28 Aug. 2013 by Henk-Jan Buist
28 Aug. 2013 by Henk-Jan Buist
News – BlackBerry’s patent portfolio is worth billions. Analysts estimate the value of the library initially lower, but will come back after an analysis of a journal on intellectual property.
Scotiabank has the patent portfolio of BlackBerry investigated and estimated its value at $ (PDF). 2.25 billion Initially, the estimated value lower, but include the previously acquired Nortel patents give the portfolio a higher value. The 2.25 billion is a big bite of the total market value of BlackBerry, which is currently estimated. 5.5 billion
BlackBerry has a portfolio in hands a gold mine, the Wall Street Journal, which relies on the estimates of Soctia Bank published the Monday. Even this could well be. A conservative estimate The bank changed his mind about the limited value of BlackBerry’s patents after Intellectual Asset Magazine in March published a list of the 14 most valuable patent portfolios and thereby mentioned BlackBerry.
Patent Collect Anger
The WSJ highlights the aggressive patent conquests of the BlackBerry manufacturer between 2003 and 2011, when the company was still known as Research in Motion (RIM). The patent sails from RIM in those years was almost as high as that of Apple patent grocer. The Canadian smartphone maker even obtained more patents than Motorola patent giant whose portfolio is now owned by Google.
initially lower value was based on, among other well-known patents that RIM has won, among other Nortel. The manufacturer previously won Nortel patents covering inter alia on LTE technology, which is now considerably is on the rise with the global rollout of 4G. But BlackBerry has more up its sleeve.
FRAND patents in the clique
portfolio by Intellectual Asset Magazine is far from worthless, as is sometimes shown as the patent library is tested during litigation. For example, previously estimated Kodak patents on digital camera technology include a high level. The crown jewels were not usable. Largely Kodak put include patented technology preview from RIM itself, but ITC Trade Commission stated that void.
The bank itself warns that the BB-portfolio also many standard essential patents may contain. Because these technologies are licensed under FRAND terms, they are worth less patent collectors. The size of the portfolio alone is no guarantee for the ultimate value, such as Kodak experienced before.
patent expiration date
The comparison with the Nortel auction is therefore not, does the bank. Then there was coarse bid on the patents because tech companies were engaged in a fierce war and just was not as strong as it is now clear that patents may be worth less. “But we think we may BlackBerrys patent value too low have misjudged” writes Scotiabank.
Thus, the portfolio has a longer shelf life than the hard-fought patent mountains of Nortel and Motorola. The WSJ shows that the expected life of the patent is higher than that of, for example, Nortel or Motorola. The time that is estimated to be 9 and 8 years respectively. Fenced with that is RIM’s patents expire after 12 years.
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