How and Why Linkedin Learned to Love Patents
Intellectual Asset Management, March/April 2017
8 Pages Posted: 27 Dec 2017
Date Written: March 1, 2017
Abstract
LinkedIn was a big brand name with a small patent portfolio – a combination that made it vulnerable to a patent attack. In 2012 the LinkedIn decided to do something about it. We work through the case study of how LinkedIn determined its vulnerabilities, set a patent development and patent buying program, and fundamentally changed its risk profile. We show how LinkedIn bought over 900 patents over four years.
Keywords: LinkedIn, Patent Assertion, Patent Acquisition
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Harrington, Sara and Keeley, Pierre and Richardson, Kent and Oliver, Erik, How and Why Linkedin Learned to Love Patents (March 1, 2017). Intellectual Asset Management, March/April 2017 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3091285
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