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HP, Nokia sign on with anti-patent-troll service (from Corporate Dealmaker)

RPX Corp., the defensive patent aggregration service launched in San Francisco last November, has signed up another couple of blue-chip members: Hewlett Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK). What is defensive patent aggregation? As RPX co-CEO John Amster explained in a June Q&A in The Deal, RPX buys patents...

Posted on July 16, 2009 9:45 AM

Playing defense on patents (from Corporate Dealmaker)

If you can't beat them, pre-empt them. That seems to be the guiding philosophy of RPX Corp., which calls itself a defensive patent aggregator for IT companies. Started last fall, RPX now has 13 clients, including IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Cisco Systems Inc.  (NASDAQ:CSCO). They pay a subscription fee, and...

Posted on June 8, 2009 5:54 PM

Do patent trolls sue more in recessions? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

RPX Corp. is the defensive patent aggregator that Steve Hoffman, CEO of ThinkFire Services USA Ltd., introduced us to in a recent video interview. Founded in November by a couple of former execs at Intellectual Ventures, RPX buys patents to protect member companies against patent litigation from nonpracticing entities, often...

Posted on March 31, 2009 1:42 PM