Interdigital strategy highlights shifting IP paradigm
26 January 2012
Eileen McDermott, New York
Just months after the mega-deals for Nortel and Motorola patents, Interdigital has failed to find a bidder for its portfolio. Is the patent boom over already?
The wireless technology company this week ended its six month “strategic alternatives review process” in which it sought to sell off a portfolio of nearly 20,000 patents and patent applications.
The portfolio covers inventions used “in every cellular device that ships today”, according to a company release.
“Interdigital did the smart thing after seeing the results of the Nortel patent auction, but for whatever reason Google decided on Motorola,” said Paul Ryan, CEO of patent acquisition and licensing company Acacia Research.
Once the market had spent a combined...
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