GPC's Alexander Poltorak was quoted in an article about how Nokia might use its patent portfolio to stay afloat. ("Nokia's Mobile Patents Are Its Last Line of Defense" Technology Review - June 20, 2012)
InterDigital just sold 1,700 patents and patent applications to Intel in one of the latest big patent sales. Alexander Poltorak was interviewed for an article about what these patent sales mean for the tech giants that turn to patent sales to stay solvent. ("Intel's InterDigital Deal Raises Patent Value Questions" TheStreet.com - June 18, 2012)
Alexander Poltorak commented on the spate of patent lawsuits recently filed by Nokia in a Reuters article that was also published in the Chicago Tribune, The Guardian UK, and Yahoo! News, among other publications.
Alexander Poltorak was interviewed by Seattle, Wash. public radio station KUOW about Facebook's purchase of hundreds of patents from Microsoft - which had just purchased those same patents from AOL. ("Microsoft Gives Facebook a Leg Up in Patent Wars" KUOW.org - April 24, 2012)
Excerpt of transcript: Alexander Poltorak is chairman of General Patent Corporation, the country's oldest patent licensing firm.
GPC's Alexander Poltorak comments on the true value of the 800 patents Microsoft purchased from AOL in a recent article that examines the true impact of the deal on both the buyer and the seller. ("What is AOL’s Patent Portfolio Really Worth to Microsoft?" Wall Street Cheat Sheet - April 12, 2012)
The astounding sum paid by Microsoft for 800 AOL patents has led to speculation over whether Microsoft overpaid. GPC's Alexander Poltorak offered his opinion on the patent purchase in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. ("Tech Patents Soar in Value" The Wall Street Journal - April 9, 2012)
AOL just sold 800 patents to Microsoft, and this latest patent super-sale has IP experts speculating about how Microsoft will use this latest infusion of IP. Alexander Poltorak explained the significance of this sale and of patents in general in an LA Times article. ("What Microsoft's really buying in AOL patents deal: Leverage" The Los Angeles Times - April 9, 2012)
Alexander Poltorak was recently interviewed for an AP article on why patents are so important to big tech businesses. ("Microsoft deal with AOL part of patent scramble" Associated Press - April 9, 2012)
Article excerpt: ...[P]atents are likely to keep driving deals.
The Bank of America's Small Business Online Community blog featured a post on how small businesses can prepare for the changes the America Invents Act will bring this year and in years to come. GPC's Alexander Poltorak was one of the experts featured in the article and spoke about the downsides of the new law.
The news that Microsoft's European logistics operations will move from Germany to the Netherlands because of its patent dispute with Motorola points to just how high the stakes can be in patent litigation - even for big corporations. GPC's Alexander Poltorak commented on Microsoft's action in a Wall Street Journal blog post. ("Regulators Turn Eyes on Patent Combatants" The Wall Street Journal - April 3, 2012)