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“Patent Licensing alone should soar from the $110 billion it generated in revenue in 2000 to $500 billion by 2015”
-Ernst & Young
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“Royalties from inventions now earn an estimated $150 billion globally a year. With that amount expected to climb 30 percent annually for the next five years.”
- New York Times June 2002 |
Licensing third party innovation will be central to business strategy and R&D plans over the next three (3) years.
^ 74% of the respondents’ development strategy will include third-party partnering
^ 55% of the respondents believe licensing will be a part of their future R&D strategy
- ipPerformance Survey on Strategic Management of Intellectual Property June 2006 |