Intellectual Property
Sep. 7, 2012
Big settlements for small patent holding companies may be getting rare
Small holding company NTP Inc. scored a big settlement recently of its infringement lawsuit against technology companies, but the trend is in favor of large patent aggregators, which are muscling out smaller players.
Special to the Daily Journal
Even in a patent arms race increasingly dominated by giants, NTP Inc.'s settlement with 13 major technology companies, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp., proves that a small holding company can score an upset.
Ronald S. Epstein, NTP's settlement counsel and chief executive of Redwood City-based Epicenter IP Group LLC, remained reticent about the terms of the July agreement.
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