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Oct. 3, 2012

Future of patent marketplace remains uncertain

Bay Area lawyers have developed an expertise in patent-only transactions that have become big-money deals.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Craig P. Opperman knows firsthand how popular patent transactions have become with clients.


An intellectual property partner at DLA Piper in East Palo Alto, Opperman specializes in the evaluation and sale of companies' patent portfolios as assets. At his previous firm, Reed Smith, Opperman guided the legal team that evaluated Eastman Kodak Co.'s portfolio of 1,300 patents that has yet to be sold....

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