How and Why Linkedin Learned to Love Patents

Intellectual Asset Management, March/April 2017

8 Pages Posted: 27 Dec 2017

See all articles by Sara Harrington

Sara Harrington

LinkedIn

Pierre Keeley

LinkedIn

Kent Richardson

Richardson Oliver Law Group LLP; Richardson Oliver Insights LLC

Erik Oliver

Richardson Oliver Law Group LLP

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

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

Sara Harrington

LinkedIn ( email )

San Francisco
United States

Pierre Keeley

LinkedIn ( email )

San Francisco
United States

Kent Richardson

Richardson Oliver Law Group LLP ( email )

260 Moffett Blvd
Mountain View, CA CA 94043
United States
650-967-6555 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://richardsonoliver.com

Richardson Oliver Insights LLC ( email )

260 Moffett Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043
United States
650-899-8300 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://roipatents.com

Erik Oliver (Contact Author)

Richardson Oliver Law Group LLP ( email )

260 Moffett Blvd.
Mountain View, CA California 94043
United States
+1 (650) 967-6555 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://www.richardsonoliver.com

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