Posted on July 1, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Filed under: Deal International | Intellectual property | Research and development
Tagged: Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi , licensing , Novavax

With big pharmaceutical companies looking to load their pipelines and biotechnology firms looking for capital to keep afloat, licensing deals between the two are a mainstay of the industry. And as such, not every deal gets a mention here. But a transaction announced Tuesday involving Novavex Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX) and the...  Continue reading

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Posted on June 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Integration | Intellectual property | Joint Ventures and Alliances
Tagged: pfizer inc. , wyeth

Wyeth's (NYSE:WYE) head of pharmaceutical research Mikael Dolsten has already accepted a job at Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), which is buying his company for $68 billion, but at an industry conference in San Francisco on Wednesday he barely mentioned his new boss as he touted several drugs in Wyeth's pipeline. In...  Continue reading

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Posted on June 16, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Filed under: Intellectual property | Joint Ventures and Alliances
Tagged: Digimarc , Nielsen

Digimarc Corp. (NASDAQ:DMRC) and the Nielsen Co. are expanding an existing alliance with the creation of two joint ventures. The first JV, which will be 51% owned by digital technology maker Digimarc, will develop products to help owners of copyrighted content and other intellectual property track royalty payments. The second...  Continue reading

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Posted on June 8, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Information Technology | Intellectual property
Tagged: rpx corp.

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...  Continue reading

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Posted on June 3, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Filed under: Intellectual property | Movers & Shakers | Research and development
Tagged: chris christie , johnson & johnson , pfizer

It's official. New Jersey Republicans on Tuesday chose former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie as their gubernatorial candidate. He'll oppose Gov. Jon Corzine next fall.Which inspires us to resurface a quirky detail Christie revealed in financial disclosure statements and The Star-Ledger reported on last month. In 2004, he earned more than...  Continue reading

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Posted on May 27, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Intellectual property
Tagged: Circuit City , Fortunoff , GB Brands , Hilco Consumer Capital , Sharper Image , Systemax Inc.

Circuit City Stores Inc., the brick-and-mortar retailer, may be dead. But Circuit City, the brand, is getting a second shot at life. Systemax Inc. (NYSE:SYX) has relaunched circuitcity.com after closing on its acquisition of the bankrupt retailer's brand, trademark and Web site. As we reported in April when electronics retailer...  Continue reading

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Posted on May 19, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Intellectual property | People
Tagged: Bart Schachtner , Blueprint Ventures , intellectual property , spinouts

At a time when deal volume for most transactions is anemic, spinouts of intellectual property from established corporations are soaring. So says Bart Schachter (pictured), whose firm Blueprint Ventures helps companies spin out unwanted or noncore IP. It's not the multibillion dollar, transformational deals we've seen from corporates such as Tyco International...  Continue reading

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Posted on May 14, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Intellectual property
Tagged: Flow International , Omax corp.

The wedding between Omax Corp. and Flow International Corp. is off, but the former legal combatants are holding true to plans to end their long-running patent dispute. The waterjet cutting system manufacturers on Wednesday abandoned a nearly 18-month-old merger agreement in which Flow was to acquire Omax for $109 million...  Continue reading

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Posted on May 13, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Intellectual property
Tagged: AT&T , Atul Bhatnagar , Catapult Communications , Ixia , Sprint Nextel

As tech giants like Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) navigate the rough economy to roll out 3G and 4G wireless technology, smaller companies are looking to benefit from their efforts. Ixia (NASDAQ:XXIA), a telecom equipment tester, is beefing up its business, announcing the acquisition of Catapult Communications...  Continue reading

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Posted on May 11, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Filed under: Intellectual property | Movers & Shakers
Tagged: Jeff Ball , JPMorgan Chase , Kilopass Technology

Kilopass Technology Inc. has hired Jeff Ball to help it capitalize on a marketplace flooded with valuable intellectual property. Venture-funded Kilopass, whose backers include BlueRun Ventures and US Venture Partners, acquires embedded nonvolatile memory technology and  licenses it to semiconductor manufacturers. Ball most recently headed up the semiconductor investment banking...  Continue reading

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