A Gift of Transparency: Public PAEs

As a business that prizes transparency, no one loves an open book more than we do at RPX. In this regard, the ongoing “stories” of publicly traded patent assertion entities (PAEs) offer a unique gift: access to information usually kept under wraps by private corporations that we can use to sharpen our perspective and analysis of the patent space. Public PAEs are particularly interesting given their lack of comprehensive coverage by sell-side equity analysts. The industry is still too niche to draw such attention.

With this in mind RPX has undertaken the ongoing study of public PAEs, culminating in a recurring Public PAE Report. In it, we provide  summary statistics for a variety of metrics relevant to the public market, including financial performance and enforcement activity. We welcome your comments, questions, or requests for further information at reports@rpxcorp.com.