with it. Many companies accumulate patents and trademarks without ever extracting meaningful economic return. If you are…
IP Valuation Methods: How to Value Your Intellectual Property
One point governs everything that follows: an IP valuation strategy is chosen by the purpose the number will serve, not by which method is intellectually tidiest….
Patent Licensing Models: Exclusive vs Non-Exclusive
When you own a patent, you have choices about how to commercialize it. One of the most fundamental decisions is which of the available patent licensing…
Trademark Brand Licensing: 7 Proven Rules for Revenue
Done well, trademark brand licensing is the highest-margin thing an owner can do with a mark: the licensee builds the product, carries the inventory and takes…
Patent Insurance Policy: 7 Critical Terms to Check First
Patent litigation is one of the most expensive legal proceedings a company can face. Defending a patent infringement suit through trial costs an average of $3…
Claim Charting: The Technical Foundation of Patent Litigation
Claim charts are where a patent case stops being an argument and turns into evidence. Whether a team builds them in-house or buys patent claim chart…
IP Defense Strategies: 7 Proven Moves Against Patent Attacks
Patent attacks come in many forms — demand letters from non-practicing entities, infringement suits filed by competitors, ITC exclusion order proceedings, and multi-front campaigns coordinated across…
Patent Monetization: Turning IP Assets into Revenue Streams
Every patent portfolio monetization programme eventually runs into the same wall: a portfolio is worth what somebody can be shown to be practising, not what it…
Patent Infringement Analysis: How to Detect and Respond
Receiving a patent infringement notice — whether a cease-and-desist letter, a demand for licensing royalties, or an actual complaint filed in federal court — is one…
Prior Art Search for Litigation: Building an Invalidity Defense
When a patent assertion hits your company, the first question your legal team asks is simple but critical: is this patent even valid? The answer almost…