Was 2023 a good year for the patent market? We are torn. When we wrote the first draft of this year's report, the data looked gloomy. But then when we dug deeper and realised that the last year turned out not be too bad.

Every Patent, Everywhere, All at Once” is the subtitle to this year’s Richardson Oliver secondary patent market report.

Since we started tracking the brokered patent market in 2012, we have seen more than $38 billion worth of patent assets offered on the market.

As thought leaders of the Industry, we are asked to navigate through an ever-changing environment. The LES 2017 Annual Meeting supports your professional development and will feature thought-provoking panel discussions about IP Litigation and Trade Secrets, as well as future-focused presentations including Global Commercialization, and game-changing networking opportunities.

In this collaboration with IAM, ROL Group looks into the likely trends of patents within the next five years. Our consensus? A stable market with a greater shift towards operating companies and smaller, faster patent transactions.

Every year, we carefully track the brokered patent packages for sale on the open market and provide insights into the comprehensive state of the market and how it is changing. 2014 has seen prices drop and the deal flow slow down but what does it mean for the future of the market? We present highlights from our annual report.