购买专利

Buying

公司经常需要加强他们的专利包,以便进行交叉许可谈判,提起诉讼,或确保经营自由。购买专利是增强专利包的最快方法。

一个专利购买计划通常需要6个月到一年的时间,并遵循下面描述的流程。

找到感兴趣的专利

要找到感兴趣的专利,我们通过以下步骤迭代:

  • 客户描述其专利购买需求:目标技术;锁定侵权公司或产品;专利数量;地理覆盖范围;专利质量;和预算。
  • 我们搜索专利数据库并筛选结果以产生候选专利列表。
  • 客户评估专利,确认哪些专利是感兴趣的,并且,如果必要,改进搜索和筛选的参数。

输出是一份候选专利的购买清单。

确认专利所有者的出售意愿

我们与已确定的专利的拥有者联系,并确定他们是否愿意出售。

履行尽职调查

对于可供出售的专利,客户通常聘请法律顾问就专利的有效性和权利要求范围发表意见。

谈判签订采购协议

然后我们帮助买方谈判价格和购买条款和条件。买家的身份可以保密,一直到购买过程的后期。

为什么和我们合作?

  • 我们在专利检索和筛选方面经验丰富,做过许多这样的项目。我们可以对检索和筛选进行微调,以满足买家的确切需求。
  • 我们在全球范围内开展工作,能与位于任何地方的专利拥有者取得联系。
  • 我们确保买家的身份保密,直到买家允许我们披露,而这往往是在与专利所有者谈判的最后阶段。
  • 我们仅根据成功收费获得补偿。
FAQ

Ans. Probably not. Given the vast number of technical fields, it is unlikely that any broker would currently be selling patents of interest. It is more effective to do a patent search, find suitable patents, then contact the patent owners (either directly or through a third-party such as a broker) and ask if the owner would be willing to sell the patents of interest.
Ans. A patent purchasing program usually takes 6 months to a year.
Ans. Buying patents is faster than applying for and obtaining patents. Therefore, buying patents can plug gaps in a company's patent portfolio and complement a company's research and development and patent application program.
Ans. Many companies purchasing patents do not want to disclose their name. Therefore, they work through a broker or other third-party to contact patent owners. Depending on the level of confidentiality required, the transaction can be structured so that the seller does not know the buyers indentity until just before the transaction closes, or even until after the transaction closes. We have various solutions to maintain buyer confidentiality.
Ans. First, have clear objectives. What are the business objectives? What are the legal objectives? From this, derive the parameters of the patents you want to buy: number of patents, technical fields, evidence of use required, level of legal due diligence required. Then, set up a clear buying process. The process iterates through a funnel of successive screenings and negotiations with patent owners. Finally, make sure you have allocated budget, resources, and time for the project and do a sanity check with someone who has experience in these projects.