RPX is committed to empowering companies that develop, use, or sell technology, to make smarter, more informed patent decisions while saving time and money.
Each year, the total expenses to resolve those patent disputes are estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars, with a substantial portion of the spending going toward lawyer fees and transaction costs.
Manufacturers, retailers, financial institutions, healthcare companies, and logistics firms increasingly face the same assertion campaigns that have long plagued the tech sector. Compounding this, modern supply chains frequently introduce complex dependencies, leading to escalating disputes with suppliers and customers, unexpected litigation, and costly licensing demands.
Patent monetization entities are now using AI tools to not only identify patents and potential infringement, but also to launch assertion campaigns at scale. Meanwhile, hedge funds, private equity firms, and other parties continue to invest in the acquisition and assertion of patents perceived to be profitable financial instruments.
Bottom line: Patent risk is evolving faster than ever, and it’s becoming more pervasive, more sophisticated, and more expensive.
RPX offers a better way to manage it.
When a patent owner asserts rights against many companies at once, each party faces the same problems independently by hiring lawyers, negotiating settlements, and paying fees. This cycle may repeat over and over for the same patents.
RPX takes a different approach. When multiple companies face the same patent threat, we step in — securing licensing rights before disputes arise or enabling the parties to resolve active litigation after they do — to deliver less expensive resolutions faster and more efficiently.
Designed to mitigate patent litigation and licensing risk, RPX Membership is the world’s most effective patent defense network.
Join more than 300 member companies — including many of the world’s leading semiconductor, consumer electronics, financial services, automotive, med tech, and e-commerce companies — and start benefiting from our patent risk mitigation solutions from day one.
Built on nearly 20 years of proprietary data, Empower delivers AI-enabled patent analytics and intelligence for companies, law firms, and consultants to help make better, more informed decisions.
Our patent experts design and vet our metrics, scores, and model, so you get insights built on human validation — not just raw data, and not just output from untrained LLMs.
For patent owners looking to sell or license their patents, RPX offers a straightforward path to a clear, well-defined outcome.
With more than $6B invested in acquiring patent rights, we bring deep market knowledge, established relationships, and decades of combined transactional experience to every deal. We are committed to helping patent owners receive fair value through an efficient process, with far less friction and reputational risk than litigation or a sale to an NPE.
Whether you’re facing an active patent dispute, just starting to think about your exposure, or considering transaction opportunities, we’d like to hear from you.
